Background Narrative

Diane Martin is an Associate Professor of Marketing at the University of Portland?s Pamplin School of Business. She completed her Ph.D. at the University of Utah in 2001. Her research interests include communication and organizing of the marketplace, gendered consumer behavior, subcultures of consumption and entrepreneurial marketing. Her recent publications include articles in the journals Consumption, Markets and Culture, Southern Communication Journal, Journal of Applied Communication Research, and the Journal of Business Ethics. She has also published chapters and papers in edited volumes and referred conference proceedings. Dr. Martin has won numerous top paper awards and research grants and is a Pamplin Fellow for 2005-2007.

Education

• Doctor of Philosophy, Univ Utah
• Master of Science, Univ Portland
• Bachelor of Science, Portland State University

Curriculum Vitae

Awards

• Top Four Paper Award 2004. Western State Communication Association
• Top Paper Award 2003. Western States Communication Association
• Outstanding Dissertation in Organizational Communication Awa. International Communication Association
• Outstanding Dissertation Award nominee 2002. Organization for the Study of Communication, Language, and G
• Top Paper Award 2002. Western States Communication Association
• Editorial Board Member 2001. Gendered Approaches to Applied Communication
• Marvin J. Ashton Scholarship Award 1999. University of Utah
• Outstanding Graduate Student in Communication Award 1998. University of Portland

Publications

• Speaking from the heart and the head: Humor and the communic . Southern Communication Journal (2004) , 273-288.
• Humor Works: Communication Style, Humor Usage and Functions . Southern Communication Journal (2004) , 206-222.
• Humor in Middle Management: Women Negotiating the Paradoxes . Journal of Applied Communication Research (2004) , 147-170.
• Corporate Social Responsibility In The 21st Century: A View . Journal of Business Ethics (2003) , 175-187.
• Transforming the public speaking classroom: A scholarship of . Journal of the Northwest Communication Association (2002) , 1-26.
• Reporting Ethnographic Research . Handbook of Qualitative Research Methods (2006) , 361-370.
• It isn't a matter of just being funny: Humor production by o . Communication Research Reports (1999) , 72-80.
• A Meta-Analytic Assessment of the Effect of Humorous Lecture . Classroom Communication and Instructional Process (2005) , 295-313.
• Revealing the wizard behind the curtain: The conversation co . Engaging Communication, Transforming Organizations (2005) , 215-244.
• Claiming the Throttle: Multiple Femininities in a Hyer-Masc . Consumption, Markets and Culture (2006) , 171-205.
• Evolution of a Subculture of Consumption . Consumer Tribes: Theory, Practice and Prospects (2007) , 67-75.
• Re-examining diversity paradigms: The role of management com . Journal of the Northwest Communication Association (2000) , 12-31.

Professional Affiliations

• Association for Consumer Research
• Western States Communication Association