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Dr. Elizabeth Kamman Eger

  • Regents' Teacher - Department of Communication Studies
  • Program Faculty - Department of Communication Studies
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Biography and education

Dr. Elizabeth K. Eger is a Regents' Teacher, Associate Professor, and the Director of Undergraduate Studies in the Department of Communication Studies at Texas State University. She obtained her PhD in Communication at the University of Colorado Boulder where she also received graduate certificates in Critical Theory and in Women and Gender Studies.

Dr. Eger teaches undergraduate and graduate courses on qualitative research methods, organizational communication, and difference. Her research examines: how we understand ourselves and others in relationship to work; how communication constructs difference in organizations and media; how work impacts our life and health; and how collectives create and sustain organizational identities, difference-based organizing, and community collaborations. Her ongoing, grant-funded research investigates presenteeism (working while sick and/or with a health condition), LGBTQ+ work and health communication, and libraries and community resiliency collaborations.

Five years prior to joining Texas State, Dr. Eger worked as a researcher for the National Center of Women and Information Technology. Her research appears in Management Communication Quarterly, Health Communication, Journal of Applied Communication Research, International Journal of Business Communication, Departures in Critical Qualitative Research, Women's Studies in Communication, The SAGE Handbook of Qualitative Research in Organizational Communication, applied community reports, and more.

Dr. Eger loves rescue dogs, swimming, hot tea, and live music.

Teaching Interests

Research Interests

  • Eger, Elizabeth Kamman, Percent Contribution: %75, Smith, Tara, Percent Contribution: %10, Pokharel, Manusheela, Percent Contribution: %5, Keeley-Vassberg, Maureen, Percent Contribution: %5, Dailey, Stephanie Layne, Percent Contribution: %5. Library Online Resource Grant, Alkek Library, Texas State University, $30740. (Funded: March 2020). Grant.
  • Eger, Elizabeth Kamman (Principal). Investigating Disabled and Chronically Ill Workers’ Communication about Presenteeism, REP, Texas State University, $8000. (Submitted: October 2024, Funded: January 2025 - May 2026). Grant.
  • Roundtree, Aimee Kendall (Principal), Goldstone, Dwonna Naomi (Supporting), Herrmann, Nicholas Paul (Supporting), Eger, Elizabeth Kamman (Supporting), Blue, Sarah A (Supporting), Devine, Jennifer Ann (Supporting), Ashford-Hanserd, Shetay Nicole (Supporting), Martinez, Gloria P (Supporting), Mckiernan, John Raymond (Supporting). Engaged Humanities Research Accelerator, ACLS, Private / Foundation / Corporate, $157000. (Funded: June 2022 - June 2023). Grant.
  • Austin, Jasmine Terrell (Principal), Percent Contribution: %50, Eger, Elizabeth Kamman (Co-Principal), Percent Contribution: %50. Examining Leadership Communication of Texas Small Businesses in a Global Pandemic, REP, Texas State University, $16000. (Submitted: October 2020, Funded: January 2021 - March 2023). Grant.
  • Eger, Elizabeth Kamman (Principal). Libraries Faculty Start Up Program, Alkek Library, Texas State University, Texas State University, $689.78. (Funded: October 2017). Grant.
  • Eger, E. K. (2021). Co-constructing organizational identity and culture with those we serve: An ethnography of a transgender nonprofit organization communicating family identity and identification. International Journal of Business Communication, 58(2), 254–281. https://doi.org/10.1177/2329488419893738
  • Carter, D. W., & Eger, E. K. (2021). Visibility and vulnerability in online marketing practices. Journal of Cultural Economy, 14(4), 373–387. Retrieved from 10.1080/17530350.2021.1879212
  • Eger, E. K., & Way, A. K. (2020). Reimagining qualitative analysis and writing via a comparative constructed focus group method. Departures in Critical Qualitative Research, 9(3), 78–104. https://doi.org/10.1525/dcqr.2020.9.3.78
  • Jensen, P. R., Cruz, J., Eger, E. K., Hanchey, J. N., Gist-Mackey, A. N., Ruiz-Mesa, K., & Villamil, A. (2020). Pushing beyond positionalities and through “failures” in qualitative organizational communication: Experiences and lessons on identities in ethnographic praxis. Management Communication Quarterly, 34(1), 121–151. https://doi.org/10.1177/0893318919885654
  • Dehnert, M., Beach, E. B., Razzante, R. J., Kamrath, J. K., Scarduzio, J. A., Eger, E. K., & Tracy, S. J. (2025). Instructor’s manual for Qualitative research methods: Collecting evidence, crafting analysis, and communicating impact (Tracy, S.J.; 3rd edition). Hoboken, NJ, United States: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing. Retrieved from https://bcs.wiley.com/he-bcs/Books?action=index&itemId=1119988659&bcsId=12825
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  • Award / Honor Recipient: College Achievement Award for Excellence in Teaching, College of Fine Arts and Communication. August 2021
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Best Article Award, National Communication Association, Ethnography Division. November 2020
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Top Five Paper Award, Western States Communication Association, Organizational Communication Division. February 2020
  • Award / Honor Recipient: College Achievement Award for Excellence in Teaching, College of Fine Arts and Communication. August 2019
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Registered Student Organization Advisor of the Year, Boko Awards: Texas State University Student Organizations Council. April 19, 2019
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    Organizational Communication Mentoring Pod

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    College Curricula Committee, College of Fine Arts and Communication

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