Gail Cruise

Lecturer; Channing Bete Writing Center and Writing Across the Curriculum Consultant

Telephone: 413-545-5592
Email: gcruise@som.umass.edu
Office: SOM 208

Currently Teaching: SOM 310, SOM 390R, Freshman Fellows

M.B.A., Western New England College
B.A., College of Our Lady of the Elms

Areas of Expertise:

Business Communication
English as a Second Language (ESL)

Selected Presentations:

“Integrating critical reflection into an ESL business communication course: Gaining professional competence through reflective practice”, Association for Business Communication, Washington DC, October 2007.

“Thinking globally, conceptualizing culturally, and writing locally: An experiential approach to teaching business and professional communication to ESL students”, Association for Business Communication, San Antonio, TX, October 2006.

University of Massachusetts Associations:

Member of General Education Council of the Faculty Senate
Member of Diversity and Culture Subcommittee of the General Education Council
Chair and Member of Business Communication Cross Cultural Communication Committee

Professional Associations:

Member of the Association for Business Communication (ABC)
Member of the ABC Non Tenure Track Faculty Committee
Member of the ABC Intercultural Communication Committee
Member of International Writing Centers Association
Member of World Affairs Council of Western MA