J. Patrick McGinnis

Assistant Teaching Professor of Business Management Communication

Education:
  • LaRoche College - B.A. - 1991
  • Pittsburg State University - M.A. - 1995
  • Indiana University of Pennsylvania, expected 2010 - Ph.D. - 2011
Areas of Expertise:
  • Business Communications
Teaching and Research Interests:
  • Management communication, rhetoric, English as a second language in business communication, business communication technology, discourse analysis, visual communication, cross-cultural communication, composition theory.
Working Papers:
  • Teaching Business Communication in Qatar: An Annotated Bibliography
    September, 2005.

  • Placing Blame: A Rhetorical Cluster Analysis of an Internal Communication
    September, 2005.

  • Sheriff's Social Judgment Theory and Business Communication
    September, 2004.

  • In Assertion of a Rhetorical Pedagogy
    September, 2004.

  • Girlfriend: Language Variation, Pragmatic Failure, Definition and Use
    September, 2004.
Awards:
  • Gerald L. Thompson Award for Excellence in the Classroom, B.S., Business Administration - 2009-2010
Consulting:
  • Communications Consulting Group
  • Competency-based Coaching Program, Katz School of Business
  • Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
  • Choong Chung Nam Province (Korea) English Curriculum Committee
Courses Taught:
  • Writing and Decision Making (45790)
    (Masters Program)
    • 2006, Mini 1 (Section: B)
    • 2006, Mini 1 (Section: G)
    • 2005, Mini 1 (Section: L)
  • Interpersonal Managerial Communication (45791)
    (Masters Program)
    • 2010, Mini 1 (Section: A)
    • 2010, Mini 1 (Section: Q)
    • 2010, Mini 1 (Section: S)
    • 2009, Mini 1 (Section: C)
    • 2009, Mini 1 (Section: P)
    • 2009, Mini 1 (Section: S)
    • 2008, Mini 1 (Section: B)
    • 2008, Mini 1 (Section: P)
    • 2008, Mini 1 (Section: S)
    • 2008, Mini 1 (Section: Z)
    • 2007, Mini 1 (Section: B)
    • 2007, Mini 1 (Section: P)
    • 2007, Mini 1 (Section: S)
    • 2007, Mini 1 (Section: Z)
    • 2006, Mini 2 (Section: B)
    • 2006, Mini 2 (Section: G)
    • 2005, Mini 2 (Section: L)
  • Management Presentations (45793)
    (Masters Program)
    • 2011, Mini 6 (Section: G)
    • 2010, Mini 2 (Section: A)
    • 2010, Mini 2 (Section: Q)
    • 2010, Mini 2 (Section: R)
    • 2009, Mini 2 (Section: C)
    • 2009, Mini 2 (Section: K)
    • 2009, Mini 2 (Section: Q)
    • 2008, Mini 2 (Section: R)
    • 2008, Mini 2 (Section: X)
    • 2007, Mini 2 (Section: R)
    • 2007, Mini 2 (Section: X)
  • Doing Business in Qatar (45996)
    (Masters Program)
    • 2010, Mini 4 (Section: A)
    • 2009, Mini 4 (Section: A)
  • Business Communications (70340)
    (BSBA Program)
    • 2011, Fall (Section: Q)
    • 2012, Spring (Section: Q)
    • 2011, Spring (Section: Q)
    • 2010, Spring (Section: Q)
    • 2009, Spring (Section: K)
    • 2009, Spring (Section: Q)
    • 2007, Fall (Section: B)
    • 2007, Fall (Section: C)
    • 2008, Spring (Section: Q)
  • Interpersonal Communication (70343)
    (BSBA Program)
    • 2010, Spring (Section: Q)
    • 2008, Spring (Section: Q)
  • Business Presentations (70345)
    (BSBA Program)
    • 2012, Spring (Section: Q)
    • 2010, Fall (Section: A)
    • 2010, Fall (Section: B)
    • 2011, Spring (Section: Q)
    • 2009, Fall (Section: A)
    • 2010, Spring (Section: Q)
    • 2009, Spring (Section: Q)
    • 2008, Spring (Section: Q)
  • Cross-Cultural Business Communication (70348)
    (BSBA Program)
    • 2011, Fall (Section: Q)
    • 2009, Spring (Section: Q)