| Mary Ann Allison | |
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Full name |
Mary Ann Burnet Allison |
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Presence at Shimer |
–1971 |
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BA |
Shimer College 1971 |
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MBA |
Long Island University-Brooklyn 1977 |
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Ph.D. |
New York University 2005 |
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Mary Ann Allison was a student at Shimer College in the Mount Carroll period, graduating in 1971.
Brief description[]
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Dr. Mary Ann Allison is a writer, researcher and consultant specializing in the study of societal and community evolution and the application of complexity theory to social dynamics. Her best-known works include Managing Up, Managing Down (1984) and The Complexity Advantage (1999). She is a principal of the Allison Group international consultancy, and an assistant professor in the School of Communication at Hofstra University.In 2012, she received Hofstra University's first Mentor of the Year award. She received her BA from Shimer College in 1971, acquiring an MBA from Long Island University in 1977 and a Ph.D. from NYU in 2005. (from Shimer College Wiki)
Shimer connections[]
- Spouse of alum Eric Allison, also a principal of the Allison Group
Biography[]
Works[]
- Managing Up, Managing Down (1984)
- The Complexity Advantage (1999)
Profiled[]
- on LinkedIn
- on Amazon.com
- on Goodreads
- on LibraryThing
- on OpenLibrary
- by Hofstra University
- by The Allison Group
- in "Hofstra Honors Its First Mentor of the Year", May 2012
Mentioned[]
- in "Is Texting Ruining the Art of Conversation", Associated Press, 2012-06-04:
- Mary Ann Allison, an assistant professor of media studies at Hofstra University, has her students keep a log of their own communication habits.
- “By paying attention to it, they say, ‘Wow, it’s a really different conversation when you’re talking with someone and listening to them,” Allison says. They key in on body language, facial expressions and tone of voice — all cues that you lose when you can’t see or hear someone, or when you’re distracted, even in person, by a gadget.
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