- James E. Suchan
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Professor / Associate Dean for Distance Learning
Mail Code: GB/Sa
Graduate School of Business and Public Policy
Monterey, CA 93943
Phone: 831-656-2905
Email: jsuchan (at) nps.edu
Web: www.nps.navy.mil/gsbpp/
- EDUCATION:
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PhD - Univ of Illinois, 1980
English Literature
BS - Univ New York, 1972
NPS EXPERIENCE:
- 2003 – Present: Professor of Management, Chair
- 2001 – 2004: Associate Dean, GSBPP
- 1987 – 2002: Associate Professor of Management
OTHER EXPERIENCE:
- 2006: Visiting Researcher, Chuo University, Japan
- 2000: Visiting Researcher, Rice University
- 1999: Visiting Researcher, St. Mary’s University
- 1998: Visiting Researcher, University of Michigan
- 1985 – 1986: Associate Professor of Managerial Communications, University of Alabama
- 1981 – 1985: Assistant Professor of Managerial Communications, University of Alabama
- 1980 – 1981: Assistant Professor in Literature and Film and Managerial Communications, University of Arizona
- 1977 – 1980: Lecturer in Literature and Film and Managerial Communications, University of Arizona
TEACHING INTERESTS:
- Managerial Communication
- Intercultural Communication
- Organization and Management
- Crisis Communication and Media Relations
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
- Written Managerial Communication
- Intercultural Communication (Arabic persuasion and negotiation)
- Changing Communication Norms in Organizations
- Communicating Change
- Organizational Interpretations
- Uses of New Communication Technology
AWARDS:
- 2007: Outstanding Article of the Year Award in Business Communication, Journal of Business Communication
- 2002: Award for Best Article on Methods of Teaching in Scientific and Technical Communication
- 1999: Outstanding Article of the Year Award in Business Communication
BOARDS/MEMBERSHIPS:
- 2007 – Present: GSBPP Academic Associate of the Core
- 2007 – Present: GSBPP Associate Dean of New Ventures
- 2008 – Present: GSBPP Area Chair – Management Group
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS: (View an extended list)
- Suchan, J. “The role of management and leadership in complex, turbulent organizational environments,” Drastamat Kawayan Institute for National Defense Strategic Studies Academic Journal, no.4 (62), pp.73-85, 2009.
- Suchan, J. “How Academic Organizational Systems and Culture Undermine Scholarship and Quality Research,” Journal of Business Communication, 45(3), pp. 349-357, 2008.
- Campbell, N., L. Louhiala-Salminen, K. Rentz, P. Rogers & J. Suchan. “The Impact of Journal Quality on Business and Management Communication Academics,” Journal of Business Communication, 44(4), pp. 403-426, 2007. (Awarded the 2007 Outstanding Article of the Year Award in Business Communication.)
- Charles, M. & J. Suchan. “Business Communication Research: Past, Present, and Future,” Journal of Business Communication, 43(4), pp. 389-398, 2006.
- Suchan, J. “Changing Organizational Communication Practices and Norms: A Framework,” Journal of Business and Technical Communication, 20(1), pp. 1-43, 2006.
KEYWORDS/TECHNOLOGIES:
- Keywords: Communication, Organizational Interpretations, New Communication Technology
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