Dr Emsie Arnoldi

Key activities

Emsie is a communications professional with an extensive background in communication management, marketing communications and public relations. With a career spanning 25 years, she managed two London Stock Exchange-listed companies’ communication departments; served three years as director at an internationally renowned agency, followed by a career in Higher Education, where she was awarded a PhD in Communication Management and headed an academic department as Associate Professor.

She has taught, published and delivered papers internationally. While serving as Professor Extraordinaire at TUT, Emsie also joined RMIT where she lectured Internal Communication and Change Management and Public Relations. She is currently in an acting role as the Director: Higher Degrees by Research She has a special interest and wide-ranging experience in inter-cultural and strategic communication, as well as integrating communication processes on a macro, meso and micro levels.

She is a strategic thinker, and has relevant, creative problem-solving and leadership skills. An ability to motivate people and take initiative has always been two of her strongest characteristics. She is highly goal-oriented and thrives on seeing colleagues/students excel.

Qualifications

PhD (Communication Management), University of Pretoria, 2000

Accreditation Exam for International Association of Business Communicators, United States of America, 1998

Masters in Communication Management (HD – CUM LAUDE), University of Pretoria, 1997.

Research/ research supervision

As a registered supervisor her research supervision (master’s by research and doctoral dissertations) includes the sub-disciplines of mass media, government/political communication, marketing communication, strategic communication management, web-based technologies & communication, intercultural communication, ethics and communication, sports communication, corporate/organisational communication and social marketing. As an expert in Q-methodology and qualitative research, her own research focuses on strategic communication management, intercultural communication, corporate/organisational communication, internal communication & change management and teaching & learning in higher education.

She is a member of several professional organisations and bodies, serves on several professional boards, and acts as moderator/referee for several academic journals/conferences per year.

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