Linda has served as co-chair of the WFSB Committed Group since its inception in 2017. She is currently a Group Captain Liaison and a Board Member. She moved to Santa Barbara in 2007 to join the University of California, Santa Barbara in the Department of Communication where she is currently a Distinguished Emerita Professor. At UCSB, she served as Department Chair from 2010-2013 and currently serves as a Board Member of The Club and Guest House at UCSB. She is a past president of three professional associations—the International Communication Association, the International Association for Conflict Management, and the Council on Communication Associations. She holds a MA from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, a Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota, and two honorary doctorates—University of Montreal in Canada and Aalto University in Finland.