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Dina Friedman

Lecturer, Business Communications Program

Telephone: 413-577-3159
Email: dfriedman@som.umass.edu
Office: SOM 208

Currently Teaching: SOM 310
Previously Taught: SOM 390M, SOM 390P

M.S.W. in Administration, University of Connecticut, 1985
A.B. in English, Cornell University, 1978

Publications:

“Escaping Into the Night,” A young adult historical novel about teenagers living family encampments during the Holocaust. Simon & Schuster, 2006.

“Playing Dad's Song,” A middle grade novel about a boy who comes to terms with losing his father on 9/11. Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 2006.

Academic and Professional Activities:

Chair, University Writing Committee, 2004-2005
Presenter, Association for Business Communication Annual Convention, October 2005
Presenter, Conference for Improvement in Teaching, UMass/Boston, January 2005
Presenter, Conference on College Composition and Communication, March 2004
Presenter, Junior Year Writing Program Conference, UMass/Amherst, October 2003
Presenter, Conference for Improvement in Teaching, UMass/Boston, January 2003

Photo: Dina Friedman

Research Interests:

Cross-Cultural Communication
Reflective Writing
Rhetoric of Grammar


Teaching Interests:

Writing
Management Communication
Marketing Communication
Public Relations
Cross-Cultural Communication