Karen Van Camp

Karen S. Van Camp is Senior Lecturer of Communications at Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management, where she has taught verbal presentations and persuasion since 1990. She also taught at Northwestern’s Communication Studies undergraduate programs from 1986-1994.

Van Camp is a verbal presentations communications consultant; specializing in consulting and sales presentations, conference addresses, expert witness testimonies, and television and radio interviews. Her clients include: CEOs, management consultants, account executives, physicians, attorneys and their clients, and radio and television personalities. She has been in practice since 1986.

Education

• MA, Communication Studies, Northwestern
• University
• PhD, Communication Studies, Northwestern University
• BA, English and Speech, Western Illinois University

Academic Positions

• Clinical Professor of Communications, KACI, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, 2019-present
• Senior Lecturer of Communications, Management and Organizations/KACI, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, 2006-2019
• Senior Lecturer of Leadership, KACI, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, 2016-2017
• Faculty Senator, KACI, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, 2012-2015
• Visiting Professor, Organization Behavior, Business, Keio University, Yokohama Japan, 1999, 1999-1999
• Clinical Associate Professor of Communications, Management and Organizations / Organization Behavior, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, 1997-2006
• Clinical Assistant Professor of Communications, Management and Organizations / Organization Behavior, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, 1993-1997
• Lecturer, Organization Behavior, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, 1991-1993
• Instructor, Organization Behavior, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, 1990-1991
• Instructor, Communication Studies, University College, Northwestern University, 1988-1994
• Instructor, Communication Studies, School of Speech, Northwestern University, 1986-1988

Teaching Interests

Verbal presentations and persuasion