Business Communication: In Person, In Print, Online

About Amy Newman

Amy Newman is a member of the faculty of management communication (emerita) at the Cornell University SC Johnson College of Business in the School of Hotel Administration and the Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management. As a senior lecturer for 17 years she taught courses in business writing oral communication persuasive communication corporate and crisis communication and organizational behavior. Ms. Newman also served as the faculty director of Grand Challenges @Dyson a community-engaged learning curriculum. Ms. Newman was also an adjunct instructor at Ithaca College; Milano The New School for Management and Urban Policy in New York City; and eCornell where she taught classes online. She has won several awards for excellence in teaching and student advising and received grants to develop technology-based learning solutions. She also developed several online courses for working professionals through eCornell. Prior to joining Cornell Ms. Newman spent 20 years working for large companies such as Canon Reuters and Scholastic. Internally she held senior-level management positions in human resources and leadership development. As an external consultant she worked to improve communication and employee performance in hospitality technology education publishing financial services and entertainment companies. A graduate of Cornell University and Milano Ms. Newman is also author of BUILDING LEADERSHIP CHARACTER and several editions of BUSINESS COMMUNICATION: IN PERSON IN PRINT ONLINE. Since 2010 she has maintained a blog of news stories about business communication and character at amynewman.com.