Peggy R. Odom-Reed

Biography

Peggy Odom-Reed is a senior lecturer in the marketing and management communication area at the Cornell Peter and Stephanie Nolan School of Hotel Administration and teaches courses in management communication. Odom-Reed currently serves as the course chair for Persuasive Business Communication for Hospitality Leaders. She is pleased to partner with diverse hospitality industry leaders to offer an Ethics Board Project that aligns with the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business's ethics and integrity guiding principle. She is one of the founding faculty fellows for the Cornell Institute for Healthy Futures.

Odom-Reed's educational background is interdisciplinary, integrating psychology and organizational communication theories. She earned a MS and PhD in organizational communication at Cornell University and a BA in psychology at the University of West Florida. She has taught courses in leadership communication, organizational communication, and management communication. Her research is focused on communication (social) networks, leadership, teams, and distributive collaborative work.

Odom-Reed has corporate experience in human resources at 3M Company. With her strategic knowledge in this field, she is certified as a Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR). She has offered leadership and communication coaching at Cornell University.

Odom-Reed promotes diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging in the class, campus, and broader community. She is a member of the diversity and inclusion committee in the Association for Business Communication, and she served on SC Johnson College of Business' Leadership Council on Combating Racism and Promoting Diversity, Inclusion, Equity, and Belonging.

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).

Recent Courses

• 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

In the News

• July 10, 2023 Real Ethical Dilemmas Offer Leadership Practice
• March 08, 2019 Celebrating International Women's Day: Faculty reflect on their careers and share their best advice
• July 20, 2016 Long-distance collaboration: Some Keys to More Productive Teams