Dina Friedman

Senior Lecturer

Telephone: 413-577-3159

Email: dfriedman@isenberg.umass.edu

Office: SOM 208

Currently teaching: SOM 310, SOM 313

View CV (pdf)

Education:

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

Research/Teaching Interests:

Cross-Cultural Communication
Reflective Writing
Rhetoric of Grammar
Management Communication
Marketing Communication
Public Relations
Sport Management Communication
Crisis Communication
Ethics
Corporate Social Responsibility
Community Service Learning

Academic and Professional Activities:

Co-Director, Accurate Writing & More,
   Local business specializing in developing promotional
   and career materials

Member, Undergraduate Educational Council, 2007-
   present

Member, University Writing Committee, 2003-2006;
   Chair, 2004-2005

Presenter, Association for Business Communication
   Annual Convention, October 2005, 2006, 2007

Presenter, Conference for Improvement in Teaching,
   UMass/Boston, January 2003, 2005

Presenter, Conference on College Composition and
   Communication, March 2004

Publications:

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

     Awards: American Jewish Library Association Notable Book for Older Readers, New York Public Library Best Book for the Teen Age 2007, American Library Association Best Book for Young Adults Nominee, Voice of Youth Advocates (VOYA) Top Shelf Fiction, Children's Book Council/National Council of Social Studies (CBC/NCSS) Trade Book

"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.

     Awards: Bank Street College of Education, Best Children's Books, 2007

Numerous poems, short stories, plays and articles in magazines and literary journals.