Hometown: Newtown, CT/Cary, NC
B.A. Degree: Communication Studies, The University of Alabama
M.A. Degree: Communication Studies, The University of Alabama
Current Research Interests: Affect, Power, and Technology in Global Organizing
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Shiv Ganesh
Projected Graduation: May 2024
James, S. (2023, May) How to be a Fan: The Platformized Organizing Practices of International K-pop fans in Korea. Paper presented at the International Communication Association Conference in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. (Virtual).
James, S., & Jelinek, J. (2022, November) Public Indecency: Performances of Active Subjectivity on OnlyFans. Paper presented at the National Communication Association Conference in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Virtual).
Harris, A., & James, S. (2022, November) Producing Teamwork: Creating a Podcast Episode to Teach Team Communication Skills.Paper presented at the National Communication Association Conference in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Virtual).
James, S. (2022, October) Organizing Fandom: Communicative Dynamics of Global K-pop Fan Communities. Paper presented at the Association of Internet Researchers Conference in Dublin, Ireland. (Virtual Conference).
James, S. (2022, September) K-pop going Global: The Organizational Hybridity of Fandoms. Paper presented at the Fan Studies Network of North America Conference. (Virtual Conference).
Ganesh, S., Stohl, C., & James, S. (2022, May) Top Paper. Generational Shifts: The Emergence of Visibility in Globalization Research. Paper presented at the International Communication Association (ICA) Conference, Paris, France.
- P.E.O. Continuing Dissertation Award (PhD) 2023-2024
- Fulbright Open Research Award to Seoul, South Korea (PhD) 2022-2023
- Moody Graduate Fellowship (PhD), University of Texas at Austin 2020-23
- Graduate School Recruitment Fellowship (PhD), University of Texas at Austin 2019-20
Ganesh, S., Stohl., C., & James, S., (In Press) Global Methods in Qualitative Organizational Communication. In B. Brummans, Taylor, B., and Sivunen, A. (Eds.) The SAGE Handbook of Qualitative Research in Organizational Communication. Sage.
Ganesh, S., Stohl, C., & James, S. (In Press). Generational Shifts: The emergence of visibility in globalization research. In V. Miller & S. Poole (Eds.) Handbook of Organizational Communication. DeGruyter.
Ganesh, S., Stohl, C., & James, S. (2022). The Blue Marble Effect: Globalization & lenticulation. In Kuhn, T. & Bencherki, N. (Eds.). Handbook of the Communicative Constitution of Organizations. Routledge.
James, S. (2021). Neo Culture Technology: Affective Fandom and K-pop in America. In Kim, D. K. (Ed.) Diffusion of Korean Popular Culture in Western Countries. Seoul: Seoul National University Press.
