Scholarship and Biography

Erin Vicente holds a Doctorate of Education in Organizational Leadership and Communication. Her passion and enthusiasm are evident in the courses she has taught at both the undergraduate and graduate level such as Business/Professional Communication, Public Speaking, Principles of Public Relations, Media Ethics, and Media Literacy as a former Associate Professor of Communication. Her research focuses on business communication, public speaking, and contingent faculty experiences, and has appeared in Review of Social Sciences, as well as been presented at numerous conferences such as the National Communication Association, International Communication Association, and an International Roundtable Symposium for Women and Education at Oxford. In addition to her teaching and research, she served as the Director of Speaking Across the Curriculum for 8 years at her former university. Erin has also held senior account executive and financial planning positions at Viacom, CBS Radio-Boston, and Fleet Boston Financial.

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Honors

JFK Library Profile in Courage Award Reviewer
JFK Library, 2026
Hiatt Career Center, Career Hero Award
Brandeis Univeristy, 2025
Immediate Past Chair, Undergraduate and University Section
National Communication Association (United States, Washington) - NCA, 2026
Chair, Undergraduate and University Section
National Communication Association (United States, Washington) - NCA, 2025
Legislative Assembly
National Communication Association (United States, Washington) - NCA, 2025
Hiatt Career Center, Career Hero Award, 2024
Brandeis University (United States, Waltham)
Program Planner-Undergraduate College and University Section
National Communication Association (United States, Washington D.C.) - NCA, 2024
Rex Mix Program of Excellence Award
National Communication Association (United States, Washington) - NCA, 2024
Brandeis International Business School Excellence in Teaching Award
Brandeis University (United States, Waltham), 2023
Hiatt Career Center, Career Hero Award
Brandeis University (United States, Waltham), 2023
Vice-Chair Elect, Undergraduate College and University Section
National Communication Association (United States, Washington D.C.) - NCA, 2023
Budget Advisory Committee (elected)
Lasell University (United States, Newton) - LC, 2020-2021
Chair, Undergraduate College and University Section
National Communication Association (United States, Washington D.C.) - NCA, 2020
Professional Affairs Committee (elected)
Lasell University (United States, Newton) - LC, 2017-2020
Vice-Chair, Undergraduate College and University College Section
National Communication Association (United States, Washington D.C.) - NCA, 2019
Program Planner, Undergraduate College and University Section
National Communication Association (United States, Washington D.C.) - NCA, 2019
Graduate Communication Speaking Series
Lasell University (United States, Newton) - LC, 2019
Selection Committee, Public Relations Division
National Communication Association (United States, Washington D.C.) - NCA, 2018
Vice-Chair Elect, Undergraduate College and University Section
National Communication Association (United States, Washington D.C.) - NCA, 2018
Top paper award: UCUS Section
National Communication Association (United States, Washington D.C.) - NCA, 2016
Graduate Communication Speaking Series
Lasell College (United States, Newton) - LC, 2016
Top Paper Award, Undergraduate College and University Section
National Communication Association (United States, Washington D.C.) - NCA, 2016
Graduate Communication Speaking Series
Lasell University (United States, Newton) - LC, 2014
Graduate Program Academic Fellowship and Grant Recipient
Suffolk University (United States, Boston), 2006-2007

Organizational Affiliations

Associate Professor of the Practice of Business Communication, Brandeis International Business School, Brandeis University

Past Affiliations

Lasell College (United States, Newton) - LC

Education

Northeastern University
Ed.D.
Suffolk University
M.A.