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Two New Faculty Join COMM Dept!

Two new faculty have joined the Communication Studies Department!

Dr. Luis Felipe Gomez studies organizational learning and development through the social construction of time. He is developing the concept of temporal leadership, which involves promoting a future orientation through temporal framing and other organizational communication interventions. In his teaching, he strives to help students develop their critical thinking skills and relate the concepts and skills they are learning to their work and personal lives. Professor Gomez has taught organizational communication, intercultural communication, and quantitative inquiry at both graduate and undergraduate levels. Professor Gomez comes to SJSU from Texas State University, San Marcos, where he was an assistant professor. He earned his PhD in organizational communication from the University of Texas at Austin, his MBA in international finance and marketing from Katholieke Universiteit, Leuven, Belgium, and his BA in business administration from ITESM Campus San Luis. San Luis Potosí, México. Contact Professor Gomez at luis.gomez@sjsu.edu.

Dr. Tabitha Hart studies communication in organizational and business settings, both online and offline. In particular she is interested the links between culture, communication, and technology; the transfer of communication products across national boundaries; and customer service communication. Her most recent project examined the exchanges that took place on an interactive web-based platform that connected English language learners in China with trainers in the United States. In between degrees she worked as a language and communication trainer in Japan, the Czech Republic, and Germany. She holds a Ph.D. in Communication from the University of Washington, an M.A. in Communication Studies from California State University, and a B.A. in Communication from the University of California, San Diego. Read more about her work on her website. Contact Dr. Hart at tabitha.hart@sjsu.edu.

COMM Major Named Influential Student

Communication Studies major Jeremiah Navarette was named one of SJSU’s most 55 influential students by the Associated Students. Congratulations Jeremiah!

Here’s the official notification of the honor:

“On behalf of Associated Students, please accept my congratulations on your recent selection to become a member of our very privileged group of influential A.S. 55 recipients.  Your name was submitted to our selection committee and it was determined that your contribution to San Jose State community are ones that should be recognized.

“Every year, Associated Students acknowledge that there are many students who contribute to the betterment of the San Jose State University community and who have a continuous interest in providing their skills to be utilized in doing so. We are happy to have received your name and I wanted to encourage you to continue to use your strengths to make this University and its surroundings a better place.”