Faculty and Staff Profile

Andrew Pyle

Educational Background

Ph.D. Communication
George Mason University 2014

M.A. Applied Communication
University of Arkansas at Little Rock 2011

B.A. Communication Studies; Russian Language
Ouachita Baptist University 2009

Courses Taught

HON 2020 Civil Discourse
HON 2070 Deep Work
HON 2230 Introduction to Intercultural Communication
HON 3960 School Subject: Happiness
COMM 1800 Introduction to Intercultural Communication
COMM 2010 Introduction to Communication
COMM 3550 Principles of Public Relations
COMM 3560 Crisis Communication
COMM 3570 Public Relations Writing
COMM 4560 Public Relations for Associations and Nonprofits
COMM 4800 Intercultural Communication
COMM 4950 Capstone: Creating a Crisis Plan
COMM 4950 Capstone: Communication & Civil Discourse
COMM 8010 (Graduate) Communication Theory I
COMM 8560 Trends in Public Relations Research & Theory

Profile

As associate dean for undergraduate learning, Dr. Pyle is focused on the development of the university’s General Education curriculum and on experiential learning initiatives across campus. He works alongside university partners to ensure that Clemson students have the number one student experience. In his faculty role, Dr. Pyle’s scholarship explores effective risk and crisis communication. He has served since 2023 as a Faculty Fellow with the National Scholars Program in the Honors College.

Research Interests

Intercultural Crisis Communication
Social Media and Crisis Communication
Public Relations
Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
Productivity, Time Management, Deep Work

Research Publications

Book:
Pyle, A. S., Sellnow, T. L., & Sellnow, D. D. (2026). Building Risk Literacy: Communicating to Create an Informed Public. Routledge.

Articles:
Boatwright, B. C., DiRusso, C., & Pyle, A. S. (2026). Somebody’s poisoned the water hole! Advancing social media data collection principles to account for the effects of AI slop on public relations scholarship. Public Relations Review. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pubrev.2026.102716
Fuller, R. P., Ulmer, R. R., & Pyle, A. S. (2026). Crisis Communication: An Updated Examination. Research Handbook on Public Communication. Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781035342105.00023

Pyle, A. S., Fuller, R. P., & Smith, H. (2025). Examining Tension Management of Coastal Residents' Decisions to Stay or Leave During Hurricane Florence. Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management, 33(1), e70036. https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-5973.70036

Pyle, A. S., Smith, H., & Fuller, R. P. (2025). Emergent groups and the informal digital emergent response to Hurricane Florence in the United States. Natural Hazards Research. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nhres.2025.02.003

Pyle, A. S., Fuller, R. P., & Ulmer, R. R. (2025). International organizational crisis communication: A simple rules approach to managing crisis complexity. In A. Schwarz, & M. Seeger (Eds.), Handbook of international crisis & risk communication research (2nd ed.).

Pyle, A. S., La Sala, A., Fuller, R. P., & McIntyre, J. J. (2025). Lessons from teaching during a crisis. In A. Atay & M. Congdon (Eds.), Crisis communication and pedagogy.

Fuller, R. P., Rice, R. E., & Pyle, A. (2024). US Nonprofit organizations respond to the covid-19 crisis: The influence of communication, crisis experiences, crisis management, and organizational characteristics. American Behavioral Scientist, 68(9), 1108-1138.

McLean, K., Miller, B.L., Pyle, A., & Bauwens, O. (2024). Democratic Policing, Building Trust, and Willingness to Call 911: Examining the Relationship between Law Enforcement Legitimacy and Calling the Police. American Journal of Criminal Justice.

Boatwright, B. C., & Pyle, A. S. (2023). “Don’t Mess with Ukrainian Farmers”: An examination of Ukraine and Kyiv’s official Twitter accounts as crisis communication, public diplomacy, and nation building. Public Relations Review.

Fuller, R. P., Mickel, A., Riolli, L., & Pyle, A. S. (2023). Meeting information needs in a natural hazard. Natural Hazards Research Journal.

Fuller, R. P., Rice, R. E., & Pyle, A. S. (2023). Influence of communication, crisis experiences, crisis management, and organizational characteristics, by U.S. nonprofit organizations on COVID-19 crisis impacts and responses. American Behavioral Scientist.

Pyle, A. S., Garst, B., Griffin, S., Hossfeld, L., & Mobley, C. (2021). Disease & disaster: Managing food insecurity in communities struck by tornadoes during the covid-19 pandemic. Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development. doi:10.5304/jafscd.2021.103.005

Ulmer, R. R., & Pyle, A. S*. (2021). Finding renewal in the midst of disaster: The case of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Public Relations Review, 47(1). doi:10.1016/j.pubrev.2020.102001 *Co-first Authorship

Fuller, R. P., Pyle, A. S., & Riolli, L. (2020). Creating order out of chaos? Development of measures of crisis information adequacy and effects of technology on the crisis organizing process. International Journal of Business Communication. doi:10.1177/2329488420979657

Pyle, A. S., Fuller, R. P., & Ulmer, R. R. (2020). Discourse of Renewal: State of the discipline and a vision for the future. In H. D. O’Hair & M. J. O’Hair (Eds.), Handbook of applied communication research. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley.

Pyle, A. S., Morgoch, M. L., & Boatwright, B. C. (2019). SnowedOut Atlanta: Examining Digital Emergence on Facebook during a Crisis. Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management. doi:10.1111/1468-5973.12274

Rowan, K. E., & Pyle, A. S. (2019). Heuristics for Communicating Science, Risk, and Crisis: Encouraging Guided Inquiry in Challenging Rhetorical Situations. In D. Gruber & L. Thomas (Eds.), Routledge Handbook of Language and Science. New York: Routledge.

Pyle, A. S. (2019). Fixing the SIC: Preventing and managing self-inflicted crises. In A. H. Normore, L. W. Long, & M. Javidi (Eds.), Handbook of research on strategic communication, leadership and conflict management in modern organizations. Hershey, PA: IGI Global. doi:10.4018/978-1-5225-8516-9.ch001

Pyle, A. S., Gennett, S. P., & Linvill, D. L. (2019). Run, Hide, Fight: Leveraging Academics to Enhance Emergency Preparedness Training for Active Shooter Events. Proceedings of the International Crisis and Risk Communication Conference, Volume 2 (pp. 51-53). Orlando, FL: Nicholson School of Communication. doi:10.30658/icrcc.2019.15

Pyle, A. S. (2018). Intercultural crisis communication: examining the experiences of crisis sojourners. Journal of Applied Communication Research, 46(3), 388-407. doi:10.1080/00909882.2018.1467031

Pyle, A. S., Linvill, D. L., & Gennett, S. P. (2018). From silence to condemnation: Institutional responses to Executive Order 13769. Public Relations Review. doi:10.1016/j.pubrev.2017.11.002

Pyle, A. S., & Boatwright, B. (2018). Coming Together Around Hashtags: Exploring the Formation of Digital Emergent Citizen Groups. The Journal of Public Interest Communications, 2(1).

Pyle, A. S. (2017). Teaching PEACE: A plan for effective crisis communication instruction. Communication Teacher. doi:10.1080/17404622.2017.1372598

Linvill, D. L., & Pyle, A. S. (2017). Inquiry-based civil discourse education. Communication Teacher, 31(4). doi:10.1080/17404622.2017.1358382

Cardwell, L. A., Williams, S. D., & Pyle, A. S. (2017). Corporate public relations dynamics: Internal vs. external stakeholders and the role of the practitioner. Public Relations Review, 43(1), 152-162. doi:10.1016/j.pubrev.2016.11.004

Honors and Awards

2025 Clemson Honors College: National Scholars Program Award of Distinction for Mentorship
2024 Clemson Honors College: National Scholars Program Award of Distinction for Mentorship
2021-2022 Clemson Honors College Bradbury Award
2019-2020 Faculty Senator of the Year Award
2019 CBSHS Award for Excellence in Service/Outreach
2018 "Best Professor" at Clemson, Tiger Newspaper "Best of Clemson"
2018 Top Paper in the Public Relations Division at the Southern States Communication Association Conf.

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