Peggy R. Odom-Reed

Biography

Peggy Odom-Reed is an associate teaching professor of marketing and management communication at the Cornell Peter and Stephanie Nolan School of Hotel Administration, part of the Cornell SC Johnson College of Business. She joined the Nolan School in 2011 and is a founding faculty fellow of the Cornell Institute for Healthy Futures.

Since 2019, Odom-Reed has led an academic industry partnership with hospitality leaders to deliver a business ethics board project aligned with the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business principles of ethics and integrity, agility, and community and connectedness. She teaches persuasive and ethical business communication and management communication, and she has provided leadership and communication coaching across Cornell. To expand student access beyond Ithaca, she created the eCornell executive education course LSM 704 Persuasive Writing, which has reached learners across all 50 states, Puerto Rico and multiple global regions.

Before earning her doctorate in organizational communication from Cornell, Odom-Reed worked as a senior staffing representative at 3M and has been certified as a Senior Professional in Human Resources since 2017. Her interdisciplinary background integrates psychology, organizational communication and organizational behavior. She holds a bachelor’s degree in psychology from the University of West Florida and both a master’s degree, with a minor in organizational behavior, and a doctorate in organizational communication from Cornell. Her research focuses on communication networks, leadership, teams and distributed collaborative work.

Education

PhD College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Cornell University, 2007
MS College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Cornell University, 1997
BA University Of West Florida, 1993

Research

• Susskind, Alex; Odom-Reed, Peggy; Viccari, Anthony. "Team Leaders and Team Members in Interorganizational Networks: An Examination of Structural Holes and Performance"Communication Research. 38.5 (2011): 613-633
• Susskind, Alex; Odom-Reed, Peggy. "Team Member's Centrality, Cohesion, Conflict, and Performance in Multi-University Geographically Distributed Project Teams"Communication Research. 46.2 (2019): 151-178
• Odom-Reed, Peggy. "Models of Excellence in Business Presentations: Creating Innovative Hospitality, Health, and Design Solutions"CIHF Collection. (forthcoming).

Awards

• Faculty Teaching Recognition Award - Junior/Senior Core Fall (2025) Cornell Nolan School of Hotel Administration
• Finalist for 2025 Learning Design Community Award (2025) FeedbackFruits