Holly Jones is the Director of Alumni & Parent Relations at Iowa Wesleyan University, where she is responsible for engagement, development, and communication. She received her undergraduate degree in history from the University of Iowa in 2010 and just completed her second quarter in the MSC program.   Why the MSC program at Northwestern, and

Jeff is the CEO of CIMC Capital, the finance partner for China International Marine Containers, headquartered in Shenzhen, China. CIMC, the largest container and trailer manufacturer in the world, has 200 subsidiaries worldwide. Jeff was recently invited to the join the Wall Street Journal CEO Council as its 143rd member. Why was MSC the right

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Anne Marie Adams is the Director of Administration and Academic Affairs for the MSC program and Adjunct Faculty for the program. Anne Marie is an experienced higher education and student affairs administrator. She oversees the execution of all academic programming and advising, and provides leadership in the development and implementation of all program policies and

Susan D. Carver, Ph.D. has designed and implemented diversity programs, workshops and graduate courses for educational and religious institutions, city governments, NASA and large and small businesses. She has a unique capacity to discern and account for her own worldviews which informs her capacity to help attendees understand and optimize cultural differences to help establish

Rick G. Morris is a graduate of the New York University (LL.M.) School of Law and the University of Kansas School of Law. Morris combines real-world business experience with academic insight; he has worked and consulted for more than eleven media entities, including divisions of NBC, ABC, Telemundo, and CBS Television Networks and has won an Emmy

Randall Iden received his Ph.D. from Northwestern University in the Program in Rhetoric and Public Culture. Iden also holds an MSC from Northwestern and a JD from the University of Pennsylvania. He is a Lecturer in the School of Communication and teaches Foundations of Strategic Communication and the Communication Skills Practicum. In addition, he is

Professor Noshir Contractor received his PhD from the University of Southern California in Communication and is the Jane S. & William J. White Professor of Behavioral Sciences. He holds appointments in the Departments of Communication Studies, Industrial Engineering & Management Sciences, and Management & Organizations. Contractor teaches Understanding & Leveraging Networks in the MSC curriculum.

Michael Roloff received his Ph.D. in Communication from Michigan State University and joined the faculty at Northwestern in 1978. Roloff has been the Chair of the Interpersonal Communication Division of the National Communication Association and is currently Director of the National Communication Association Publications Board. Roloff is a long-time editor of Communication Research and directs

Leslie DeChurch’s research investigates teamwork and leadership in organizations. She is Professor of Communication Studies, and holds a courtesy appointment in the Department of Psychology, Weinberg College of Arts & Sciences. She is President and Chairperson of the Board of INGRoup, the Interdisciplinary Network for Group Research.  Professor DeChurch leads the ATLAS lab: Advancing Teams, Leaders, and Systems. ATLAS explores