Dr. Robert C. Chandler is Professor of Communication and Director of the Nicholson School of Communication (NSC) at the University of Central Florida (UCF).
Dr. Chandler researches crisis communication, leadership, teamwork, decision making, psychometric variables during crises and emergency communication including specific areas of crisis and incident notification, warning messages, cognitive processing and message comprehension. He also more broadly investigates organizational communication, communication and conflict, risk communication, multicultural and intercultural communication issues and business ethics. He has published more than 75 academic and professional publications as well as authoring or co-authoring of eight books.