Biography

Aurélie De Waele is a guest professor at Ghent University, department of Communication Sciences, Center for Persuasive Communication (CEPEC). She teaches the courses Corporate Communication, Social Marketing and Marketing Communication. Her research focuses on corporate communication. In 2018, she obtained her PhD at KU Leuven. This research was funded by the Agency for Innovation by Science and Technology (IWT) and examined the impact of a spokesperson’s voice in times of crisis. Her work on crisis communication has been published in international journals such as Communication Research, Public Relations Review, and Journal of Nonverbal Behavior.