Dr. Robert Carroll is an Assistant Professor of Instruction in the Department of Communication Studies at the University of Texas at Austin. He teaches courses in intercultural communication, conflict mediation, and community engagement. He also directs the Communication Foundations 2 program, which enrolls more than 900 students each semester with a teaching team of 15 instructors. His commitment to innovative teaching has been recognized with a Provost’s Teaching Fellowship (2023) and the UT Tower Award for Best Community Engagement Course (2024). Additionally, Dr. Carroll teaches in the McCombs School of Business as an affiliated faculty with the Center for Global Business.

Dr. Carroll earned his Ph.D. in Interpersonal Communication from the University of Texas at Austin. Prior to UT, he received a B.A. in Communication and an M.A. in Higher Education from the University of Missouri. He also served in advising roles at Temple University and the University of Kansas, where he worked closely with students on academic and professional development. His dedication to global education has led him to teach abroad in Copenhagen and Barcelona through the Cockrell School of Engineering, and to pursue course development and research across Southeast Asia. An avid traveler, he has visited more than 45 countries.

In addition to his academic work, Dr. Carroll serves as an McCombs+ Communication Coach for the McCombs School of Business and as a Speaker Coach for a consulting firm, where he brings his expertise in communication and leadership to a wider range of international clients, including Google, Apple, Microsoft, and The Pokémon Company.

Lastly, he has two cats and will talk about them non-stop. Feel free to ask about them because they are the best things on this planet.