Brenda L. Jones

Dr. Brenda L. Jones
Program Chair
Organizational Communication
jonesb@franklin.edu

Dr. Brenda Jones is the Chair of Organizational Communication for Franklin University.

Dr. Jones has 12 years of collegiate teaching experience in Small Group Communication, Business Communication, Organizational Communication, Interpersonal Communication, Presentational Speaking, and Professional Communication for Managers.

She earned a doctorate in Organizational Communication and a minor in Industrial and Organizational Psychology from the Ohio State University, as well as a master’s degree in Communication at OSU. Her dissertation was on Creativity at Work and she has a wide range of research interests including effective mediated communication.

Dr. Jones served as Editorial Assistant for the international journal Powder Technology and is a member of the National Communication Association (NCA) and the Association for Business Communication (ABC).

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Education

Ph.D., The Ohio State University, 2005, Organizational Communication

M.A., The Ohio State University, 1996, Communication

B.A., The Ohio State University, 1992, Communication

Academic/Professional Experience

2007-Present	Franklin University, Lead Faculty, MCM and MBA
2007	Capital University, Adjunct Faculty, Public Speaking
2004-2007	Ohio University-College of Business, Taught foundations of business communication to undergraduates, and professional and executive MBAs.
2003-2004	Columbus State Community College, Adjunct Faculty, Communication and Public Speaking.
2003	Ohio University-Pickerington Center, Adjunct Faculty, Public Speaking
2002-2003	Capital University, Adjunct Faculty, Public Speaking
2001-2002	The Ohio State University-Department of Chemical Engineering, Editorial Assistant
2000-2001	The Ohio State University-Center for Survey Research, Supervisor research staff.
2000-2001	Capital University, Adjunct Faculty, Public Speaking

Publications/Presentations

2002	"Creativity at Work: Perceptions of Constraints and Enabling Factors" National Communication Association Convention.
2002	"Innovation and Communication at Work: Features of Relationships and Work Environments" NCA.
1997	"Counselor-Client Communication: The Hurdles and Successes in Vocational Planning" NCA.
1997	"A Critique of the Discourse of Training Strategies: From the Theoretical Perspectives of Merleau-Ponty and Foucault" NCA.
1996	"A Critique of the Discourse of Training Strategies" Creighton University - Organizational Training Conference.