Janie Harden Fritz, Ph.D.

• Associate Professor
• Undergraduate Program Director
• M.A. Program Director
• Marketplace and Internship Director

Awards and Honors

(2009)  Duquesne University Presidential Award for Teaching Excellence

(2009)  McAnulty College and Graduate School Award for Teaching Excellence

(2007)  Eugene P. Beard Award for Leadership in Ethics (Duquesne University)

(2006)  Nominated for the Eugene P. Beard Award for Leadership in Ethics (Duquesne University)

(2006)  Carroll Arnold Distinguished Service Award, Pennsylvania Communication Association

(1982)  Phi Beta Kappa (University of Georgia)

Professional Offices

National Level

President, Religious Communication Association, 2008-2009

Vice President, Religious Communication Association, 2007-2008

2nd Vice President, Religious Communication Association, 2006-2007

Regional Level

Vice President, Eastern Communication Association (will plan 2010 conference in Baltimore and assume presidency in 2011)

Eastern Communication Association 4-year College Representative to National Communication Association Legislative Assembly 2007–2009

2nd Vice President, Eastern Communication Association, 2004–2005, 2007-2008

State Level

Secretary, Pennsylvania Communication Association (2006-2009)

President, Speech Communication Association of Pennsylvania (now PCA), 2001–2002

Vice-President, Speech Communication Association of Pennsylvania (now PCA), 2000–2001

Publications

Book

Arnett, R. C., Fritz, J. M. H., & Bell, L. M. (2009). Communication ethics literacy: Dialogue and difference. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

Edited Book

Fritz, J. M. H., & Omdahl, B. (Eds.) (2006). Problematic relationships in the workplace.  New York: Peter Lang.

Book Chapters (2006-2009)

Fritz, J. M. H. (forthcoming.) Socialization. In Encyclopedia of identity. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

Fritz, J. M. H. (forthcoming). Rudeness and incivility in the workplace. In Wright, S., & Morrison, R. (Eds.), Friends and enemies in organisations: A work psychology perspective. Palgrave-Macmillan.

Fritz, J. M. H. (forthcoming). Approaches to communication scholarship and pedagogy from a Christian perspective.  In Cali, D. (Ed.). Called to communicate: How faith shapes the field of communication. Paulist Press.

Fritz, J. M. H. (2007). Foreword.  In Amankwah, J., Dialogue: The Church and the voice of the other (pp. ix-xiv). Berlin: Peter Lang.

Fritz, J. M. H. (2006). Typology of negative workplace relationships: a replication.   In J. M. H. Fritz & B. L. Omdahl (Eds.), Problematic relationships in the workplace (pp. 21–46). New York: Peter Lang.

Fritz, J. M. H., & Omdahl, B. L. (2006). Effects of negative interpersonal relationships on organizational members’ outcomes.  In J. M. H. Fritz & B. L. Omdahl (Eds.), Problematic relationships in the workplace (pp. 131–151). New York: Peter Lang.

Hess, J. A., Omdahl, B. L., & Fritz, J. M. H. (2006). Turning points in relationships with disliked coworkers.  In J. M. H. Fritz & B. L. Omdahl (Eds.), Problematic relationships in the workplace (pp. 89–106). New York: Peter Lang.

Omdahl, B. L., & Fritz, J. M. H. (2006). Effects of negative interpersonal relationships on stress and well being. In J. M. H. Fritz & B. L. Omdahl (Eds.), Problematic relationships in the workplace (pp. 109–130). New York: Peter Lang.

Omdahl, B. L., & Fritz, J. M. H. (2006). Introduction. In J. M. H. Fritz & B. L. Omdahl (Eds.), Problematic relationships in the workplace (pp. xiii–xxi). New York: Peter Lang.

Articles (2006-2009)

Fritz, J. M. H., Bodenman, J. R., Jabro, A., & Mino, M. (2008). Herman Cohen’s legacy. Pennsylvania Scholars Series: Herman Cohen, 44-56.

Arnett, R. C., McKendree, A., Fritz, J. M. H., & Roberts, K. G. (2008). Partnering with the business school: The business and professional communication course. Business Communication Quarterly, 71, 346-350

Arnett, R.C., Fritz, J. H., & Holba, A. (2007).   The rhetorical turn to Otherness:Otherwise than humanism. Cosmos and History: The Journal of Natural and Social Philosophy, 3, 115-133.

Arnett, R. C., McKendree, A., Fritz, J. M. H., & Roberts, K. G. (2007). Persuasion in the school of business:  Construction of a basic course in business and professional communication. In B. S. Hugenberg & L. W. Hugenberg (Eds.), Teaching Ideas for the Basic Communication Course 10 (pp. 17-24). Dubuque, IA: Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company.

Grabowsky, E., & Fritz, J. M. H. (2007). The internship: Bridge between marketplace and liberal arts education in the Catholic tradition.  Catholic Education: A Journal of Inquiry and Practice, 10, 436-448.

Fritz, J. M. H., & Sawicki, J. (2006). A framework for a Spiritan university. Spiritan Horizons, 1, 53-68.

Fritz, J. M. H., & Roberts, K. G. (2006).  Service learning in a new key: Service literacy  as constitutive of praxis, identity, and community.  Communication Annual, LXII, 5-21.