Goldhaber Named to Fredonia College Foundation Board

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Gerald M. Goldhaber, Ph.D., associate professor and associate chair of the University at Buffalo Department of Communication, has been appointed to the Fredonia College Foundation Board of Directors for a three-year term by Fredonia President Dennis Hefner.

Goldhaber, a UB faculty member since 1974 and a former chair of the UB communication department, is an expert in organizational communication.

His textbook, "Organizational Communication," is used in more than 250 colleges and universities worldwide and was the book most often cited as being the most influential in the area of Business-Management-Organizational Communication (BMOC) in a 1994 survey of communication professionals.

Goldhaber has won five teaching awards and has been listed in "Who's Who in the World" and "Who's Who in America."

He also is the owner of Goldhaber Research Associates, an Amherst consulting firm that specializes in polling and market research for executives in politics, industry, the legal profession and the entertainment arts.

A graduate of the University of Massachusetts and the University of Maryland, Goldhaber received his doctorate in organizational/interpersonal communication from Purdue University.

He resides in Williamsville.