JANE P. THOMAS Director of MBA & BBA Writing Programs Lecturer in Business/Management Communications

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

• Ph.D. The University of Michigan, 1994
• M.S. The University of Illinois, 1967
• B.A. The University of Iowa, 1965
• Instituto Tecnologico de Monterrey (Mexico), 1964
• The University of Iowa Writer's Workshop, 1965 

PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND

• University of Michigan
  
• Director of MBA & BBA Writing Programs, 1997 to present
• Director of BBA Communication Program, 1994-1998
• Coordinator for Written Communication, Cathay-Pacific Global MBA, 1992 to 1994
• Coordinator for Written Communication, Daewoo Global MBA, 1994 to present
• MAP faculty, 1993 to present
• Lecturer in Communication, 1992-present
• Director, MBA Writing Program, 1992-1994
• Teaching Fellow in Communication, 1989-1992
• Madonna University
• Instructor of Journalism and Composition, 1987-1989
• Loyola University of Chicago
• Instructor of Speech, Mass Media Theory, and Television Production, 1968-1970
• WCIA-TV, CBS Affiliate, Champaign, Illinois
• Copywriter and Production Coordinator, 1965-1968

RESEARCH AND PUBLICATIONS

• "Discourse in the Marketplace: The Making of Meaning in Annual Reports."Journal of Business Communication. (refereed journal); (1997)
• "Contexting Koreans: Does the High/Low Model Work? Forthcoming in Business Communication Quarterly.
• "What Ever Happened to Ars Dictamen?" Currently under review by The Journal of Business Communication.
• Effective Business Communications, 7th edition, (with Herta Murphy and Herbert Hildebrandt) (1997).
• "Rocky Mountain Mutual." Case published in Business Communication Quarterly. Eds. Pris Rogers, Jone Rymer. (1998)
• "Discourse in the Marketplace: The Making of Meaning in Annual Reports."Research Roundtable paper given at the Association for Business Communication Conference, San Diego, November 1994.
• "Coherence: Toward a Logic in Effective Communication Documents" presented at the Research Roundtable at the ABC Conference, November 1995.
• "The Occidental Linguist: Trying to Find Patterns of English in Korean Student Texts." Paper delivered at Research Roundtable at the Association for Business Communication Conference, Chicago, November 1997.
• "Medieval Modals: New Evidence in the Dating of Beowulf paper delivered at Twentieth Annual Medieval Congress, Kalamazoo, MI, 1990.
• "Law Firm Affiliates: An Assault on Tradition" (with Atty. Hugh B. Thomas) D.J. White's Annual Salary Survey, 1989.
• "To Slay a Sleeping Giant" article on traditions in law firm practice D.J. White's Annual Salary Survey, 1987.

CURRENT RESEARCH ACTIVITY

• Writing assessments for undergraduates and graduates in business education
  (e.g. portfolio assessment, managerial writing assessment)
• Intercultural communication, focusing on how culture and personal expectations influence text

Contact me via email: thomasej@umich.edu