Keri K. Stephens is Professor of Organizational Communication & Technology and Co-Director Technology & Information Policy Institute at The University of Texas at Austin. For over 20 years her interdisciplinary research has brought together different strands of communication inquiry: i.e., crisis/disasters, mobile technologies, organizations, and health. She has authored over 100 peer-reviewed publications appearing in prestigious journals and handbooks. Her two most recent books (Negotiating Control: Organizations and Mobile Communication (Oxford U Press) and New Media in Times of Crisis (Routledge) have won three national-level awards, and she has received 23 top-paper panel awards. Her research has garnered over $10 million U.S.D. in external funding including 12 National Science Foundation (NSF) Grants, 12 State Grants, and industry and foundation funding. She has given over 30 international and US-based keynote talks, a TEDxTalk, and her community-engaged work has received awards from both the National and State Association of Counties. She is an International Communication Association Fellow, a former Associate Editor for Management Communication Quarterly, a panel reviewer for NSF, and is on eight journal editorial boards. She is also a Distinguished Teaching Professor and has published with over 70 different graduate students.