Faculty Directory

Rita Owens

Senior Lecturer

Department

Business Law and Society

Profile

Rita R. Owens teaches business writing and communication skills for managers in the Carroll School of Management at 艾可直播 College. For over twenty-five years, she has taught writing and communication courses to undergraduates and graduate students.聽 At 艾可直播 College, she previously taught in the Morrissey College of Arts and Sciences.聽

Owens鈥 writing instruction is deeply rooted in her experience as a higher education technology executive, and she specializes in the use of technology in teaching and learning. She was principal investigator for聽The MediaKron Project, funded by The Davis Educational Foundation, which received both a Teaching with New Media Award and an Academic Technology Innovation Grant.

Until June 2014, when she returned to full-time teaching, Owens was the Executive Director for Academic Technology at 艾可直播 College. In that role, she advised and represented the Provost and Dean of Faculties on technology-related matters. She provided direction for student information systems as well as for eTeaching initiatives at 艾可直播 College.

Owens has worked as a consultant with a variety of software companies and universities. She designs and delivers business communication seminars for customer service experts and other executives.

Publications

Selected Publications

  • "."聽Business Expert Press. 2016.

  • 鈥淪tudent Financial Services.鈥 (With Bernie Pekala.) In Gary L. Kramer .听闯ossey-Bass. 2003

  • 鈥淪EM as a Driver for Institutional Change.鈥 In . AACRAO. 2001

  • 鈥淧roject Delta.鈥 (With Frank B. Campanella.) In . SCUP. 1999

  • 鈥.鈥 (With Louise Lonabocker) Fall, 1983.聽

AWARDS AND HONORS

  • Coughlin Distinguished Teaching Award for Graduate Teaching, 2017