Place of Birth: Kinston
Hometown: Tuscaloosa
Career: Professor Emerita at the McDonough School of Business, Georgetown University,
1979 - '99; Professor, Georgetown University, 1979 - '91;
Professor, University of Alabama, 1971 - '79
Accomplishments & academic background: Specialization in management communication and research on interpersonal and organizational communication, corporate advocacy and intercultural communication; visiting professor at the University of Pittsburgh, the Helsinki School of Economics, and the University of Leipzig; served on the editorial board and published numerous papers in the Journal of Business Communication; conducted management training at various companies.
Hobbies: Spending time with her grandchildren, traveling, volunteering for health related organizations
Education: Phi Beta Kappa B.A., University of Alabama, 1960;