Marcy Meyer

Associate Professor in Communication Studies

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About Marcy Meyer

Marcy Meyer (BS, Georgetown University; MA, PhD, Michigan State University) is an associate professor in the Department of Communication Studies at Ball State University and an associate editor for Art/Research International: A Transdisciplinary Journal. A winner of the W. Charles Redding Dissertation Award and the Central States Communication Organization Federation Prize for Outstanding Research, Marcy has presented and published her scholarship about research poetry, arts-based research pedagogy, mentoring, and innovation internationally. Marcy teaches graduate and undergraduate classes in organizational communication and research methods. Her innovative teaching has garnered a Provost Immersive Learning Pilot Grant, a Creative Teaching Grant, and the Excellence in Leadership Teaching Award. Marcy serves as a faculty mentor for Disability Services and the Pathways Program. Marcy’s commitment to service has been recognized with the NAMI Indiana Outstanding Member Award and the CCIM Social Responsibility Award. Marcy also is the author of Iconographic Research Poetry.

Education

Ph.D., Michigan State University
M.S., Michigan State University
B.A., Georgetown University

Research Interests

• Research Poetry
• Arts-Based Research Pedagogy
• Autoethnography
• Mentoring
• Innovation

Teaching

COMM 351 Organizational Communication
COMM 441 Advanced Organizational Communication
COMM 452 Applied Organizational Communication
COMM 465 Communication Research Methods
COMM 651 Organizational Communication: Interpersonal and Intrapersonal Processes
COMM 652 Organizational Communication: Systems, Culture, and Critique
COMM 441/652 Creative Approaches to Studying Organizational Culture

Awards and Honors

• College of Communication, Information and Media Distinguished Researcher Award, 2025
• Ball State University Provost Immersive Learning Pilot Grant, 2025
• Department of Communication Studies Award for Excellence in Research, 2022
• Ball State University Creative Teaching Grant, 2017-2018
• Ball State University Office of Institutional Diversity Diversity Research Award, 2017
• College of Communication, Information and Media Social Responsibility Award, 2015
• National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Indiana Outstanding Member Award, 2014

Service

• CCIM Engagement Champion, 2024-present
• Reviewer, Ball State University Fulbright Screening Committee, 2019-present
• Associate Editor, Art/Research International: A Transdisciplinary Journal, 2017-present
• Pathways Mentor, 2012-present
• Disability Services Faculty Mentor, 2006-present
• Departmental Liaison, Honors in Writing Program, 2002-present
• Administrator, Departmental Scholarship Program, 2015-2018; 2020-present
• Co-chair, Awards, Recognition, and Promotion Committee, 2024-present
• Editorial board member for Communication Studies Special Issue on Arts-Based Research in Communication Studies, 2025
• Reviewer, Communication Studies, 2025
• Reviewer, Women & Language, 2019, 2024
• Reviewer, International Journal of Mentoring and Coaching in Education, 2016, 2024
• External Reviewer for Promotion, Indiana University Kelley School of Business, 2024.
• Chair, Departmental Promotion and Tenure Committee, 2022-2023
• Secretary, CCIM Promotion and Tenure Committee, 2022-2023
• Secretary, Departmental Promotion and Tenure Committee, 2021-2022
• Reviewer, CSMFL Publications, 2021
• Member, President’s Advisory Council for Inclusive Excellence, 2019-2021
• Reviewer, International Journal of Social Research Methodology, 2020
• Panelist, University Promotion and Tenure Appeal Hearing Board, March 2020
• Reviewer, Routledge, 2019
• Reviewer, Fulbright National Screening Committee, 2016-2018
• Member, University Diversity Committee member, 2008-2018
• Member, CCIM Diversity Interest Group 2005-2018
• Reviewer, Oxford University Press, 2017

Selected Publications

• Meyer, M. (2024). Iconographic research poetry. Springer.
• Meyer, M. (2023). Stepping up, keeping on track, and pulling your own weight: Collaborative arts-based service-learning metaphors. The Journal of Community Engagement and Higher Education, 15(2), 19-27.
• Meyer, M. (2023). Retracing "The Gourd Dancers.” In N. Honein & M. Mckeon (Eds.) Land, language, and belonging: Poetic inquiries (pp. 105-112). Vernon Press.
• Meyer, M. (2017). Concrete research poetry: A visual representation of metaphor. Art/Research International: A Transdisciplinary Journal, 2, 32-57.
• Meyer, M. (2015). Dialectical tensions experienced by diversified mentoring dyads. International Journal of Mentoring and Coaching in Education, 4, 21-36.
• Meyer, M., & Helmer, K. (in press). From “I am not a creative person” to “maybe I am a little artistic”: Experiential learning, collaborative research, and arts-informed pedagogy in the neoliberal academy. In F. Fovet (Ed.) Implementing transformative student-centered pedagogies in the neoliberal academy: constraints and opportunities (pp. 1-20). CSMFL Publications.