Irving Schenkler

Biography

Irv Schenkler is a Clinical Professor and Director of the Management Communication Program at New York University's Stern School of Business. Professor Schenkler teaches courses in management communication, corporate communication and crisis communication.

Professor Schenkler has been with NYU Stern since 1982. His primary research areas include how social trends affect business, the relationship between media and business, and how companies communicate during crisis. Professor Schenkler has been published in many journals including STERN_business, Human Resource Management_ and Corporate Reputation Review. His book, Guide to Media Relations, was published by Prentice Hall in July, 2004. He is a member of the editorial review board of the Journal of Business Communication. In addition to his work at NYU Stern, Professor Schenkler is a Visiting Professor at the University of Lugano, where he teaches courses in Crisis Management Response. He has taught at the Amos Tuck School at Dartmouth University, University of Washington, and Columbia University. In 2005, the Management Communication Association named him as "one of the discipline's primary thought leaders of the past 25 years."

Professor Schenkler received his Bachelor of Arts, Master of Arts, and Master of Philosophy from Columbia University.

Research Interests

• How Social Trends Affect Business
• Relation Between Media and Business
• Japanese Companies and Public Relations in the US

Courses Taught

• Management Communication
• Media and Management
• Organizational Communication

Academic Background

M.Phil., 1978
Columbia University

M.A., 1976
Columbia University

A.B., 1975
Columbia University