Professor Patty Malone is a new faculty member in the Human Communication Studies Department. She will complete her Ph.D. at the University of Texas, Austin, this spring and will then be on the tenure track.

Malone currently teaches Interviewing Principles and Practices. She has also taught classes in sales presentations, business and professional speaking, professional communication skills, and the basic communication course.

She received her B. A. degree in Communication Studies from California State University, Sacramento, and her M.S. degree in Communication Studies from the University of Southern Mississippi. She also has had successful careers in television, sales, and corporate America.

She worked as a television news anchor in California, Nevada, and Mississippi and in public affairs for General Dynamics in Pomona, Calif.She also has experience in consulting by serving as a workshop leader, conference facilitator, and coach for the 2005 Ethical Leadership Conference at the University of Texas, Austin, and served in the same capacity to work with M.B.A. students throughout several different conferences and workshops.

She has won numerous awards for her academic, news, sales, and corporate achievements.