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Nur Uysal

nur.uysal@depaul.edu
Associate Professor, Public Relations and Advertising; Director, Center for Communication Engagement
PhD (University of Oklahoma)
Public Relations and Advertising; Professional Communication
Faculty
(312) 362-0025
14 E. Jackson Blvd.
Office 1245
Chicago, IL 60604

Dr. Nur Uysal is an award-winning scholar and educator whose work bridges communication research, practice, and social good. She currently serves as the Director of the Center for Communication Engagement at DePaul University, where she leads interdisciplinary initiatives that bring students, faculty, and professionals together to tackle real-world communication challenges through innovation and collaboration.

A faculty member in DePaul's nationally recognized Public Relations and Advertising program (PRWeek's 2022 Outstanding Education Program), Dr. Uysal teaches courses on corporate communication, social impact, and purpose-driven branding. Her research focuses on how organizations communicate with stakeholders around environmental sustainability, corporate responsibility, DEI, and ethical leadership. She also explores the evolving role of artificial intelligence, transparency, and global equity in strategic communication.

Dr. Uysal's research has appeared in leading academic journals including Journal of Applied Communication Research, Journal of Public Relations Research, Public Relations Review, and Business Strategy and the Environment. She is also a contributing author to several major edited volumes, including the Handbook of Corporate Social Responsibility Communication and the Handbook of Communication Engagement. She regularly presents at top academic conferences and serves on editorial boards such as Public Relations Review.

She is the recipient of numerous research and teaching awards, including DePaul's 2022 Excellence in Teaching Award, a Legacy Scholar Grant from the Arthur W. Page Center, and an Educator Fellowship from the Plank Center for Leadership in Public Relations. Her doctoral work earned the James E. & Larissa A. Grunig Outstanding Dissertation Award from the International Communication Association.

Dr. Uysal is also the founding director of DePaul's Media Engagement Research Lab, a cutting-edge research space equipped with tools like eye-tracking and social listening platforms. She is the founding faculty advisor of LoopedIn Co., DePaul's student-run communication agency dedicated to purpose-driven, real-world client work.

With a multicultural background, Dr. Uysal brings a global and intercultural lens to her teaching and scholarship. She currently co-chairs DePaul's University Internationalization Committee, advancing the university's global engagement strategy. She has led study abroad and Global Learning Experience (GLE) programs in countries including Turkey and Slovenia and serves as Chair of the AEJMC International Study and Research Award Committee.

She holds a Ph.D. and M.A. in Corporate Communication from the University of Oklahoma.

A global traveler and lifelong learner, Dr. Uysal is passionate about building inclusive, globally conscious communication practices—and is always up for a conversation about purpose, storytelling, and the future of CSR.

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Selected Publications

Kim, Y. & Uysal, N. (2025). Transparent Communication and Employee Outcomes: The Mediating Role of Workplace Sense of Community in Enhancing Voice, Loyalty, and Positive Work Behaviors. International Journal of Business Communication, 1–31.
Uysal, N. & Kim, Y. (2025). Why Go the Extra Mile? Re-engaging Quiet Quitters Through Dialogic Communication and Community Building in the Workplace. Public Relations Review. 51, 1.

Uysal, N. & Deng, T. (2025). The New Brave World of Public Relations. T`he Integration of Artificial Intelligence in Strategic Communication. International Journal of Strategic Communication.

Uysal, N. (2023). Resolved: exploring the role of dialogic engagement in shareholder activism for diversity, equity, and inclusion. Journal of Public Relations Research, 1-20.
Deng, T., Kim, H., & Uysal, N. (2023). A New Approach to Advertising Education: The Transformative Impact of a Collaborative Research Laboratory. Journal of Advertising Education, 27(2), 117-133.
Uysal, N. & Ozdora, A. E. (2022). “Waging War" for Doing Good? The Fortune Global 500's Framing of Corporate Responses to COVID-19 Pandemic. Sustainability. 14(5), 3012.
Uysal, N., & Schroeder, J. (2019) Turkey's Twitter Public Diplomacy: Towards a “New" Cult of Personality. Public Relations Review, 45(5), 101837.
Uysal, N. (2019). The Rise of Diasporas as Adversarial Non-State Actors in Public Diplomacy: The Turkish Case. The Hague Journal of Diplomacy, 14(3), 272-292.
Uysal, N. (2018). On the Relationship between Dialogic Communication and Corporate Social Performance: Advancing Dialogic Theory and Research. Journal of Public Relations Research, 30(3), 100-114.
Uysal, N., Yang, A., & Taylor, M. (2018). Shareholder communication and issue salience: Corporate responses to social shareholder activism. Journal of Applied Communication Research, 46(2), 179-201.
Yang, A., Uysal, N., & Taylor, M. (2017). Unleashing the power of networks: Shareholder activism, sustainable development and corporate environmental policy. Business Strategy and the Environment, 27(6).
Uysal, N. (2016). Social exchange and sense of community in intranets: The impact of group norms on internal communication behaviors and processes. International Journal of Business Communication, 53(2), 181-199.
Zaharna, R., & Uysal, N. (2015). Going for the jugular: The challenge from the 4th quadrant of a relational public diplomacy model. Public Relations Review, 42(1), 109-119.