Faculty Profile
Dr. Brenda Jones is the Chair of the Communications program (previously called Organizational Communication) at Franklin University, leading that program from June 2008 to the present. She is committed to quality applied collegiate education, and has taught graduate as well as undergraduate courses for 13 years. Her previous courses include Small Group Communication, Business Communication, Organizational Communication, Interpersonal Communication, Presentational Speaking, and Professional Communication for Managers.
Dr. Jones developed and enhanced nine college courses in less than three years, including three new courses in Communication in Groups and Teams, Introduction to Grant Writing, and Intercultural Communication.
Dr. Jones has also served as Editorial Assistant for the international journal Powder Technology and is a member of the National Communication Association (NCA) and the International Association of Business Communicators (IABC). She is an experienced conference presenter and has presented papers on Creativity at Work, Innovation and Communication at Work and the Discourse of Training Strategies.
Dr. Brenda Jones earned a doctorate in Organizational Communication and a minor in Industrial and Organizational Psychology from the Ohio State University, as well as a master’s degree and a bachelor’s degree in Communication at OSU. Her research interests include effective internal and external organizational communication, and she has presented for several professional groups on current communication trends and key communication skills.