Linda Macdonald

Research Interests

Professor Macdonald’s research interests include strategies in teaching business communication, internationalization of higher education, and business communication theory.

Selected Publications

• Lean and ethical business communication. Sundararajan, B. & Macdonald, L. Toronto: Oxford University Press  (2016)
  
• Understanding international and domestic student expectations of peers, faculty, and university: Implications for professional communication pedagogy. Macdonald, L. & Sundararajan, B. Rhetoric, Professional Communication and Globalization 8, 40-56  (2015)
  
• Communication support for international students. Macdonald, L.R. The Workplace Review 1-2, 71-82  (2013)
• Science and technology development and the depoliticization of the public space: The case of socially and culturally sustainable biotechnology in New Zealand. Macdonald, L., Varey, R., & Barker, J.R.  Sustainability Accounting, Management and Policy Journal 2(1), 8-26.  (2011) doi: 10.1108/20408021111162100 (2011)
  

Selected Awards and Honours

• 2020  A. Gordon Archibald Award for Teaching Excellence
• 2018  Bill Black Management Teaching Excellence Award
  
• 2015  Dalhousie University International Centre Community Service Award
  
• 2014  Best Professor Award, Dalhousie Chinese Students and Scholars Association
• 2012  Literati Network Award for Excellence. Highly Commended Award Winner for “Science and technology development and the depoliticization of the public space: The case of socially and culturally sustainable biotechnology in New Zealand”

Current Teaching

• COMM 1715  Business Communication