Bio
Dr. Myers earned her bachelor’s and doctoral degrees at Carnegie Mellon University.
Education:
D.A. (Doctor of Arts), Carnegie Mellon University
Doctoral thesis: Written Communication at the Managerial and Professional/Technical Levels: a Case Study.
This was an empirical research project conducted with the cooperation of a Fortune-100 company and used classical and contemporary rhetorical theories to study professional and business managerial communication in a Fortune-100 firm.
M.L.S. (Master of Library & Information Sciences), University of Pittsburgh
B.A., English, Carnegie Mellon University
Dr. Mildred Myers is the author of two books published by the American Bankers Association:
- Writing Skills for Bankers
- Older Bank Customers: An Expanding Market
Dr. Myers also co-authored:
- Social Auditing: Evaluating the Impact of Corporate Programs (Praeger Publishers).
Articles have been published in:
- The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
- The Conference Board Magazine
- Journal of the American Planning Association
- Management Review
- Research in Corporate Social Policy
- Women’s Studies in Communication
- Business and Society Review
- Special Libraries
- Journal of Education for Librarianship
Dr. Myers reviews books on business communication and on business ethics for Choice, a bibliographic journal used by academic libraries to select books for their collection.
Dr. Myers is Chair Emerita of the Board of Directors of WQED Multimedia and Co-Chair of the Board of Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy.