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Robert Bowse

Robert Bowse

Senior Lecturer II Business Communication Program
Office: Isenberg 361
Tel: 413.577.2237
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Academic Background

Education
MFA, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, 2008
BA, Yale University, 1991
Academic Appointments
Senior Lecturer, Business Communication Program, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2014-Present
Lecturer, Business Communication Program, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2008-2014

Research Interests

  • Composition Pedagogy
  • Narrative Forms in Business
  • Web Design and Usability

Teaching Interests

  • Communication Strategy
  • Crisis Management and Image Restoration
  • Employment Communications
  • Public Speaking

Professional Background

Professional Experience
Senior Consultant, 2003-2004, Fidelity Investments
Associate Principal & Senior Consultant, 1999-2002, Mercer Consulting
Consultant, 1997-1999, Watson Wyatt Worldwide
Specialist, 1995-1997, Towers Perrin

Recent 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

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.

In addition, Bob's fiction, drama and essays have appeared in the New Orleans Review, The Florida Review, Hunger Mountain, American Thinker, The New York Tyrant, Gargoyle and elsewhere.

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