Daniel Nwogwugwu holds a Postdoctoral Teaching Associate position in the Department of Communication Studies at Northeastern University, where he teaches Crisis Communication and Image Management, Organizational Communication, Public Speaking, and Business/Professional Speaking.
Broadly, his research interests lie at the intersection of public relations, crisis communication and organisational communication, and unified by a central theoretical focus on understanding how strategic communication choices during crises influence trust formation, legitimacy construction and collective behaviours between organisations and their publics.
Before joining Northeastern University, Dr Nwogwugwu was a faculty member in the Communication Arts Program at Bowen University, Nigeria. He received his Bachelor’s degree in Mass Communication from Babcock University, Nigeria, and his Master’s and PhD in Applied Communication from the University of Ibadan, Nigeria.
His works have been published in leading journals and books, such as Nature Human Behaviour, Springer Nature, Nature Climate Change, Scientific Data, among others. He is a member of several academic and professional associations, including the International Communication Association (ICA), the National Communication Association (NCA), the International Crisis and Risk Communication Association (ICRCA), and the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC).
Research/Publications Highlights
Mede, N. G., Cologna, V., Berger, S., … Nwogwugwu, D. et al. (2025). Public Communication about science across 68 countries: Global evidence on how people get information and communicate about science-related matters. Science Communication, 1- 46. https://doi.org/10.1177/10755470251376615
Cologna, V., Meiler, S., Kropf, C.M., … Nwogwugwu, D. et al. (2025). Extreme weather event attribution predicts climate policy support across the world. Nature Climate Change. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-025-02372-4
Cologna, V., Mede, N.G., Berger, S., Nwogwugwu, D., et al. (2025). Trust in scientists and their role in society across 68 countries. Nature Human Behaviour. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-024-02090-5
Nwogwugwu, D. I. & Villar, M. E. (2025). From boycott to cancel
culture: How Bud Light’s delayed crisis response shaped consumer activism. Proceedings of the 2025 International Crisis and Risk Communication Conference, 13(1) 126-129. https://www.doi.org/10.69931/001c.142860
Mede, N.G., Cologna, V., Berger, S., Nwogwugwu, D., et al. (2025). Perceptions of science, science communication, and climate change attitudes in 68 countries – the TISP dataset. Sci Data 12, 114. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-024-04100-7
Ogundoyin, O.S., Adio, J., Nwogwugwu, D. I., Ayantade, J.B., Osueke, N. O., Adeniji, O. C., Eze, M.N. (2025). Young women’s perceptions and behaviours towards breast cancer campaigns on digital media. International Research Journal of Multidisciplinary Scope, 6(3), 611 – 625.
Nwogwugwu, D. I. & Oyewo, O. O. (2024). Crisis rebuilding strategies of a Nigerian airline’s reputation after a plane crash. In Jakaza, E., Mangeya, H., Mhute, I. (Eds). The Palgrave Handbook of Language and Crisis Communication in Sub-Saharan Africa. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-031-43059-6_25
Nwogwugwu, D. I. (2023). Evaluation of Research Trends in Social Media Crisis Communication. In the Research Anthology on Managing Crisis and Risk Communications, Information Resources Management Association, IGI Global. 438 – 459. http://doi:10.4018/978-1-6684-7145-6.ch023
Nwogwugwu, D. I., Oyewole, J. A & Aderibigbe, A. A. (2023). Countering Dairy misinformation with science communication: effectively communicating dairy product benefits to non-scientific publics. IOP Conference Series, 1219(1): 012017.
Nwogwugwu, D. I. (2018). Influence of Crisis Communication Strategies on Stakeholders’ Perception of Organizational Reputation: A Review of Research Trends. Journal of Communication and Media Research, 10 (2), pp 125 – 138. https://www.jcmrjournal.org/article?id=139
Departments
Communication Studies
Education
- PhD, Communication Arts, University of Ibadan
- Master of Arts, Public Relations/Organizational Communication, University of Ibadan
- BA, Mass Communication/Media Studies, Babcock University
Research Focus
- Crisis Communication
- Public Relations
- Organizational Communication
- Organizational Reputation
- Crisis Response Strategies
- Stakeholder Relationship Management
Courses Taught
- COMM 4631 – Crisis Communication and Image Management
- COMM 1231 – Principles of Organizational Communication
- COMM 1112 – Public Speaking
- COMM 1113 – Business and Professional Speaking