Rate My Professor Timothy Kuhn

Timothy Kuhn is Professor of Communication in the Department of Communication at the University of Colorado Boulder, serving also as Associate Dean for Faculty Development in the College of Media, Communication, Design, and Information since January 2026. He has been at CU Boulder since 2000, progressing from Assistant Professor (2000-2007) to Associate Professor (2007-2015) and full Professor (2015-present). Kuhn earned his Ph.D. in Human Communication from Arizona State University in 2000, M.A. in Speech Communication from the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities in 1996, and B.S. in Management and Speech Communication from the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities in 1991. He held visiting appointments as Otto Mønsted Foundation Visiting Professor in the Department of Management, Society, and Communication at Copenhagen Business School (September-December 2024) and Visiting Research Fellow at Lund University School of Economics and Management (2013-2015).

Professor Kuhn's research examines the constitution of authority and agency in organizational practice, focusing on organizational communication, communicative capitalism, and communication as constitutive of organization. His influential publications include the book "What Do Corporations Want? Communicative Capitalism, Corporate Purpose, and a New Theory of the Firm" (2024, Bristol University Press); co-authored textbook "Organizational Communication: A Critical Introduction" (3rd ed., 2025, Sage); and edited volumes such as "Dis/organization as Communication: Exploring the Disordering, Disruptive and Chaotic Properties of Communication" (2019, Routledge) and "Counter-Narratives and Organization" (2017, Routledge). Highly cited articles feature "Constitutional Amendments: ‘Materializing’ Organizational Communication" (2009, Academy of Management Annals) and "Communication, Organizing and Organization: An Overview and Introduction to the Special Issue" (2011, Organization Studies). Kuhn has garnered major awards including ICA Fellow (2020), Frederic M. Jablin Award for Outstanding Contributions to Organizational Communication (2025), Outstanding Scholarly Monograph Award from NCA Organizational Communication Division (2025), multiple NCA book and article awards (2001-2019), and W. Charles Redding Dissertation Award (2001). His work shapes organizational theory and communication scholarship.