xviii About the Authors
Dr. Mary Ellen Guffey
A dedicated professional, Mary Ellen Guffey has taught business communication
and business English topics for over thirty-ve years. She received a bachelor’s
degree, summa cum laude, from Bowling Green State University; a master’s degree
from the University of Illinois, and a doctorate in business and economic educa-
tion from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). She has taught at the
University of Illinois, Santa Monica College, and Los Angeles Pierce College.
Now recognized as the world’s leading business communication textbook
author, Dr. Guffey corresponds with instructors around the globe who are using her
books. She is the founding author of the award-winning Business Communication:
Process and Product, the leading business communication textbook in this country.
She also wrote Business English, which serves more students than any other book in
its eld; Essentials of College English; and Essentials of Business Communication,
the leading text/workbook in its market. Dr. Guffey is active professionally, serving
on the review boards of the Business and Professional Communication Quarterly
and the Journal of Business Communication, publications of the Association for
Business Communication. She participates in national meetings, sponsors busi-
ness communication awards, and is committed to promoting excellence in business
communication pedagogy and the development of student writing skills.
Dr. Dana Loewy
Dana Loewy has been teaching business communication at California State
University, Fullerton for the past eighteen years. She enjoys introducing undergrad-
uates to business writing and honing the skills of graduate students in managerial
communication. Most recently, she has also taught various German classes. Dr.
Loewy is a regular guest lecturer at Fachhochschule Nürtingen, Germany. Having
earned a PhD from the University of Southern California in English with a focus
on translation, she is a well-published freelance translator, interpreter, brand-name
consultant, and textbook author. Dr. Loewy has collaborated with Dr. Guffey
on recent editions of Business Communication: Process & Product as well as on
Essentials of Business Communication.
Fluent in several languages, among them German and Czech, her two native
languages, Dr. Loewy has authored critical articles in many areas of interest—
literary criticism, translation, business communication, and business ethics. Before
teaming up with Dr. Guffey, Dr. Loewy published various poetry and prose trans-
lations, most notably The Early Poetry of Jaroslav Seifert and On the Waves of
TSF. Active in the Association for Business Communication, Dr. Loewy focuses on
creating effective teaching/learning materials for undergraduate and graduate busi-
ness communication students.
About the Authors
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