Jessie Lynn RichardsJessie Lynn Richards, PhD., is an associate professor/lecturer in the Eccles School of Business at the University of Utah where she teaches interpersonal and organizational communication and writing. She has taught at the university level for over 18years teaching various forms of business, professional, technical, and scientific communication at the undergraduate and graduate level. Richards has extensive experience in curriculum development, particularly in areas of business and professional communication. She has delivered communication "best practices" workshops for companies and organizations in Utah, California, New Jersey, and Nashville. Additionally, she has given Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) training at companies in Utah and for the Court-Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) of New Jersey. She has presented scholarly workshops and conferences at the Association of Business Communication and the National Communication Association. She is on the board of the McCluskey Center for Violence Prevention at the University of Utah and also works with the University's Gender-Based Violence Consortium. Her research focuses on intersections of trauma, gender, and language in organizational contexts. In 2015, Richards started Fight Against Domestic Violence (FADV), a non- profit foundation, to support survivors of domestic violence through business and individual partnerships. Jessie earned a PhD in Communication from the University of Utah, an MA degree in Rhetoric and Writing Studies from San Diego State University, and a BS in English and Technical Writing from Utah State University.