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Jo毛lle is an Associate Professor in the Department of Communication. Building on postcolonial approaches, Jo毛lle is interested in rethinking and expanding what constitutes the 鈥渕argins鈥� in organizational communication. To this extent, she focuses on the interface between the following: (1) alternative organizational logics and forms (indigenous and grassroots modes of organizing), (2) cultural assumptions in organizational communication scholarship听and (3) globalization. Examples of projects have included women鈥檚 indigenous organizing in postconflict Liberia, LGBTQ grassroots organizing and political homophobia in C么te d'Ivoire and Liberia, and community organizing during and after the Ebola crisis in Liberia. Jo毛lle is multicultural and grew up and lived in C么te d鈥橧voire, Zimbabwe, the Netherlands, France, and the United States. In her free time, she enjoys traveling and her latest adventures have taken her across Central and South America. When she is not busy traveling, she enjoys making art (drawing and painting), and perfecting her baking skills. She makes an amazing chocolate cake.听听