Business and Professional Communication - International Student Edition: KEYS for Workplace Excellence

About Kelly M. QuintanillaKelly Marie Miller QuintanillaKelly MillerKelly Quintanilla MillerShawn T. Wahl

Kelly Miller is the Dean of the College of Liberal Arts at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi. She earned her Ph.D. in Communication from the Pennsylvania State University in 1994 joining the A&M-CC faculty that same year. She was a Professor of the Communication for 16 years teaching courses in Business & Professional Communication Teamwork & Leadership Organizational Communication Public Relations and Public Speaking. Additionally she served as Department Chair/Program Coordinator in Communication from 2000-2009. Over the years Dr. Quintanilla has received awards for her teaching service advising and scholarship. She has also worked as an executive coach and an organizational communication consultant for a variety of industries. Although she loves her career her greatest love is spending time with her husband Anthony and daughter Logan on the sunny beaches of the South Texas. Dr. Shawn Wahl is the Founding Dean of the Judith Enyeart Reynolds College of Arts Social Sciences and Humanities (RCASH) and Professor of Communication at Missouri State University (MSU). Shawns most notable accomplishment in higher education leadership is facilitating the largest scholarship and structural private eight-figure gift in university history. He has served in the Dean role since 2017 and as Department Head of Communication at MSU from 2012 to 2017. Prior to MSU he served as the Department Head of Communication Mass Media & Theatre at Angelo State University and as the Founding Director of Graduate Studies at Texas A&M University Corpus Christi. Dr. Wahl was the 2016 President of the Central States Communication Association (CSCA). He has authored numerous books including The Communication Age: Connecting and Engaging; Business and Professional Communication: KEYS for Workplace Excellence; Persuasion in Your Life; Intercultural Communication in Your Life; Public Speaking: Essentials for Excellence; Nonverbal Communication for a Lifetime; Public Relations Principles: Bridging Theory and Practice and Organizational Communication:  Strategies for Success. He has published articles in Communication Education Communication Research Reports Communication Studies Communication Teacher Journal of Family Communication and the Basic Communication Course Annual. Dr. Wahl and colleagues received the Distinguished Article Award: Instructional Development Division (IDD) National Communication Association (NCA) 2021. Shawn completed two executive leadership programs at the Harvard University Graduate School of Education the Management Development Program (MDP 2016) and the Institute for Educational Management (IEM 2022). In addition Shawn is an experienced organizational communication consultant and executive leadership coach in various industries (e.g. commodity trading mining oil and gas and health care).