Yoori Yang

Yoori Yang

Asst Professor

Weissman School of Arts and Sciences

Department: Communication Studies

Areas of expertise:

Email Address: yoori.yang@baruch.cuny.edu

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Yoori Yang is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication Studies at Baruch College, CUNY. She earned her PhD and MA in Communication at the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB), specializing in Organizational Communication and Corporate Social Responsibility. She earned her B.A. in Communication at the Annenberg School for Communication at University of Pennsylvania. Before coming to Baruch, she was a postdoctoral scholar in the Department of Technology Management at UCSB where she conducted research on communication visibility and advice seeking. Prior to coming to academia, she has also worked in the marketing department of IBM Korea as a Market Development Specialist.

Professor Yang’s research interests are in organizational communication processes at micro-, meso-, and macro-levels that address and enhance social justice, social well-being and the sustainability of our world. Her primary research program has been focused on organizational communication and inter-organizational networks in relation to globalization and digital environment. Her recent work has explored the communication network dynamics and structures of NGOs, MNCs and governmental organizations in South Korea, and how they create institutional pressures on multinational corporations to practice Corporate Social Responsibility. She has also explored what communication issues corporations face in developing sustainable practices related to their reputation management. Earlier in her academic career, she has explored how activists develop social movements on social media using both personalized and traditional media contents in opposition against political repression in an international context.

Education

Ph.D., Communication, University of California, Santa Barbara

M.A., Communication, University of California, Santa Barbara

B.A., Communication, University of Pennsylvania

SemesterCourse PrefixCourse NumberCourse Name
Spring 2025COM9900Independent Study
Spring 2025COM4900Capstone in Comm Studies
Fall 2024COM9635Qntv Res In Corp Com
Fall 2024COM4900Capstone in Comm Studies
Fall 2024COM9900Independent Study
Spring 2024COM9625Corp Culture & Sustainability
Spring 2024COM9991Masters Thesis In Cc
Spring 2024COM4900Capstone in Comm Studies
Fall 2023COM9635Qntv Res In Corp Com
Fall 2023COM4900Capstone in Comm Studies
Fall 2023COM9900Independent Study
Fall 2023COM9991Masters Thesis In Cc
Spring 2023COM4900Capstone Commun Stud
Spring 2023COM9635Qntv Res In Corp Com
Fall 2022COM4902International Business and Org
Fall 2022COM9635Qntv Res In Corp Com

Journal Articles

Yang, Y. (2025). The compositions of communication visibility and invisibility: An interdisciplinary review of (in)visibility communication processes. Review of Communication,

Yang, Y. (2025). NGO cross-sector network dynamics for CSR: The analysis of NGO centralities in collaborative and adversarial networks with governmental organizations and corporations in South Korea. International Journal of Strategic Communication,

(2025). The development of corporate social responsibility cross-sector networks in South Korea: A historical review from an institutional theory perspective. Asian Communication Research,

Yang, Y., & Stohl, C. (2024). Convergent and divergent corporate social responsibility in South Korea: Collaborative and adversarial NGO-corporate networks. Management Communication Quarterly, 38(4). 942-977.

(2020). The (in)congruence of measures of corporate social responsibility performance and stakeholder measures of corporate social responsibility reputation. CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY AND ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT, 27(2). 969-981.

(2020). The appropriation of traditional media content in online contexts: A South Korean textbook case. COMMUNICATION MONOGRAPHS, 87(1). 92-113.

Navigating polarized climate: How multinational companies strategically integrate corporate social responsibility in annual reports. In Progress.

NGO and corporate leaders’ perspectives of Corporate Social Responsibility and their networks: A South Korean case. In Progress.

Book Chapters

Fu, J., & Yang, Y. (2022). The collaboration communication conundrum: NGOs as CSR actors, beneficiaries, and adversaries. The Routledge Handbook of Corporate Social Responsibility Communication

Presentations

Yang, Y., & Leonardi, P. (2025, November 5). Communication mechanisms of visibility and invisibility: an interdisciplinary review of (in)visibility communication process. National Communication Association 109th Annual Convention. Maryland, USA: National Communication Association.

Yang, Y., & Stohl, C. (2025, May 5). Convergent and divergent corporate social responsibility in South Korea: Collaborative and adversarial NGO-corporate networks and CSR practices. 72nd Annual ICA Conference. Paris, France: International Communication Association.

Yang, Y. (2025, May 5). NGO roles for corporate social responsibility: Network analysis of NGO-GO-corporate collaborative and adversarial relationships in South Korea. 71st Annual ICA Conference. : International Communication Association.

Yang, Y. (2025, November 5). Institutional pressure for corporate social responsibility: The relational dynamics among NGOs, GOs, and corporations, and their association with CSR practices. NCA 106th Annual Convention. Indianapolis, Indiana: National Communication Association.

Yang, Y. (2025, May 5). The network and relational dynamics among MNCs, NGOs, and governmental institutions, and their association with CSR practices in a state-led economy. 70th Annual ICA Conference. Gold Coast, Australia: Intenational Communication Association.

Yang, Y. (2025, May 5). Institutional pressure by global NGO digital networks on corporate social responsibility. NCA 105th Annual Convention. Baltimore, MD: National Communication Association.

Yang, Y. (2025, May 5). Institutional pressure on CSR practices in the context of globalization and digital ubiquity. 69th Annual ICA Conference. Washington, D.C.: International Communication Association.

Yang, Y. (2025, May 5). The actual CSR practices vs. public perspective of CSR: a factor analysis of CSR indices. 69th Annual ICA Conference. Washington, D.C.: International Communication Association.

Yang, Y. (2025, October 5). Institutional pressure on CSR: The influence of NGO networks and embeddedness with government institutions on CSR practices in South Korean corporations. Organizational Communication Mini-Conference. University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign

Yang, Y. (2025, November 5). A comparative analysis of scandalous vs. non-scandalous South Korean Chaebol corporations in their CSR reporting practices. NCA 104th Annual Convention. Salt Lake City, Utah: National Communication Association.

Yang, Y., & Stohl, C. (2025, May 5). The appropriation of traditional media contents in online contexts: A South Korean textbook case. 68th Annual ICA Conference. Prague, Czech Republic: International Communication Association.

Yang, Y. (2025, May 5). The convergence of old and new media as legitimation practice in online organizational protests. 68th Annual ICA Conference. Prague, Czech Republic: International Communication Association.

Honor / AwardOrganization SponsorDate ReceivedDescription
Eugene M. Lang Junior Faculty Research FellowshipOffice of Sponsored Programs And Research (SPAR), Baruch College2025-06-01
2023 Outstanding Book Award - Public Relations Division National Communication Association (NCA)2023-11-24
Nominee for Organizational Communication Division edited book awardNational Communication Association (NCA)2023-07-26
Nominee for the Graduate Teaching AwardDepartment of Communication at University of California, Santa Barbara2019-06-01
Nominee for the Graduate Student Service AwardDepartment of Communication at University of California, Santa Barbara2019-06-01
Top Student Paper AwardPublic Relations Division, International Communication Association2019-05-25
Top Student Paper AwardAssociation for Business Communication, National Communication Association2018-11-17
UCSB Nominee for the 2017-18 Distinguished Master’s Thesis AwardWestern Association of Graduate Schools (WAGS) and PROQUEST2018-03-01Representing the area of Humanities, Social Sciences, Education and Business

College

Committee NamePosition RoleStart DateEnd Date
Curriculum CommitteeCommittee MemberPresent
Graduate CommitteeCommittee MemberPresent

Professional

OrganizationPosition RoleOrganization StateOrganization CountryStart DateEnd DateAudience
Communication ResearchReviewer, Journal Article9/1/2023PresentInternational
Reviewer Nomination Committee, International Communication AssociationCommittee Member2/7/2023PresentInternational
Organizational Communication Mini-ConferenceMentor for emerging scholars10/7/2023PresentNational
Organizational Communication Division, International Communication AssociationReviewer, Conference Paper9/1/2021PresentInternational
Management Communication QuarterlyReviewer, Journal Article6/1/2024PresentInternational
73rd Annual ICA Conference - International Communication AssociationSession ChairUnited States5/25/20238/28/2023International