Gail Cruise

Lecturer; Channing L. Bete Communication Center
and Writing Across the Curriculum Consultant

Telephone: 413-545-5592

Email: gcruise@som.umass.edu

Office: SOM 208

Currently teaching: SOM 390R

Education:

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

Research/Teaching Interests:

Electronic Communication Across the Curriculum
Cross Cultural Communication
Strategic Communication
Business Communication
English as a Second Language (ESL)

Professional Associations:

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

University of Massachusetts Associations:

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

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.