Amy Thurlow

Amy Thurlow (Professor)
BPR (Mount Saint Vincent University), MA (Saint Mary’s), APR, PhD (Saint Mary’s), FCPRS

Research and Scholarship: 
My research program over the past 20 years has focused on the communicative construction of identity. I am primarily interested in the ways in which humans socially construct and enact organizational identities through processes of communication. I have tackled this question from several different methodological and theoretical perspectives. The majority of my work lies within the realm of critical theory, primarily concerned with the ways in which power is conceptualized and enacted within socially constructed structures of organizing.

SELECTED ACADEMIC PUBLICATIONS
Books and Monographs:
Killingsworth, C & Thurlow, A. (2025) Rethinking the Table: women public relations leaders in Canada. Centennial College Press.

Durepos, G & Thurlow, A. (2025) Archival research in historical organization studies: theorising silences. Emerald Critical Management Studies book series.
Helms Mills, J. & Thurlow, A. (eds.) (2023) Diversity and Business Storytelling. Series: A World Scientific Encyclopedia of Business Storytelling. Edited by Boje, D. & Professor, R.
Thurlow, A (2019) Social Media, Organizational Identity and Public Relations: The Challenge of Authenticity. Routledge. London, UK. 154 pages. 9781138064324.

Peer Reviewed Journal Articles:
Blotnicky, K & Thurlow, A. (2021) The Influence of Public Relations and Communication Functions on Perceptions of Organizational Success, Innovation and Reputation. International Journal of Management and Marketing Research (IJMMR). Volume 14, Number 1, 2021.

Thurlow, A, Kushniryk, A, Blotnicky, K & Yue, A. R. (2019) Roles, Decision-Making and Access to the Dominant Coalition: The practice of public relations in Canada. Journal of Professional Communication (JPC).

Gregory, A & Thurlow, A. (2017) Editorial. Special Issue Communicating Across Cultures. Public Relations Review Volume 43, Issue 1, March 2017, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pubrev.2016.11.001

Peer Reviewed Book Chapters:
Mills, A. J., Durepos, G., Thurlow, A., & Helms Mills, J. (2024). The Atlantic Schools of Business: An Autoanthology. In A World Scientific Encyclopedia of Business Storytelling Set 1: Corporate and Business Strategies of Business Storytelling Volume 2: History and Business Storytelling (pp. 97-122).

Thurlow, A. (2022). Communicating Kindness at Work. In Kindness in Management and Organizational Studies. Emerald Publishing Limited. Editor Michelle Thomason.

Encyclopedia entry:
Thurlow, A.  (2025) Archaeology in Organisation Studies. Edward Elgar Encyclopedia of Historical Organisation Studies. Edited by: Nicholous Deal and Gabrielle Durepos.  Expected date of publication: 2026.

Thurlow, A. (May 17-19, 2025) Constructing the Railway Narrative: tracking corporate communication in Canada. Administrative Sciences Association of Canada (ASAC) conference, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario (online presentation).

Thurlow, A. & Killingsworth, C. (May 24-28, 2025) Women Leaders in Public Relations- panel presentation.  Canadian Public Relations Society (CPRS) National Conference, Banff, AB.

Thurlow, A. (June 2-5, 2025) A History of Corporate Communication in Canada: the railway narrative. Congress of the Humanities and Sciences, Canadian Communication Association CCA. George Brown College, Toronto.

Thurlow, A. & Killingsworth, C. (April 11-12, 2024) A Call to Lead: Women Public Relations Leaders in Canada Institute of Public Relations Bridge Conference, Georgetown University, Washington DC.

Thurlow, A. & Killingsworth, C. (July 9-10, 2024) An Intersectional History of Gender and Leadership in Public Relations in Canada. International History of Public Relations Conference, Bournemouth University, Bournemouth, UK.

Thurlow, A. & Durepos, G. (2023) Silences in the Archive. Administrative Sciences Association of Canada (ASAC) conference, Toronto Metropolitan University, Toronto, ON June 2 – June 6, 2023.

Walters, W; Small Legs-Nagge, P; Thurlow, A. (2022) The Indigenous-informed public relations curriculum project. Canadian Communication Association – Congress 2022, May 17-20, 2022. Virtual Conference.

New Books Network: https://newbooksnetwork.com/archival-research-in-historical-organisation-studies