Research & Writing

Bray, S., González, O., & Jonckheere, N. (2020). “Like a Boss” or Just Bossy? How Audiences Across Age and Gender Evaluate Counterstereotypical Women on Television. International Journal Of Communication, 14(22), 5128–5149. Read the article here.

Additional articles are under review at journals such as Communication, Culture, and Critique and Communication Research.

Bray, S. (2021). “Death by 1,000 paper cuts:” Analyzing how women navigate white,

hypermasculine work cultures in tech. National Communication Association 107th Annual Convention. Seattle, WA.

Bray, S. & Barboza-Wilkes, C. (2021). When the webcam turns off: Women’s

fluctuating emotional resources within and outside online work meetings. National Communication Association 107th Annual Convention. Seattle, WA.

Bray, S. (2021). A seat at the (conference) table: Analyzing intersectionality, bias, and employee wellbeing in work meeting communication. 34th Annual Organizational Communication Mini Conference. Virtual.

Bray, S. & Barboza-Wilkes, C. (2021). Abruptly online: Public employees’ adaptation to virtual communication in times of crisis. 22nd Annual Conference of the Association of Internet Researchers. Virtual.

Bray, S. (2021). The endless loop: Analyzing anti-Black stereotypes in animated GIF search engines. 71st Annual International Communication Association (ICA) Conference. (Virtual—Converted from Denver, CO., due to pandemic.)*

*Awarded in the Top Paper Category by the Ethnicity and Race in Communication Division at ICA.

Bray, S. (2021). Agonizing Over Exclamation Marks: Do Computer-Mediated Communication Cues Reinforce Gender Roles for Professionals? 71st Annual International Communication Association (ICA) Conference. (Virtual—Converted from Denver, CO., due to pandemic.)



Bray, S. (2020) “Rigidity Means Death:” Grappling with Academic Identity and Seeking Justice at the Crossroads of Feminist Scholarship and Experimental Methods. National Communication Association 106th Annual Convention. (Virtual—Converted from Indianapolis, IN due to pandemic.) 



Bray, S. & González, O., (2020). Building bonds, breaking barriers: Examining the impact of support networks on women’s professional socialization in doctoral STEM programs. National Communication Association 106th Annual Convention. (Virtual—Converted from Indianapolis, IN due to pandemic.)



Bray, S. (2020) Decoding Gender Stereotypes: Do LinkedIn Recommendations for Software Engineers Open Opportunities or Perpetuate Patriarchy? 70th Annual International Communication Association (ICA) Conference. (Virtual—Converted from Australia due to pandemic.)
 

Hatrick, J., Bray, S., Scott, A. L. (2020) Does “Ms. Monopoly” Miss the Mark? A Cultural, Textual, and Media Analysis of the Game That “Celebrates Women. Accepted to the 70th Annual International Communication Association (ICA) Conference. (Virtual—Converted from Australia due to pandemic.)



Bray, S. (2019) Surviving or thriving with female coworkers: Comparing television’s pathologized and idealized depictions of women who work together. National Communication Association 105th Annual Convention. Baltimore, MD.



González, O., Bray, S., Bui, M. (2019). Power(ing) Up and Connecting in the Unequal Technopolis: Mobile Access and Charging from the Margins. National Communication Association 105th Annual Convention. Baltimore, MD.

Bray, S. (2019). Moms who code: unfit for the job? A quantitative assessment of bias toward female software engineer profiles on LinkedIn. 69th Annual International Communication Association (ICA) Conference. Washington D.C., USA.

Bray, S., González, O., Jonckheere, N. (2018) “Like a boss” or just bossy? Uncovering older males’ negative attitudes toward agentic female television characters. National Communication Association 104th Annual Convention. Salt Lake City, UT.



Riley, P., Wang, G.Y., & Bray, S. (2018). Startups in Entertainment: Exporting More Than Movies. 68th Annual International Communication Association (ICA) Conference—Organizational Communication Division. Prague, Czechia.

I wrote a piece titled, "Damned If We Do, Damned If We Don’t (Fit Stereotypes): Navigating Contradictory Expectations of Women In The Workplace" for pioneering communication scholar and USC Annenberg professor Henry Jenkins' blog.

Read the blog post here.