Academic Environment Committee

Purpose

The purpose of the Academic Environment Committee is to promote business communication as an academic discipline with a strong research base and to explore workplace issues affecting business communication faculty.

Committee Charges

1. Gathers and disseminates information about workplace issues that are affecting business communication faculty (e.g., class size; teaching load; reappointment, promotion, and tenure (RPT) criteria; etc.) and how ABC can better serve its members in terms of the teaching environment and professional development opportunities.

2. Collects and shares resources that will enable business communication faculty to promote their work and their programs in the academy.

3. Encourages ABC members to develop presentations and journal articles related to academic environment issues.

4. Informs the ABC Board and members about AACSB policies or actions that may affect the discipline of business communication.

5. Collaborates with the Research Committee to assess and strength the status of business communication as an academic discipline with a strong research base.

Committee Chair

Katherine Ryan (term expires 12/31/2026)

Committee Members

[Committee chair can request committee members additions/drops by first logging into ABC and then completing the Committee Update Request Form.]

Membership

Membership on this committee is open to any ABC member in good standing who is interested in promoting the committee’s work.

Recent Prior Chairs

Dirk Remley, Kent State University
Paula Lentz, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
Holly Lawrence, University of Massachusetts Amherst

Position Paper 2018