Care and Connection at Work

Christina McDowell, Ph.D., is a Senior Lecturer of Management Communication at the Cornell SC Johnson College of Business and Director of Cornell’s Pillsbury Institute for Hospitality Entrepreneurship. An award-winning educator, Professor McDowell teaches courses in corporate communication, persuasive communication, management presentations, and business writing, as well as advising community-engaged learning projects.

Professor McDowell’s research interests start with communicative engagement and emphasize actively investigating social, civic, economic, and moral problems in corporate communication, integrated marketing communication, communication ethics, and communication illustrated by religious leaders. She is the co-author of “Corporate Communication and Integrated Marketing Communication: Audience Beyond Stakeholders in a Technological Age” (2023) and co-editor and contributing author of “The Civically Engaged Woman: The Rhetoric and Activism of the Silenced Voice” (2025).

Professor McDowell holds a Ph.D. in Rhetoric, concentrating in interpersonal and organizational communication and communication ethics; an M.A. in corporate communication; and a B.A. in communication from Duquesne University.

Amy Newman is a Senior Lecturer Emerita of Management Communication at the Cornell SC Johnson College of Business. At the Nolan School of Hotel Administration, she taught courses in business writing, oral communication, persuasive communication, corporate and crisis communication, and organizational behavior. At the Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management, Newman served as the faculty director of Grand Challenges, a community-engaged learning curriculum.

Before Cornell, Newman had a career in human resources at Canon, Scholastic, and Reuters. She is a graduate of Cornell University and Milano School of Policy, Management, and Environment at The New School.

Newman is the author of “Recovery at Work: Using Twelve Step Principles for Professional Success,” “Building Leadership Character,” and the textbook “Business Communication and Character” (12th edition). Newman maintains a blog of news stories about business communication and character at amynewman.com.