Dena Counts, Ed.D. Email & Phone Number

Abilene, TX, US

Work with Dean to create at-risk student support processes which includes training adjuncts on best practices for engaging at-risk students, coordinating the reporting of at-risk students across the programs, and engaging with Student Services to provide comprehensive support for at-risk students.Lead team that created Faculty Development Initiative for.

Abilene, Texas, United States

Charged with developing and fulfilling vision of two new online undergraduate programs - Applied Communication and Organizational Leadership programs.Serve as course developer for communication and leadership courses. Create assignments, rubrics, and teaching materials.Hire Subject Matter Experts to develop courses in programs.Hire Adjuncts to teach in.

• Research areas of Organizational Change which includes Organizational Development and Change Management and Conflict Management. Experienced in quantitative and qualitative research. I have utilized needs assessments.
• Teach Classes in Communication: public speaking, organizational communication, interpersonal communication, persuasion, advanced public speaking, conflict communication.
• Mentor students in research areas.
• Committee work.
• Develop and teach online communication courses.

Abilene, TX

- Design and Teach Courses: Fundamentals of Communication, Advanced Public Speaking, Conflict Communication, Interpersonal Communication, Business and Professional Communication, Speech Activities for Elementary Teachers, and Debate Theory and Practice.- Facilitate online classes through ACU’s Organizational Development degree program: Persuasion and.

Abilene, Texas Area

- Co-Chairs StrengthsQuest Advisory Team on ACU's campus. Team includes leaders from across -ACU: advising, residence life, athletics, faculty, staff, human resources, career services, diversity outreach, etc.- Presents to various classes on campus concerning Strengths and the application to those classes. Current presentations include: Strengths and the.

Abilene, Texas Area

- Coach nationally ranked debate and speech team at ACU.- Manage Million Dollar Endowment.-Coordinate monthly travel for team.- Direct team meetings and research for team.- Coached top twenty nationally- ranked debate team 2007-2014.- Coached National Champion Parliamentary Debate Team 2010.- Coached two Novice National top ten teams (second and ten place.

• Interviewed employees and managers to identify problematic themes across the organization.
• Developed qualitative analysis to determine common narratives across the organization.
• Provided recommendations for employee assessment program.
• Utilized gap analysis to clarify differences between goals or procedures with actual outputs.
• Use of surveys and quantitative investigation to gather information on employee perceptions.
• Development of research-backed solutions for an organization.

• Chair of Communication Department: Supervised Adjuncts, supplied curriculum to instructors, advised and coordinated instructors, etc.
• Taught Fundamentals of Public Speaking, Interpersonal of Communication and Oral Interpretation classes. Class average size is 25 students.
• Distance Education classes: Fundamentals of Public Speaking and Interpersonal Communication
• Served on state-wide committee to develop Distance Education Fundamentals of Public Speaking for Ivy Tech’s in Indiana.
• Developed Oral Interoperation course.
• Developed Strength –based Fundamentals of Public speaking and Interpersonal Communication courses to be used region-wide.

Doctor Of Education (Edd), Organizational Leadership

Ma, Communication