Janette Martin

Assistant Professor, General Faculty

Office phone: 434-982-2633
e-mail: jmm5ng@virginia.edu 

Education:

Ph.D., Literature with Creative Emphasis, Bowling Green State University 
M.A., English, University of Florida 
B.A., English, University of Florida 

Areas of Expertise:

Professor Martin teaches management communication and social entrepreneurship. She has a special interest in nonprofit communication, cross-cultural communication, and business rhetoric. Current research involves persuasive writing and audience.

Professional Activities:

Professor Martin has worked as a freelance writer and public relations consultant in the United States and Italy. She taught writing, rhetoric, literature, and American studies for five years at James Madison University. She has presented papers at the Association for Business Communication Convention, Conference on College Composition and Communication, and the International Word and Image Conference. Her writing includes a chapter in the book Research Writing Revisited and articles in Academic Exchange Quarterly and INTERFACES, an international journal of the humanities.