Ashley Hall, PhD

Instructor
School of Leadership & Human Resource Development

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Education

Doctorate of Philosophy
Human Resource Development
The University of Texas; Tyler, TX; 2016

Master of Business Administration
General Business
Stephen F. Austin State University; Nacogdoches, TX; 2010

Bachelor of Business Administration
General Business; emphasis in corporate communication
Minor International Studies
Stephen F. Austin State University; Nacogdoches, TX; 2009

Curriculum Vitae

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Biography

Dr. Ashley Hall is an Instructor in the School of Leadership and Human Resource Development. She has a BBA in General Business with a concentration in corporate communication and a minor in international studies and an MBA from Stephen F. Austin State University. In 2016, she earned her PhD in Human Resource Development with an emphasis in Organizational Development and Change from The University of Texas – Tyler. Her dissertation investigated the relationship between managerial communication and employee job satisfaction during times of organizational change.

Dr. Hall has taught a variety of courses including human resources, human resource development, change management, business communication, organizational development, and business technology classes. She has over a decade of higher education teaching experience, including both face-to-face and online courses, and regularly teaches and develops courses at both the undergraduate and graduate levels.

Through her teaching, training, research, and consulting, Ashley aims to help organizations effectively and efficiently solve the complex problems they are facing today. She has published or presented over 70 articles and presentations on topics such as managerial competencies, human resources, managerial communication, online learning, and business pedagogy. In addition to giving presentations across the United States, she has also presented at academic conferences in South Africa and Italy.

Selected Journal Articles

Daigle, J., & Hall. A. (accepted). Building supply chain management programs for the economic development of the region. Industry and Higher Education.

Daigle, J., Stading, G., & Hall, A. (accepted). Curricular innovation for economic symbiosis: A neural network approach to aligning university supply chain programs with regional industry demands. Higher Education, Skills and Workbased Learning.

Waddell, K. I., & Hall, A. A. (2023). Executive presence in a virtual world. Business Education Forum, 7(4), 11-12.

Wright, C., Smith, A., & Hall, A. (Winter 2020). Immersive technologies: A review of use in K-16 education and business. Journal of Research in Business Information Systems, 13(1), 66-77.

Hall, A. A., & Wright, C. S. (2020). Augmented reality in business classes. The Journal of Research in Business Education, 60(1), 4-11.

Hall, A. A. (2020). 21st century customer service: Investigating how companies use social media for customer service. Journal of Research in Business Information Systems, 12(12), 72-82.

Selected Presentations

Waddell, K., & Hall, A. (April 11, 2024). Workplace Expectations: What Companies Should Know About Gen Z. Presented at the Association for Business Communication Southwest Regional Meeting, Galveston, TX.

Hall, A., & Waddell, K. (March 10, 2023). Business Communication in a Virtual Workplace. Presented at the Association for Business Communication Southwest Regional Meeting, Houston, TX.

Hall, A. (January 13, 2023). Communicating with a Stressed-Out, Burnt-Out Workforce. Presented at the Association for Business Communication Meeting, Naples, Italy.

Hall, A. (March 3, 2022). Helping Students Effectively Navigate a Noisy World. Presented at the Association for Business Communication Southwest Regional Meeting, New Orleans, LA.

Hall, A. (March 19, 2021). #Activism: Investigating the Social Media Communication of Nonprofits during Times of Crisis. Presented virtually at the Association for Business Communication Southwest Regional Meeting.

Hall, A. (March 18, 2021). Using Tech Tools to Increase Student Connectivity and Engagement in Online Classes. Presented virtually at the Association for Business Information Systems Conference.

Hall, A. (October 2020). Managerial and Organizational Communication during Times of Crisis. Presented virtually at the Association for Business Communication conference.

Selected Awards

Best Paper Award - Business Education Research
Association of Business Teaching and Research; April, 2020

Raymond V. Lesikar Outstanding Researcher Award
Association for Business Communication – Southwestern US; March, 2020

Distinguished Paper Award
Association for Business Communication – Southwestern US; March, 2020