Kasie M Roberson

Clinical Associate Professor

Education

Ph.D., Communication, Purdue University
M.A., Mass Communications, Texas Tech University
B.A., Public Relations, Texas Tech University

Dr. Kasie Roberson is an author and award-winning Clinical Associate Professor in the Department of Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, where she helps current and future leaders master people-first communication and AI best practices. As Head of Purdue’s Leadership Coaching Institute at the Center for Working Well, she inspires people to lead confidently with empathy, clarity, and authenticity.

Within the Daniels School of Business, Dr. Roberson serves as the Course Director for MGMT 33500 Strategic Business Writing, an undergraduate course she personally developed in 2021 that started as 1 section which has now grown to 30+ sections a year taught across 5 faculty members. In addition to MGMT 33500, Dr. Roberson teaches courses on Executive Presence at the master's and MBA levels, along with a Ph.D. Communication Skills course and an undergraduate course on Communicating Well at Work. Recently Dr. Roberson was recognized with the 2024 Teaching Excellence in Daniels Award for her contributions to excellent teaching at Purdue. She has also been recognized nationally by Poets&Quants who named her to their 2024 list of Top 50 Undergraduate Business School Professors.

Dr. Roberson's undergraduate textbook “Strategic Business Writing: A People-First Approach” was published in May 2024 by Kendall Hunt. In the book readers learn how to build a strong foundation in business writing so they will be better equipped to write well in any business situation they find themselves in. Foundational communication skills covered in this book include: Audience Analysis, Emotional Intelligence, Critical Thinking and Problem Solving, Building Connection and Trust, and Communication Ethics. This book also covers an array of different types of business writing and best practices for using Artificial Intelligence (AI) as an effective communication tool.

Dr. Roberson is regularly invited to speak at events inside and outside of Purdue. Topics she often speaks on include:

Executive Presence: Mastering the "It" Factor
5 People-First Communication Skills Every Leader Needs
The In's and Out's of Effective Strategic Business Writing
Emotional Intelligence and Audience Analysis: The Dynamic Duo
Communicating Well in the Workplace
Best Practices for Using AI in Business Communication

Communicating Well at Work: 5 Ways to Be a People-First Communicator
Have you ever found yourself in a difficult situation at work caused by a communication failure? Communicating well at work promotes healthy work environments and employee well-being, and it starts with becoming a people-first communicator, says Kasie Roberson, a clinical assistant professor at the Daniels School.
Full story: Communicating Well at Work: 5 Ways to Be a People-First Communicator

To Master Your Communication as a Leader, Start by Mastering Your Mindset
Kasie Roberson and Himani Shah share how cultivating the right leadership mindset can transform the way you communicate, build trust and drive personal and professional growth.
Full story: To Master Your Communication as a Leader, Start by Mastering Your Mindset
The 3 C’s of Effective Business Communication: How to be Clear, Concise and Complete
Professor Kasie Roberson provides insights about how to make business communication messages achieve their proper goals without straying from their intended purposes.
Listening Well When You Face A Fire Hose Of Facts Takes Practice
In a world filled with distractions, it's hard enough to listen when you're relaxing with friends. But when a brilliant colleague reels off a series of important points, listening gets tougher.
A Key Skill Needed to be an Effective Communicator at Work: Part II
Business communications expert Kasie Roberson shares how to understand and navigate our own emotions and mindset, which helps us to communicate better at work.
A Key Skill Needed to be an Effective Communicator at Work
Developing emotional intelligence, which starts by understanding your audience’s needs, is the key to becoming an effective communicator at work in this first part of a two-part series.
Three Ways to Show Confidence and Approachability When You Communicate
In this age of solo time on devices, communication expert Kasie Roberson shares how anyone can have more positive in-person social and business interactions.
Three Key Ingredients for Writing Emails that Get Read — and Results
Kasie Roberson shares how you can write clear and concise emails that will get read and get a response, all the while building a positive reputation as an effective communicator.
Best Practices for the Effective Use of AI in Business Writing
Kasie Roberson shares some best practices for using artificial intelligence to help improve effective communication, practices that have not changed since AI was first introduced.
The Power of Listening: 7 Steps to Stronger Workplace Communication
Discover the importance of active listening in the workplace and how its absence can hinder productivity.
Five Ways to Communicate Well at Work
Daniels School business communication faculty member and executive coach shares five key ways to level up communicating well at work.
Effective Strategic Business Writing in Today’s World Needs a People-First Approach
Kasie Roberson brings to market one of the first books to introduce best practices for using artificial intelligence (AI) as an effective communication tool in the business writing classroom.
Brock-Wilson Center welcomes new associate director
The Brock-Wilson Center is excited to announce its new Associate Director for Communication Programming is Dr. Kasie Roberson.