Faculty Area
Faculty Expertise
- Management Communication
- Organizational Communication
- Human Resource Management and Law
- Organizational Behavior
- Business Ethics
Contact
Cornell Peter and Stephanie Nolan School of Hotel Administration
607.255.4459
342 Statler Hall
Biography
Peggy Odom-Reed is an associate teaching professor in marketing and management communication at the Cornell Peter and Stephanie Nolan School of Hotel Administration, part of the Cornell SC Johnson College of Business. She joined the Nolan School (formerly the Hotel School) in 2011.
Since 2019, Odom-Reed has developed and sustained an academic-industry partnership with hospitality leaders to deliver a business ethics board project aligned with the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business and its principles of ethics and integrity, agility, and community and connectedness.
Odom-Reed teaches courses in persuasive and ethical business communication and management communication and has delivered leadership and communication coaching at Cornell. To engage students beyond Ithaca, she created an eCornell executive education course, LSM 704 Persuasive Writing, that has reached domestic students from all 50 states and Puerto Rico as well as international students from Canada, Europe, Africa Middle East, South Asia, Southeast Asia, and Central and South America.
Before earning a doctoral degree in organizational communication from Cornell, Odom-Reed worked as a senior staffing representative at 3M. With expertise in human resources, she has been certified as a Senior Professional in Human Resources since 2017.
Odom-Reed's interdisciplinary background integrates psychology and organizational communication. She earned a bachelor’s degree in psychology from the University of West Florida and both a master’s degree and doctorate degree in organizational communication from Cornell University. Her research focuses on communication (social) networks, leadership, teams, and distributed collaborative work.
Selected Publications
- Susskind, Alex; Odom-Reed, Peggy; Viccari, Anthony. "Team Leaders and Team Members in Interorganizational Networks: An Examination of Structural Holes and Performance"Communication Research. 38.5 (2011): 613-633
- Susskind, Alex; Odom-Reed, Peggy. "Team Member's Centrality, Cohesion, Conflict, and Performance in Multi-University Geographically Distributed Project Teams"Communication Research. 46.2 (2019): 151-178
- Odom-Reed, Peggy. "Models of Excellence in Business Presentations: Creating Innovative Hospitality, Health, and Design Solutions"CIHF Collection. (forthcoming).
Awards and Honors
- Faculty Teaching Recognition Award - Junior/Senior Core Fall (2025) Cornell Nolan School of Hotel Administration
- Finalist for 2025 Learning Design Community Award (2025) FeedbackFruits
Recent Courses
- AEM 2700 - Management Communication
- HADM 3650 - Persuasive Business Communication for Hospitality Leaders
Academic Degrees
- PhD College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Cornell University, 2007
- MS College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Cornell University, 1997
- BA University Of West Florida, 1993