Christen Buckley Ph.D.

Research

Peer-reviewed scholarship at the intersection of public relations, ethics, and digital media

My research sits at the intersection of public relations, ethics, digital advocacy, and emerging technology. I am particularly interested in how organizations communicate about social issues, how crises spread and evolve, and how new technologies — especially AI — are reshaping strategic communication practice.

Research Areas

Corporate Social Advocacy (CSA)

Investigating how organizations engage in social and political issues — examining issue ownership, message authenticity, valence, arousal, and stakeholder behavioral intentions.

Crisis Communication

Exploring "crisis spillover" effects, crisis history framing, and how organizations strategically manage crises that spread across industries or stakeholder groups.

AI & Emerging Technology

Examining AI disclosure in strategic CSR communication — how narratives, source labels, and message transparency influence organizational perceptions and behavioral intentions.

Nonprofit & Public Interest Communication

Studying nonprofit crisis response, CSR partnerships, and the intersection of consumer values, CSR intentions, and prosocial communication.

Publications

Publication list synced from ORCID on 2026-06-11.

Awards & Recognition

2022 Kopenhaver Center Fellow for Women in Communication 2021 Literati Award — Outstanding Paper, Journal of Product & Brand Management

Selected Conference Presentations

  • 2025
    AI Disclosure in CSR Communication International Public Relations Research Conference (IPRRC)
  • 2024
    Crisis History and Corporate Social Advocacy: Examining Spillover Effects International Public Relations Research Conference (IPRRC)
  • 2024
    Framework for Crisis Spillover Management Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) Annual Conference
  • 2023
    Corporate Social Advocacy and Issue Ownership AEJMC Annual Conference, Washington, D.C.
  • 2022
    Designing Effective CSA Campaigns: Valence, Arousal, and Issue Salience AEJMC Annual Conference; IPRRC
  • 2022
    CSR Partnerships and Nonprofit Supportive Intentions International Communication Association (ICA) Annual Conference
  • 2021
    Green Consumers and Self-Transcendent Values in CSR AEJMC Annual Conference

Journal Reviewing

Ad-hoc reviewer for the following journals (review counts shown in parentheses, synced from ORCID):

  • International Journal of Strategic Communication (3)
  • Journal of Applied Communication Research (1)
  • Journal of Communication Management (3)
  • Journal of Public Relations Research (1)
  • Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly (1)