Brian K. Richardson

Previous Scheduled Teaching

Published Intellectual Contributions

Book Chapter

• Richardson, B.K. (2020). Hero or “Prince of Darkness?”: Locating Peer Jacob Svenkerud in an attributions-based typology of whistleblowers.. Whistleblowing, Communication and Consequences. 151-163. Fort Worth, Routledge.
• Richardson, B.K., Gravley, D. (2016). Defamation, public persecution, and death threats: Characterizing retaliation against whistle-blowers.. Dark Side of Organizational Communication. 10 75-86. New York, NY, Peter Lang Publishing, Inc..
• Mayer, J., Richardson, B.K. (2013). From Isolation to Connection: Former Sex Workers Conceptualize Family and Familial Interactions. S. Marrow & D. Leoutsakas (Eds.) More than Blood: Today's Reality and Tomorrow's Vision of Family. 386-397. Dubuque, Iowa, Kendall Hunt Publishers.
• Richardson, B.K. (2010). Service Learning Assignment: Teaching Communication Skills to Women Escaping Abusive Situations.. D. Worley, B. Hugenberg, D. Worley, & M. Elkins (Eds.) Best Practices in Experiential and Service Learning in Communication.. Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company.
• Richardson, B.K., Hancerli, S., Gordon, C. (2009). Stakeholders in the crisis negotiation process: A qualitative study of their roles and effects.. Ozguler et al., (Eds.), Terrorism: A Global Perspective.. Turkish Institute for Security and Democracy.
• Richardson, B.K., Byers, L. (2007). Communication Studies and Emergency Management: Common ground, contributions, and future research opportunities for two emerging disciplines.. D. McEntire (Ed.) Disciplines, Disasters and Emergency Management: The Convergence and Divergence of Concepts, Issues and Trends from the Research Literature. 272-283. CC Thomas.
• Earnest, W., Richardson, B.K. (2007). The Press Conference Assignment.. Teaching Ideas for the Basic Course. 11 181-187. Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company.
• Richardson, B.K., Osterman, H., Byers, L. (2006). Showdown at University Baptist Church.. Case studies in organizations: Ethical perspectives and practices. 331-347. Thousand Oaks, CA, Sage Publications.
• Richardson, B.K., Byers, L. (2004). Communication Studies and Emergency Management: Common ground, contributions, and future research opportunities for two emerging disciplines. D. McEntire (Ed.) Disciplines, Disasters and Emergency Management: The Convergence and Divergence of Concepts, Issues and Trends in the Research Literature. Emittsburg, Md, FEMA, Higher Education Electronic Textbook. http://training.fema.gov/emiweb/downloads/Disaster%20chapterDraft%20one12.23.04.pdf

Encyclopedia Article

• Laurie Lewis, Craig Scott (Editors). (2017). Whistle-blowing. International Encyclopedia of Organizational Communication.. 1 Chichester, Wiley Blackwell.
• Richardson, B.K., undefined, u. (2016). Whistleblowing. SAGE Encyclopedia of Corporate Reputation.. 903-904. Thousand Oaks, CA, Sage. 3608 Homestretch Ct.,

Journal Article

• Richardson, B.K., Cosgrove, S.J., Elkhalid, A. (2023). “They masked our children”: School district communication officers’ sensemaking of parent activists during the COVID-19 pandemic.. International Journal of Business Communication. https://journals.sagepub.com/eprint/IJWMZWZFZ9TGIB3DZQ6R/full
• McGlynn, J., Richardson, B.K., Boneau, R. (2022). Parent strategies to control concussion risk in youth tackle football.. Sociology of Sport Journal.
• Richardson, B.K., Garner, J. (2022). Stakeholders’ attributions of whistleblowers: The effects of complicity and motives on perceptions of likeability, credibility, & legitimacy.. International Journal of Business Communication. 59 (3) 334-354. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/2329488419863096?casa_token=cuWij0Hxv4cAAAAA:7WdcZ8g1XH9hRJJmzteQOIPG38cyvETzZUuIZQXdPNQDr6rCALL20Ebs-rBzfiQpxruOeCDIo1L5Pw
• Richardson, B.K. (2022). “Death threats don’t just affect you, they affect your family”: Investigating the Impact of Whistleblowing on Family Identity.. Management Communication Quarterly. Fort Worth, https://journals.sagepub.com/eprint/VZYD6DQMCI6V2TXMFIZN/full
• Richardson, B.K., Scott, C.R. (2022). “Who do you think wrote it?”: Stakeholder tensions in a case of anonymous organizational whistleblowing.. Western Journal of Communication. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/10570314.2022.2100466?casa_token=B73QOSGCs7IAAAAA:yIQJ4Boweow7VwNeqkwfqDK7Hhxjz43zycGHMWuObGy5MmF-Dc2xnLfcBG7rSK5lwnnTi3b1kYn4Eg
• Richardson, B.K., McGlynn, J. (2021). Constructing the heroic whistleblower: A social scientific approach.. 6 (2) 1-28.
• McGlynn, J., Boneau, R.B., Richardson, B.K. (2020). “It might also be good for your brain”: Cognitive and social benefits that motivate parents to permit youth tackle football.. Journal of Sport and Social Issues. 44 (3) 261-282.
• Richardson, B.K., Rains, S.A., Hall-Ortega, C. (2019). Joining in, blowing the whistle, or intervening: Examining the effect of organizational identification and severity on Greek members’ responses to hazing.. Oracle: The Research Journal of the Association of Fraternity/Sorority Advisors. 14 (2) 20-38.
• Siebeneck, L.K., Richardson, B.K. (2019). From Machu Picchu to Masaya Volcano: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Offering Study Abroad Courses on International Disasters and Crisis Communication. International Journal of Mass Emergencies and Disasters. 37 (1) 44-56.
• Boneau, R., Richardson, B.K., McGlynn, J. (2018). "We are a Football Family": Making Sense of Parents Decisions To Allow Children to Play Tackle Football. Communication & Sport. 8 26-49. SAGE.
• Richardson, B.K., Maninger, L. (2016). “We were all in the same boat”: An exploratory study of communal coping in disaster recovery.. Southern Communication Journal. 81 (2) 107-122.
• Gravley, D., Richardson, B.K., Allison, J.M. (2015). "Navigating the "Abyss": Using Narrative Analysis to Examine the Relationships among Whistle-blowing, Retaliation, and Identity". Management Communication Quarterly. 29 (2) 171-197.
• Richardson, B.K., McGlynn III, J. (2015). Blowing the whistle off the field of play: An empirical model of whistle-blower experiences in the intercollegiate sport industry. 3 57-80.
• Richardson, B.K., McGlynn, J. (2015). Blowing the whistle off the field of play: An empirical model of whistle-blower experiences in the intercollegiate sport industry.. Communication & Sport. 3 (1) 57-80.
• Richardson, B.K., Gravley, D., Allison, J. (2015). Navigating the narrative "abyss": Using narrative analysis to explore relationships among whistle-blowing, retaliation, and identity.. Management Communication Quarterly. 29 (2) 171-197.
• Richardson, B.K., Siebeneck, L.K., Shaunfield, S., Kaszynski, E. (2014). From "No Man's Land" to a "Stronger Community": Communitas as a Theoretical Framework for Successful Disaster Recovery .. International Journal of Mass Emergencies and Disasters. 32 (1) 194-210.
• McGlynn, J., Richardson, B.K. (2014). Public support, private alienation: Whistle-blowers and the paradox of social support. Western Journal of Communication. 78 213-237.
• Wittenberg-Lyles, E., Goldsmith, J., Richardson, B.K., Hallett, J., Clark, R. (2013). The Practical Nurse: A Case for COMFORT communication training.. American Journal of Hospice & Palliative Medicine. 30 162-166.
• Richardson, B.K., Wang, Z., Hall, C. (2012). Blowing the whistle on Greek hazing: An investigation of the Theory of Reasoned Action for predicting reporting intentions.. Communication Studies. 63 (2) 172-194.
• Richardson, B.K., McGlynn, J. (2011). Rabid fans, death threats, and dysfunctional stakeholders: The influence of organizational and industry contexts on whistle-blowing cases. Management Communication Quarterly. 25 121-150.
• Richardson, B.K., McGlynn, J. (2011). Rabid fans, death threats, and dysfunctional stakeholders: The influence of organizational and industry contexts on whistle-blowing cases.. Management Communication Quarterly. 25 (1) 121-150.
• Mayer, J., Richardson, B.K. (2010). From "Living Hell" to "New Normal": Self-identification strategies revealed in the development of personal narratives among female former sex workers.. Journal of Communication and Religion. 33 56-86.
• Richardson, B.K. (2010). Movie makers: A small group communication project.. Communication Teacher. 24 (1) 30-34.
• Richardson, B.K., Taylor, J. (2009). Sexual harassment at the intersection of race and gender: A theoretical model of the sexual harassment experiences of women of color.. Western Journal of Communication. 73 (3) 248-272.
• Richardson, B.K., Wheeless, L. (2009). The Influence of Policy Attitude and Organizational Tenure on Teachers' Reporting of Standardized Testing Protocol Violations.. International Journal of Educational Reform. 18 46-62.
• Richardson, B.K., Alexander, A., Castleberry, T. (2008). Examining teacher turnover in low-performing Texas schools: The relationship between emotional labor, communication symmetry, and intent to leave.. Communication Research Reports. 25 (1) 10-22.
• Richardson, B.K., Wheeless, L., Cunningham, C. (2008). Tattling on the Teacher: A Study of Factors Influencing Peer Reporting of Teachers who Violate Standardized Testing Protocol.. Communication Studies. 59 (3) 202-219.
• Taylor, J., Richardson, B.K. (2006). Powerlessness, resistance, and the understood "they": Sexual harassment at the intersection of race and gender.. The International and Intercultural Communication Annual. 28 68-94.
• Richardson, B.K. (2005). Teaching tips: Developing a personal philosophy on organizational ethics and wrongdoing.. Texas State Communication Journal.
• Richardson, B.K. (2005). The phases of disaster as a relationship between structure and meaning: A narrative analysis of the 1947 Texas City explosion.. International Journal of Mass Emergencies and Disasters. 23 (3) 27-54.
• Lewis, L., Richardson, B.K., Hamel, S. (2003). When the stakes are communicative: The lamb's and the lion's share during nonprofit planned change.. Human Communication Research.
• Lewis, L., Hamel, S., Richardson, B.K. (2001). Communicating change to non-profit stakeholders: Models and predictors of implementers' approaches.. Management Communication Quarterly. 15 (1) 5-41.
• Scott, C., Connaughton, S., Diaz-Saenz, H., Maguire, K., Ramirez, R., Richardson, B.K., Morgan, D., Shaw, S. (1999). The impacts of communication and multiple identifications on intent to leave: A multi-methodological exploration.. Management Communication Quarterly. 12 (3) 400-435.

Contracts, Grants and Sponsored Research

Grant - Research

• Richardson, B.K., "Faculty Development grant," sponsored by CLASS, University of North Texas, $1000 Funded. (2020 - 2021).
• Richardson, B.K. (Principal), "Small Grant," sponsored by CLASS, University of North Texas, $1000 Funded. (2020 - 2021).