Tom Fediuk, PhD

Director of Communication & Behavioral Research

Dr. Fediuk joined the Aubry Group in 2009 and serves as communication specialist for the Aubry Group team. Tom is a graduate of Illinois State University (B.S. in Public Relations; M.S. in Communication) and received his Ph.D. from Michigan State University in Communication. His area of specialty is in strategic communication, and his research has primarily focused on topics related to behavioral, social, and communication science.

Tom has worked on projects related to public communication campaigns, including efforts to reduce the amount of alcohol consumed on college campuses. He has worked on communication audits as well as the development of assessment tools, such as for Medical Professional Performance Systems, which sought to develop a valid and reliable tool for measuring the core resident competencies as designated by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education Outcome Project. He has also worked on trust in working relationships in team environments (the WRITE stuff), including communication issues and styles in the nurse-physician team environment.

Tom has taught at the University of Minnesota Duluth and is currently an Assistant Professor at Illinois State University. An interesting fact: during his graduate studies, he taught at both Michigan State University AND at the University of Michigan in the same year. However, he remains devoted to the Spartans of MSU.

Tom has presented numerous papers at conferences such as the Academy of Management, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, Family Enterprise Research Academy, International Family Enterprise Research Academy, International Public Relations Research Conference, National Communication Association, and Workshop on Family Firm Management Research. He has published in Communication Monographs, Corporate Communication,Journal of Applied Communication Research, Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media, and Human Communication Research. He has chapters in the Handbook of Crisis Communication and the soon to be published book on Sport Athletes in Crisis.

Unlike the rest of the Aubry Group team, Tom does not have a history in sport engagement. He does, however, enjoy watching sports and is married to a retired professional Squash athlete.