Dr. Tamara L. Gillis

Brief Biographical Statement

Ed.D., Higher Education Administration, University of Pittsburgh; M.S., Communications Studies, Shippensburg (Pa.) University; B.A., English, Shippensburg (Pa.) University. Dr. Tamara Gillis, associate professor of communications, teaches journalism, public relations, organizational communication, international communication, and research courses. She is an accredited business communicator through the International Association of Business Communicators (IABC), a past chairman of the IABC Research Foundation, and the 2004 recipient of the IABC Research Foundation Lifetime Friend Award. Her research interests include media literacy, civic journalism, change management, effective organizational structures, public art as communications, the impact of new media and a "great books" approach to teaching public relations. Her most recent works include The Human Element and Essentials of Employee Communication both published in 2008 by IABC Knowledge Centre as well as The Handbook of Organizational Communication and the companion instructor's manual, both published by Jossey-Bass in 2006.