Paula LentzPh.D.

Academic Director, Professor, & Assessment Coordinator

Email:
Phone: (715) 836-3604
Campus: UW-Eau Claire
Directors & Support Staff, Standards Committee, Executive Committee, Operations Committee

Education

• Ph.D. in Rhetoric and Scientific and Technical communication, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
• M.A. in English, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
• M.S.E., University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
• B.A. in English & Psychology, Coe College

Research/Professional Interests

• Business writing
• Workplace communication
• Communication in teams
• Leadership communication
• Organizational discourse communities
• Writing pedagogy
• Genre theory
• Online/distance learning
• Health literacy

Awards/Honors

• Outstanding Faculty Award (Modules, 2020) - UW MBA Consortium
• Meada Gibbs Outstanding Scholar Teacher award - Association for Business Communication (2020)
• Distinguished Book on Business Communication Award - Association for Business Communication (2019)

Professional Memberships

• Association for Business Communication
• Midwest Writing Center Association