Joshua B. Barbour

Joshua B. Barbour is a Professor of Communication at the University of Illinois. His research focuses on organizational communication, risk communication, and the societal impacts of digitization. Key areas include automation's communicative dimensions, temporal management in organizations, and ethical challenges in biomedical research funding. He has published extensively on topics like Goodhart’s Law in analytics, financial transparency in medical research, and emergency communication networks.

Barbour’s work bridges theoretical communication studies with applied research in crises, technology, and organizational behavior. His recent publications analyze automated systems' societal implications, temporal dominance in team dynamics, and datafication’s impact on organizational decision-making. He also explores communication infrastructure for disaster management and financial conflict-of-interest frameworks in biomedical ethics.

• Notable collaborations include studies on temporal control mechanisms and risk communication networks.
• Research often intersects with interdisciplinary fields like computer-mediated communication and medical ethics.