Dr. Joanna Massey
Dr. Joanna Massey is a public company board director, C-suite communications executive, and researcher with 30 years of experience at companies including CBS, Viacom, Lionsgate, Discovery, Hasbro, and Condé Nast. She holds a PhD in Psychology, an MS in Clinical Psychology, an MS in Legal Studies from Cornell Law School, and a Graduate Certificate in Corporate Finance from Harvard. An adjunct professor at Columbia University's SIPA, she teaches corporate communications and brand reputation management. Dr. Massey is the author of Culture Shock: Surviving Five Generations in One Workplace and Communicating During a Crisis, and recently published the policy paper Free Speech Is Not a Free Pass to Spew Hate, proposing legal frameworks that protect the First Amendment while addressing the harms of weaponized speech and AI-driven polarization.