Susan Dixon Renoe

B.A. and M.A. in Anthropology, University of Missouri
M.A. and Ph.D. in Education, University of California-Santa Barbara

Dr. SUSAN D. RENOE is an associate professor of strategic communication in the MU School of Journalism and Associate Vice Chancellor in the Division of Research, Innovation & Impact at the University of Missouri. She also serves as Executive Director of the NSF-funded Center for Advancing Research Impact in Society (OIA-2334906).

Highly regarded for her experience and expertise related to efforts to advance research excellence and increase the broader, societal impacts of research, Susan was elected a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 2021 and a member of the Academy of Community Engagement Scholarship in 2024.

She received her MA and PhD in education from the University of California-Santa Barbara and BA and MA in anthropology from the University of Missouri.

Selected publications

• Renoe, S. D., Heitmann, M., Iverson, E., McDonnell, J., O’Connell, K., Vassmer, S., & Weintraub, J.P. (2026). Building Institutional Capacity for Research Impacts: The ARIS ORIC Program. Research Management Review 29(2): 1-14.
• Raškauskaitė, Z., Luong, V., Renoe, S.D., & Dieringer, M. (2026). Picture-perfect identity: an examination of professors’ belonging in academia, Studies in Higher Education, DOI: 10.1080/03075079.2026.2636781.
• Van Egeren, L. & Renoe, S.D. (editors). (2026). The Handbook of Broader Impacts: Strategies for Enhancing the Societal Impacts of Research. East Lansing, Michigan: Michigan State University Press. 
• Iverson, E.,  O’Connell, K.,  McDonnell, J.  & Renoe, S.D.  (2024). The Reliability and Validity 
  of the ARIS Broader Impacts Rubric. Journal of Community Engagement and Scholarship (17:2). DOI: 10.54656/jces.v17i2.638.
• McDonnell, J. & Renoe, S.D. (2025). Tools and strategies for meaningful and measurable research impact. Biomaterials Forum47(3): 19-20. Society for Biomaterials.
• Renoe, S. D. (2025). An insider perspective on Broader Impacts.  BioScience,  biaf004, https://doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biaf004.

Selected presentations

• Scolaro, L., Waller, K. Luong, V., Raškauskaitė, Z., & Renoe, S. (2026). Visualizing Research: How R1 Universities Communicate Research and Research Impact. The Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication Annual Meeting. New Orleans, LA. 
• Dahal, C., Renoe, S.D., Dieringer, M., Henderson, S.M., Raškauskaitė, Z., & Luong, V.  (2024). Behind the Dialogue: Understanding Research Identity and Communication Motivations Among Researchers. National Communication Association Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA.  
• Renoe, Susan D., Raškauskaitė, Z., Luong, V., & Dieringer, M. (2024). Picture-Perfect Identity: An Examination of Academic Belonging. Top Paper, Intergroup Communication Interest Group, International Communication Association Annual Meeting, Australia.
• Renoe, S. D., Raškauskaitė, Z., Luong, V. & and Dereuck, K. (2023). The role of authenticity in research identity: Can you be less like a professor? International Communication Association Conference. Toronto, Canada.