DaJung (DJ) Woo

DaJung (DJ) Woo’s research explores the complex communication processes that shape organizational and vocational life. Her work focuses on employee socialization, interprofessional and interorganizational collaboration, and stakeholder engagement—core processes critical to organizational effectiveness and individual development. Using primarily qualitative methods, she investigates how individuals socialized in diverse professional and organizational settings collaborate across differences. She also examines how people navigate and make sense of their careers through communication with coworkers, mentors, and supervisors in today’s uncertain work environments.

Her empirical work spans urban planning, hospital emergency rooms, and statewide homelessness initiatives, highlighting communication’s role in addressing complex problems by fostering connection within and across organizations. Woo has published her research in top-tier communication journals, including Journal of Communication, Human Communication Research, Communication Monographs, and Management Communication Quarterly.

Woo has received competitive research awards, such as top conference paper and dissertation awards, from the National and International Associations (NCA, ICA) and the Academy of Management. In 2019, her solo-authored article earned the Article of the Year Award from NCA’s Organizational Communication Division. Woo also contributes through service, having served as Organizational Communication Division Secretary (2019–2021) at NCA and currently as faculty advisor for the Rutgers chapter of Lambda Pi Eta, NCA’s communication honor society.

Ph.D., Communication, University of California, Santa Barbara
M.A., Communication, Kansas State University
B.A., English, Ewha Womans University

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