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Gail Fairhurst is a Professor of Communication at the University of Cincinnati. Her areas of interest are organizational communication, leadership, and organizational discourse analysis. Prof. Fairhurst studies leadership with a lens that is more social, cultural, and discourse-based than that of leadership psychology. Her work with practitioners is in the area of framing, which focuses on the creation of meaning through dialogue. Her past research has centered on sensemaking during times of organizational change, downsizing, organizational culture, leader-member relationships, cross-cultural management, executive coaching, and male and female communication styles. She is a Fellow of the International Communication Association and a National Communication Association Distinguished Scholar.