Holly Lawrence

Education

PhD, University of Massachusetts, 2007 BA, George Mason University, 1990 Academic Appointments Senior Lecturer and Director, Business Communication Program, Isenberg School of Management, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2008-Present Lecturer, Business Communication Program, Isenberg School of Management, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2001-2008

Research Interests

• Personal and Reflective Writing Practices
• Business Communication Pedagogy
• Professional Development Pedagogy and Trends
• Cross-cultural Communication and English Language Learning
• Accounting Communication
• Emerging Trends in Business Communication
• Intercultural Communication
• Non-tenure Track Faculty Issues

Teaching Interests

Undergraduate

• Business Communication
• Advanced Business Writing
• Business in Italy
• Public Speaking

Masters

• Professional Development
• Writing in Accounting
• Public Speaking

Professional Background

Professional Experience

Instructor, 1990-1992, Budapest University of Economics Marketing Director, 1998-2000, MassLive Account Manager, 2000-2001, Titanium, inc.

Recent Honors & Awards

College Outstanding Teaching Award, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2012-2013

Selected Publications

Lawrence, H. "Personal, Reflective Writing: A Pedagogical Strategy for Teaching Business Students to Write" (June 2013). Business Communication Quarterly 76:2, p.192-206.

Lawrence, H. and Galle, W. "Tenure, Status, and Workload: Fundamental Issues among Business Communication Faculty" (July 2011). Journal of Business Communication, 48:3, p. 319-343.

Inside Business Writing. (2006). Friedman, LaDuc, Lawrence, Paradiso, and Porto. Kendall/Hunt Publishing Co: Dubuque IA.