Christopher Hajek

Christopher Hajek is a Professor in the Department of Communication at the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA), affiliated with the College of Liberal and Fine Arts. His work focuses on intergroup communication dynamics across business, law enforcement, healthcare, and LGBTQ+ contexts.

• Ph.D. in Communication, University of California, Santa Barbara (2003)
• M.A. in Management Communication, University of Hawaii, Manoa (1995)
• B.A. in Organizational Communication, Loyola University of Chicago (1990)

Dr. Hajek’s research spans intergroup business communication, entrepreneurial identity, police-civilian interactions, physician communication, and aging/sexual orientation studies. He employs communication accommodation theory and social identity frameworks to analyze how language shapes power dynamics in professional and marginalized contexts.

His publications appear in journals like Business and Professional Communication Quarterly, Journal of Language and Social Psychology, and Journal of Health Psychology. Recent work explores police-civilian trust, HIV risk negotiation among gay men, and intergenerational identity dynamics across international settings.