Julia Deems

Julia Deems

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Julia Deems, PhD, is a Teaching Professor at Olin Business School, Washington University in St Louis. In this role, she brings expertise in both communication strategies and management practices to improve decision-making and drive change. She was previously at Carnegie Mellon’s Tepper School of Business and at Carnegie Mellon’s Heinz College of Public Policy. She holds a PhD from Carnegie Mellon University (Rhetoric), an MA from The Ohio State University (English), and a BA from The Ohio State University (English and Political Science). Having studied communication and persuasion across a range of contexts for more than three decades, she has taught at the undergraduate, Masters, PhD and executive education levels. Areas of interest include persuasion and group decision making, organizational change, effective team practices, cross-cultural communication, and online learning.

Area of Expertise

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Critical Thinking, Leadership, Leadership Development, Management Development, Motivation, Training and Development, Decision Analysis, Diversity, Organizational Change and Development, Team Development

Education

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• Ph D 2018, Carnegie Mellon University
• MA 1987, The Ohio State University
• BA 1985, The Ohio State University

Teaching Interests

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Managerial communication, cross-cultural and interpersonal communication, change communication, document and data design, coaching

Selected Publications

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• "Conflict in community collaboration", 96-130, with L. Flower, 2002
• "Negotiations in community literacy: Conflict in community collaboration", with L. Flower, 1994
• "Collaboration for community action: Landlords and tenants", with L. Higgins, L. Flower, 1993