Dr. Rebecca Meisenbach teaches courses in organizational communication, organizational advocacy, qualitative research methods, and the introductory course in communication theory. In her role as Director of Department International Programs, she develops and promotes study and work abroad opportunities for students, including founding the department’s Summer in Tuscany and Semester in Florence programs for undergraduate students. Dr. Meisenbach's research focuses on issues of marginalized identity and ethics at both organizational and individual levels. She has researched identity negotiations in the contexts of higher education fund-raisers, community choir members, working moms, and female breadwinners. Most recently she has been exploring the processes by which moments of stigmatized identities are constructed and managed in organizational life. Her theory of Stigma Management Communication focuses on the interactions of stigma attitudes and stigma management strategies at the individual level. At the organizational level, her research incorporates a rhetorical approach to analyze the identity management and ethics involved in practices of organizations such as Toyota, the American Red Cross, universities, and those represented in the television show Undercover Boss. 

She currently serves on five editorial boards, is a past associate editor of the journal Culture and Organization and is the current Editor-in-Chief of the flagship journal for research on organizational communication, Management Communication Quarterly. She is also the current Chair-Elect of the Organizational Communication Division of the National Communication Association. Her research has been published in a variety of disciplinary journals including: Communication Monographs, International Journal of Strategic Communication, Human Relations, Journal of Applied Communication Research, Management Communication Quarterly, Nonprofit Management and Leadership, and Sex Roles.