Leanna Lynne Hartsough

Leanna Hartsough, PhD, E-RYT 500 is an assistant professor at UC Clermont. She teaches business communication, effective speaking, and communicating in problem solving groups. Professor Leanna is also a 500-hour experienced registered yoga teacher. She teaches weekly yoga classes on Zoom, including Mindful Movement and Yoga for the Nervous System for UC faculty and staff.

PhD: University of Kentucky Lexington, KY, 2022 (Communication)

Peer Reviewed Publications

Hartsough, L.  (2022). Leadership training program assessment: Using appreciative inquiry for assessment and development. AI Practitioner

Leadership training program assessment: Using appreciative inquiry for assessment and development

Wilkinson, E., & Hartsough, L.  (2021). Adherence to the academy: Power relations with the colonized student. Ohio Communication Journal, 59 (1) , 90-96

Adherence to the academy: Power relations with the colonized student

Howe, W. & Hartsough, L.  (2024). Military servicemembers and romantic relationships: Identity gaps, mindfulness, and relational quality. . International Journal of Communication., 18 (2024)

Military servicemembers and romantic relationships: Identity gaps, mindfulness, and relational quality

Other Publications

Leanna Hartsough (2022) Communicating individual and collective mindfulness: Understanding listening and sensechecking at work .115 , Doctoral Dissertations, University of Kentucky

Communicating individual and collective mindfulness

Marquis Who's Who Ventures LLC (2025) Marquis Who's Who Honors Leanna Hartsough, PhD, for Contributions to Higher Education .

Marquis Who's Who Honors Leanna Hartsough

Book Chapter

Real, K., Hartsough, L., & Huddleston, L. (2021). Communicating in medical teams and groups: Examining psychological safety and simulation training. . In The Emerald Handbook of Group and Team Communication Research. United Kingdom, Emerald Publishing (Co-Author)

Book of Poems

Leanna Hartsough (2022) “It really was a good thing we were virtual.” Poetic Inquiry about Teaching During the Pandemic .“It really was a good thing we were virtual.” Poetic Inquiry about Teaching During the Pandemic .(pp. 68).In the Proceedings of the 2022 International Symposium on Autoethnography and Narrative Inquiry

“It really was a good thing we were virtual.”

Leanna Hartsough (2020) The Uncertainty poem written while Leanna Hartsough (a UK student) self-quarantined with COVID-19 symptoms but was unable to get tested due to test scarcity .The Uncertainty poem written while Leanna Hartsough (a UK student) self-quarantined with COVID-19 symptoms but was unable to get tested due to test scarcity .In This Together: Documenting COVID-19 in the Commonwealth Collection. University of Kentucky

The Uncertainty

11-2023 National Communication Association Training and Development Division Ross Brinkert Rising Star Award in recognition of training and development-related achievements

11-2023 National Communication Association Training and Development Division Top Dissertation Award in Training and Development

(Assessment Committee ) Committee Member Type:University/College Service Level:College 08-2023 -05-2029

Mindful Movement in your Workclothes Type:University/College Service Level:University 01-2026