Dr. Andrea Hollingshead

Biography

Andrea B. Hollingshead is a professor of communication and a leading scholar in group communication. Her research focuses on how people communicate, share expertise, and generate knowledge within groups. She examines a diverse range of groups—small and large, in offline, online, and hybrid settings—across various social, educational, and work contexts. Current projects delve into themes such as team wellbeing, online incivility, and human-machine teaming. Hollingshead has published three books and her work is featured in top-tier journals including Communication Research, Communication Monographs, Human Communication Research, and Organization Science. She has received funding from notable institutions including the National Science Foundation and the U.S. Army Research Office. Hollingshead teaches courses on group communication at the undergraduate, master's, and PhD levels, particularly COMM 305: Understanding Social Science Research and COMM 400: Mindful Communication. She holds a BA in psychology from Yale University and both an MA and PhD in social psychology from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Additionally, she has received several honors, including being named a fellow of the International Communication Association and earning multiple research awards from the National Communication Association. Outside of academics, she is an avid scuba diver and enjoys plants, L.A. farmers’ markets, cooking, and running.

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