Peter Monge is Professor of Communication at the Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism and Professor of Management and Organization at the Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California. He is also the Director of the Annenberg Networks Network, a research center focused on communication network theory and research. He is also an associated faculty with the Center for Effective Organizations in the Marshall School of Business.

His most recent book (with Noshir Contractor) is Theories of Communication Networks.  He has also published Communicating and Organizing (with Vince Farace and Hamish Russell), Multivariate Techniques in Human Communication Research (with Joe Cappella), Policing Hawthorne (with Janet Fulk and Greg Patton) and Reasoning with Statistics (5^th ed, with Fred Williams).  He has published theoretical and research articles on organizational communication networks, evolutionary and ecological theory, collaborative information systems, globalization, and research methods.

He is an Elected Fellow (2002) and a former president of the International Communication Association (1997-1998). He also served as editor of Communication Research from 1986 to 1993. He has received numerous awards including the Distinguished Scholar award from the Organizational Communication and Information Systems Division of the Academy of Management, the Research Award from the Organizational Communication Division of the National Communication Association and the B. Aubrey Fisher Mentorship Award from the International Communication Association. In 2008 he received the Distinguished Article Award in Communication and Social Cognition and in 2009 he received the Dennis Gouran Research Award for the Best Published Article in Group Communication. He has presented more than a dozen top three papers at conferences over the years. And, eight of his doctoral advisees have won dissertation of the year awards.

His research on organizational systems, communication networks, and evolutionary theory has been supported by a number of major funding agencies, including the National Science Foundation, the Office of Naval Research, the Department of Energy, the National Cancer Institute, and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

Awards

USC Provost's Mentoring Award, 2015

USC Mellon Award: Faculty Mentoring Graduate Students, 2014

Distinguished Scholar, National Communication Association, 2012

Steven H. Chaffee Career Achievement Award, International Communication Association, 2012

Career of Outstanding Contributions Award, Organizational Communication and Information System Division, The Academy of Management, 2012

Top Three Paper Award, WebSci12 Conference, 2012. Oh, P., & Monge, P. (2012). The Functionality of Social Tagging as a Communication System.

Dennis Gouran Research Award for the Best Published Article in Group Communication, National Communication Association, 2009

Distinguished Article Award in Communication and Social Cognition, National Communication Association, 2008.

Chair of the Fellows, International Communication Association, 2007-2008

B. Aubrey Fisher Mentorship Award, International Communication Association, 2006

Research Award, National Communication Association, Organizational Communication Division (Given for best research book of the year: Monge, P. R., & Contractor, N.S., 2003.  Theories of Communication Networks.  New York: Oxford University Press.), 2003.

Fellow, International Communication Association, elected 2002

Distinguished Scholar Award, Organizational Communication and Information Systems Division, Academy of Management, 2002

Award for Excellence in Distance Education for Best Credit-Granting Program (with Cynthia Stohl, Noshir Contractor, & Janet Fulk), Purdue University. 1999-2000.

Presidential Citation for Outstanding Service to the Communication Discipline, National Communication Association, 1998.

President, International Communication Association, 1997-1998.

Outstanding Member Award, International Communication Association, Organizational Communication Division, 1989

Distinguished Alumnus Award, San JoseState University, 1983.

Top Three Paper Awards, International Communication Association, Organizational Communication Division, 1974, 1977, 1981, 1986, 1988;  Information Systems Division, 1978.

Best Papers Awards, Academy of Management, Organizational Communication Division, 1985; Managerial & Organizational Cognition Division, 2005.

Top Three Paper Award, National Communication Association, Organizational Communication Division, 1988.

Dissertation of the Year Advisor Award:

International Communication Association, Organizational Communication Division:
Matthew Weber, 2011
Seungyoon Lee, 2009
J. Alison Bryant, 2004
Dana Finet, 1990
Katherine Miller, 1986
Eric Eisenberg, 1983

International Communication Association, Communication and Technology Division
Cuihua Shen, 2011 (Finalist)

Industry Studies Association
Matthew Weber, 2010 (Finalist)

National Communication Association, Group Communication Division
Connie Yuan, 2005

Participant, National Communication Association Doctoral Honors Seminar, University of Denver, 1972.

National Defense Education Act Graduate Fellowship, 1969.

Colloquia and Guest Lectures

United States Agency for International Development Communication Seminars.   Michigan State University, May 1972 and May 1978.

University of Wisconsin, Department of Communication Arts Proseminar:  Causal  antecedents of structure in large-scale communication networks.  April 1975.

University of Southern California Symposium on Organizational Communication:  Strategies for studying the organization's communication.  July 1975.

Stanford University Institute for Communication Research:  Conference on Network Analysis.  March 1976.

Temple University Department of Speech Colloquia:  Communication in large  organizations.  April 1977.

Michigan State University Department of Communication Colloquium:  Systems theory in the study of organizational communication.  February 1978.

University of Michigan Graduate School of Business Management Seminars:   Communication in organizations.  September 1979.

Ohio University College of Communication, Communication Week:  Research in  organizational communication.  May 1980.

University of Washington, Seattle, Department of Communication Colloquium:   Communication coorientation between supervisors and subordinates.  February 1981.

Stanford University, Institute for Communication Research Colloquium:  The process of studying process in communication research.  May 1982.

University of Southern California Colloquium: Important Issues in Studying Communication Processes.  February 1983.

University of Kansas, Department of Communication Studies Colloquia: History and Philosophy of Process Methodologies.  February 1984.

University of Kansas, Department of Communication Studies Colloquia: Systems  Theory in the Study of Human/Organizational Communication.  February, 1984.

University of Southern California, Annenberg School of Communications Symposium:  Organizational Relations: The Dynamics of Communication Networks.  March 6, 1984.

Korea University, Seoul.  Social Impacts of New Communication Technology.  Monge, P.R.  Time Series:  Definition of Communication Process and its Methodology.  May 1985.

Pepperdine University.  Monge, P.R.  Communication Theories.  November 1985.

University of Kentucky.  Monge, P.R.  Obtaining Federal Grants for Communication Research and The Scanlon Philosophy of Participative Processes in Organizations.  April 1986.

Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad.  Contractor, N.S., Fulk, J., Monge, P.R., & Singhal, A.  Cultural Assumptions that Influence the Implementation of Communication Technologies.  August 1986.

University of California, Santa Barbara.  Monge, P.R. Theoretical and Analytic Issues in Communication Research.  November 1990.

The Louis Guttman Institute, Jerusalem, Israel.  Monge, P.R.  Theoretical and Analytic Issues in Longitudinal Research.  August 1991.

Pepperdine University.  Monge, P.R.  Being Connected:  Communication Networks in the Information Age.  October 1991.

University of California, Riverside.  Monge, P.R.  Communication and motivational predictors of the dynamics of organizational innovation.  May 1993.

Korean Communication Association, Seoul, South Korea.  Monge, P.R. Communication theory in a globalizing world.  March 1997.

Stanford University, Department of Communication.  Monge, P.R., & Contractor, N.S.  Theoretical issues for dynamic networks.  November 1997.

Stanford University. National Science Foundation Workshop on Computational Organizational Science,  Monge, P.R., & Fulk, J.  Computational Organizational Models for Connective and Communal Public Goods. February 1998.

University of Southern California, Marshall School of Business, Distinguished Speaker Series.  Fulk, J., & Monge, P.R.  Interorganizational Alliances as Collective Action.  March 1998.

University of Southern California, Marshall School of Business, Center for Effective Organizations,  Fulk, J., & Monge, P.R. 
Knowledge Networks and Intellectual Capital, January 1999.

University of Southern California, Conference on New Technologies in Education.  P. Monge,  Collaborative Learning in Graduate Education, May 1999.

University of Southern California, Annenberg School for Communication, Conference on Distance Learning in Higher Education, Collaborative Learning in Graduate Education, November 1999.

London School of Economics, Media Studies Program, Conference on Globalization and Communication,  P. Monge & S. Matei  Communication and Economic Flows in an Era of Global Democracy.  December 2000

University of Illinois.  Department of Speech Communication.  N. Contractor, J. Fulk, & P. Monge.  Theories of Communication Networks.  July 2001.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management.  Monge, P. Multitheoretical Multilevel Models for Communication Networks.  October 2001.

London School of Economics and University of Southern California Joint Conference on Critical Reflections on Globalization. Monge, P.R., & Matei, S. The Impact of Globalization on the Global Telecommunications Network.  Los Angeles, November 2001.

London School of Economics and University of Southern California Joint Conference on Globalization.  Monge, P. R.  Evolutionary perspectives on globalization.  Los Angeles, November, 2003.

University of California at Los Angeles, Department of Communication Studies Winter Forum,  Monge, P. R. Theories of Communication Networks.  April 2004.

Santa Fe Institute. Santa Fe, New Mexico. Annual Trustees Conference.  Monge, P. R. Social Theories of Human Communication Networks.  November 2004.

University of Southern California. Annenberg Networks Network Theory Seminar. Monge, P.R. Developing Network Theory. Multilevel or Unified? If Unified, Evolutionary? If not, What? November 2005.

University of Southern California. Is social network theory evolutionary? Presented at the Network Theory Workshop. Annenberg Center for Communication, September 2006.

Harvard University. Kennedy School of Government. Is social network theory evolutionary? October 2006.

University of California, Santa Barbara. Department of Communication. The ecology of communication networks in organizational communities.  February 2008.

University of Southern California. Department of Management and Organization Faculty Research Seminar.  Communication and Organizational Networks. February 2009.

University of California, Santa Barbara, Department of Communication. Presentation in celebration of the 25^th Anniversary of the Department.  I C U ICA, We All C U. October 2009.

Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Beijing, China.  Theories of Communication Networks.  September 2010.

Renmin University of China, School of Labor and Human Resources, Beijing, China.  The Future of Ecological Studies of Networked Organizational Communities. September 2010.

Fudan University, School of Management, Ecological Management Studies of Networked Organizational Communities, September 2010.

Fudan University, School of Journalism, Shanghai, China.  The Wellem Sham Lecture: Theories of Communication Networks, September 2010.

Stanford University, Program on Bridging Discipline and Agility. Managing Globally Distributed Agile Teams, September 2013.

Conference Participation

Speech Communication Association Doctoral Honors Seminar.  "Systems Theory in Human Communication."  University of  Denver, March 1972.

Office of Naval Research Organizational Effectiveness Conference.  Monterey,  California, July 1973.

Stanford University & San Jose State University.  "Communication and Organizational Change:  A Conference for Librarians."  Stanford, California, 1974.

Industrial Communication Council.  Monge, P.R.  Using communication networks in large organizations.  San Francisco, California, September 1974.

Purdue University/Speech Communication Association Seminar:  "General Systems  Approaches to the Study of Human Communication."  Purdue University, May 1975.

Office of Naval Research Organizational Effectiveness Seminar.  University of  Washington, Seattle, September 1975.

World Educators Conference.  Taylor, J.A., Farace, R.V., & Monge, P.R.   Communication and the development of change among education practitioners.  Honolulu, Hawaii, July 1976.

International Communication Association Conference on Multivariate Techniques in Communication Research.  Monge, P.R. Multivariate multiple regression in communication research.  Asilomar, California, April 1977.

Office of Naval Research Conference on Organizational Communication. San Diego, California, February 1978.

East-West Center, University of Hawaii, Seminar on Communication Network  Analysis.  Monge, P.R., and Farace,
R.V.  A structural equation model of dynamic, time-varying communication networks in large organizations.  January 1979.

State University of New York, Conference on Organizational Communication.  Monge, P.R.  Organizational communication: Issues and priorities for the 1980's.  Buffalo, New York, December 1979.

East-West Communication Institute, Seminar on Eastern and Western Perspectives on Communication Theory.  East-West Center, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, December 1980.

University of South Florida.  Monge, P.R., & Miller, K.I.  Alternative  conceptualizations and analytic techniques for the study of communication processes.  April 1983.

Pan-Pacific Conference II:  A Business, Economic and Technological Exchange.   Fulk, J., Monge, P.R., & Jun, S.H.  The Transference of Participatory Management Systems and New Information Technology.  Seoul, Korea, May 1985.

National Science Foundation Conference on Longitudinal Research Design.   Theoretical and Analytical Issues in Longitudinal Research.  Austin, TX, September 1988.

Arizona State University.  Conference on Organizational Communication in the 1990s.  Tempe, AZ, April 1990.

Western Museum Conference.  The Burdens and Benefits of
Being a Bridge.  Las Vegas, NV, September 1991.

International Conference on Organizational Communication.  Global Network Organizations.  Rome, Italy, June 1994.

International Conference on Policing in Central and Eastern Europe.  Monge, P.R., Fulk, J., Parnassa, C., Flanagin, A., Rumsey, S., & Kalman, M.  Cooperative Interagency Approaches to the Illegal Drug Problem.  Ljubljana, Slovenia, November 1996.

INSEAD - Organization Science Conference on Partnerships and Strategic Alliances.  Monge, P.R., Fulk, J., Kalman, M., Flanagin, A., Parnassa, C., & Rumsey, S. Organizational Communication and Information Systems as Public Goods:  Propositions on Communication and Collaboration. INSEAD, Fountainbleu, France, June 1997.

ICA/NCA Joint Conference on Organizational Communication.  Monge, P.R., & Fulk, J.  Communication technology for global network organizations.  Rome, Italy, June 1998.

National Science Foundation Conference on Distributed Work.  Hollingshead, A. B., Fulk, J., and Monge, P.  Fostering Intranet Knowledge-Sharing: An Integration of Transactive Memory and Public Goods Approaches.  Monterey, California, May 2000.

IAMCR/ICA Conference on the Digital Divide.  Monge, P.R., & Matei, S.  The Impact of globalization on the Digital Divide.  Austin, TX, November 2001.

National Academy of Sciences and National Research Council.  Contractor, N.S., & Monge, P.R.  Adversarial networks.  Paper presented at the conference on Dynamic Social Network Modeling and Analysis.  Washington, DC, November 2002.

Florida International University. Fulk, J., & Monge, P. Multi-Instructor, Multi-Environment Distance Learning: Global Academic Networks.  Cyber conference on International Business, Learning, and Technology, Miami, Florida, May 2003.

Annenberg School for Communication, USC and Media Studies Program, London School of Economics. Monge, P.R. Evolutionary approaches to globalization.  Los Angeles, CA, December 2003

University of Maryland, Conference on Multinational Teams, Fulk, J., Monge, P., & Hollingshead, A.  Knowledge resource sharing in multinational virtual teams: Three (blended) theoretical lenses. College Park, Maryland, May 2004.

Duke University. Conference in Honor of Geradine DeSanctis. Monge, P. Communication and Virtual Organizations. Durham, North Carolina, March 2006.

National Chengchi University, Taiwan. Crossing Boundaries Conference. Network Evolution in Organizational Communities. July 2006.

Cornell University. School of Social Science Symposium on Self-organizing Online Communities. Monge, P. The Evolution of Online Communities. March 2007.

The Alta Organizational Communication Conference. Monge, P. A Community Ecology of Organizational Communication. Alta, Utah. August 2008

Institute of Public Administration. International Conference on Administrative Development: Toward Excellence in Public Sector Performance. Transactive Memory Systems in Work Teams: A Multilevel Investigation of the Impact of Expertise Directory Development on Expertise Exchange. Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, November 2009.

Oxford Internet Institute, Oxford University. Shen, C., Monge, P., & Williams, D. The Evolving Virtual Relationships: A Longitudinal Analysis of Player Social Networks in a Large MMOG. Paper presented at the iCS Symposium: A Decade in Internet Time. Oxford, UK, September 2011.

Stanford University, Program on Bridging Discipline and Agility. Managing Globally Distributed Agile Teams. September 2013.

Harvard University, Internet Archive Workshop 2014. Evolutionary Forces Imprinted on the Network Structure of the Internet (with Poong Oh). Cambridge, MA, June 2014.

Research

Office of Naval Research.  Causal Models of Communication Structure in Bureaucratic Organizations.  1973-1976, $76,000, PI.

National Aeronautics and Space Administration.  A Cost-effective Analysis of Communication and Contract Monitoring Procedures.  1975, $12,000, PI.

National Aeronautics and Space Administration and the Smithsonian Institution.  Multivariate Analysis in Communication Research.  1976, $7,300, PI.

National Cancer Institute & Michigan Cancer Foundation.  Administrative and Communication Analysis of the Metropolitan Detroit Cancer Control Project.  1980-1981, $60,507, Co-PI.

National Science Foundation.  The Relationship of the Scanlon Participative Management Process to Organizational Innovation, Productivity, and Interorganizational Innovation Transfer.  1983-85, $315,248, PI.

Meeting Management Institute.  Informational Processes in Meetings in Corporate  America.  1988-89, $76,060, PI.

City of Hawthorne.   Improving Communication at the Hawthorne Police Department.  1992-1993, $25,846, Co-PI.

National Science Foundation. Collective Action in Communication and Information-Based Public Goods:  Interorganizational Computer-Supported Collaborative Work.  1995-1996, $103,604, Co-PI.

Annenberg Center for Communication.  Interactive Communication and Computing for Global Virtual Work Communities.  1995-96, $99,970, Co-PI.

National Science Foundation.  Collective Action in Communication and Information-Based Public Goods:  Interorganizational Computer-Supported Collaborative Work.  1996-1998, $301,302, Co-PI.

City of Hawthorne.  History of the Hawthorne Police Department.  1996, $10,753.  Co-PI.

Annenberg Center for Communication.  Interactive Communication and Computing for Virtual Work Communities.  1996-1997, $70,000, Co-PI

Steelcase, Inc.  Measuring the role of office setting on collaboration.  1996-1997, $96,608, Co-PI

National Science Foundation.  Co-evolution of Knowledge Networks and 21st  Century Forms:  Computational Modeling and Empirical Testing.  1999-2002, $1,500,000, Co-PI.

Department of Energy.  The Organizational and Managerial Factors that Contribute to the Stream of Value from the Basic Research of the Office of Science. 2002-2005.  $901,240.  Co-PI (with Susan Mohrman and Jay Galbraith, Marshall School of Business and Center for Effective Organizations, USC).

Annenberg School for Communication.  Annenberg Networks Network.  2006-2008, $100,000. PI (with Manuel Castells)

National Science Foundation. Collaborative Research VOSS: Understanding and Enabling Network Dynamics in Virtual Organizations. 2008-2011. $399,269. Co-PI (with Noshir Contractor, Luis Amaral, and Brian Uzzi)

Annenberg School for Communication.  Annenberg Networks Network.  2008-2009.  $50,000.  PI (with Manuel Castells and Janet Fulk).

Annenberg Innovation Lab. Improved Tools for Studying Internet Archive Communities. 2011-2012. $10,000. PI.

National Science Foundation. Understanding online creative collaboration over multidimensional networks. 2015. (joint with Northeastern University and Northwestern University) $1,200,000 (Annenberg portion of the budget was $300,000; with Janet Fulk and Lian Jian, PIs).