Dr. Rose Helens-Hart
Associate Professor
Contact Information:
Office: McCartney Hall 309
Office Phone: (785) 628-4019
E-Mail: rhhelenshart@fhsu.edu
Degrees:
Ph.D. Communication Studies- University of Kansas
M.I.S. Masters in International Studies- North Carolina State University
B.A. Journalism and Public Communication- University of Alaska Anchorage
Courses Taught:
BCOM 201: Corporate Communication
BCOM 210: Professional Development
BCOM 301: Business Communication&
BCOM 601: Managerial Communication
BCOM 680: Strategic Communications for Managing Diversity and Inclusion
BCOM 692: Managerial Reports and Presentations
Research Activities:
Business and Organizational Communication
Employability
Talent Development
Select Publications
Helens-Hart, R. (forthcoming, 2023). In-demand instructional communication competencies for
organizational trainers. Business and Professional Communication Quarterly.
Helens-Hart, R., Haugen, J., & Lloyd, R. (2022). Dissent in reality: A commentary on
representations of organizational dissent on Undercover Boss. International Journal of
Business Communication. https://doi.org/10.1177/23294884221142424
Cardon, P., Aritz, J., Fleischmann, C., Elhaddaoui, T., Getchell, K., Helens-Hart, R., Iivonen, K.,
Insignares, F., Li, X., Logemann, M., Juan Carlos Palmer-Silveira, Miguel Ruiz-Garrido,
Archana Shrivastava, Scott Springer, Stapp, J., Swartz, S., Warren, N., Woolstenhulme, K.,
& Zemaitis, E. (2022). Standing strong amid a global pandemic: A global team project
stands up to a real-life test during the COVID-19 crisis. British Journal of Educational
Technology, 53(3), 577-592. doi: 10.1111/bjet.13189
Barrett, L., & Helens-Hart, R. (2022). The value of a liberal arts degree: Students' perspectives on
financial and nonfinancial returns on investment. Western Journal of Communication, 86(5),
672-691. doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/10570314.2022.2100469
Helens-Hart, R., & Engstrom, C. (2020). Empathy as an essential skill for talent development
consultants. Journal of Workplace Learning, 33(4), 245-258.
doi: https://doi.org/10.1108/JWL-06-2020-0098
Helens-Hart, R. (2019). Career education discourse: Promoting student employability in a
university career center. Qualitative Research in Education, 8(1), 1-26.
doi: http://doi.org/10.17583/qre.2019.3706
Helens-Hart, R. (2018). The Employability Self-Assessment: Identifying and appraising career
identity, personal adaptability, and social and human capital. Management Teaching
Review, 4(1). doi: https://doi.org/10.1177/2379298118775937
Helens-Hart, R. (2017). Females (non)disclosure of minority sexual identities in the workplace
from a Communication Privacy Management perspective. Communication Studies, 68(5),
1-17. doi: 10.1080/10510974.2017.1388827
D'Enbeau, S., Villamil, A., & Helens-Hart, R. (2015). Transcending work-life tensions: A
transnational feminist analysis of work and gender in the Middle East, North Africa, and
India. Women's Studies in Communication, 38(3), 272-294.
doi: 10.1080/07491409.2015.1062838
Dr. Rose Helens-Hart teaches courses in professional development and business and corporate communication. Her research interests are in the areas of employability and identity management. She completed her PhD in Organizational Communication from the University of Kansas, Master's degree in International Studies from North Carolina State University, and a Bachelor's degree in Journalism and Mass Communication from the University of Alaska, Anchorage.