Robert Bowse
Senior Lecturer II & Director
Business Communication Program
Education
MFA, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, 2008
BA, Yale University, 1991
Professional Experience
Senior Consultant, Fidelity Investments, 2003-2004
Associate Principal & Senior Consultant, Mercer Consulting, 1999-2002
Consultant, Watson Wyatt Worldwide, 1997-1999
Specialist, Towers Perrin, 1995-1997
Academic Appointments
Senior Lecturer II, Business Communication Program, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2020-present
Senior Lecturer, Business Communication Program, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2014-2020
Lecturer, Business Communication Program, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2008-2014
Honors / Awards
Outstanding Teaching Award, Isenberg School of Management, 2013
Nominated for Pushcart Prize in Fiction, 2008, 2005
Fidelity Highest Customer Satisfaction Award, 2004
IABC Gold Quill Award of Merit, 2002
Teaching Interests
Communication Strategy
Crisis Management and Image Restoration
Life Design and Career Exploration
Storytelling for Business Audiences
Visual Rhetoric and Design
Selected Publications
Bowse, R. & Lawrence, H. (2016). The whys, hows and lessons learned from our 780-person writing class. Business and Professional Communication Quarterly, 79(1), 1-22.