April Chatham‐Carpenter Data-verified

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Professor and Department Chair

Last publication 2026 Last refreshed 2026-05-16

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9 h-index 24 pubs 226 cited

Biography and Research Information

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April Chatham‐Carpenter's research focuses on communication within higher education, particularly examining how institutions navigate concurrent crises and political divides. Her work investigates strategies for fostering conversational receptiveness across differing viewpoints and analyzes the role of communication in leadership during times of social upheaval, such as the Black Lives Matter movement.

Chatham‐Carpenter also studies the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on educational settings, specifically exploring changes in teacher immediacy and student learning experiences in college communication classes. Her research extends to transformational learning in online learning environments and the intersection of storytelling and listening within civic communities.

Her scholarly contributions include 23 publications with 224 citations, and she holds an h-index of 9. She has collaborated with researchers at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, including Derek R. Slagle and Bailey M. Oliver‐Blackburn, as well as J. J. McIntyre from the University of Central Arkansas.

Metrics

  • h-index: 9
  • Publications: 24
  • Citations: 226

Selected Publications

  • Crisis Communication and Building Resilience: Examining Strategies for Chairs and Directors in Higher Education Institutions (2026)
  • Chapter 7. Civic Community Listening: The Nexus of Storytelling and Listening within Civic Communities (2025)
  • “Wait, I can’t do that anymore!”: pandemic teacher immediacy in college communication classes (2023)
    1 citation DOI OpenAlex
  • Stepping outside of comfort zones: Transformational learning in online asynchronous communication courses (2023)
  • ‘But I don’t know if I want to talk to you’: strategies to foster conversational receptiveness across the United States’ political divide (2022)
    9 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • A Discourse of Renewal: Higher Education Leadership and Crisis Communication during Black Lives Matter (2022)
    7 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • The perfect storm in the midst of a pandemic: the use of information within an institution's concurrent crises (2021)
    25 citations DOI OpenAlex

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