Fairhurst, Gail T.

Gail Fairhurst (Ph.D., University of Oregon; M.A., Ohio State University; B.A., Bowling Green State University) is considered to the be one of the top leadership scholars working in the Communication dis-cipline (her research interests focus primarily upon leadership communication and language analysis in organizations: leadership communication and organizational change, leader-follower relationships, and various forms of discourse analysis in organizations). Among her numerous awards are: the 2003 McMicken College of Arts and Sciences Dean s Award for Distinguished Research; the 2003 ICA Top