Trina Wright

Assistant Professor

Curriculum Vitae

Education: Ph.D., Howard University

Research Interests: Organizational, interpersonal and intercultural communication with an emphasis on organizational socialization. Specifically exploring race, class and gender in the workplace.

Current Research: Professor Wright's current research projects include developing and expanding the line of research of race and gender roles in organizational communication. One project involves the study of how perceived images of African American women in administrative support roles are negotiated. A second project involves the investigation of the memorable messages African American women receive and sustain about work. A third project seeks to explore the relationship between race, gender and interpersonal conflict within organizations.

Representative Recent Publications:

Wright, T.J., & Orbe, M. (2003). Turning the Tables of Analysis in Intercultural Communication Research: Studying the facework strategies used by "Anonymous" European American reviewers. The Howard Journal of Communications.

Ting-Toomey, S., Yee-Jang, K.K., Shapiro, R.B., Garcia, W., Wright, T.J., & Oetzel, J.G. (2000). Ethnic/cultural identity salience and conflict styles in four US ethnic groups. International Journal of Intercultural Relations, 24, 47-81.