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'''Dr. Ruben''' (born October 17, 1944) is a Distinguished Professor of Communication, Department of Communication, Rutgers School of Communication and Information. He also serves as Advisor for Strategy and Planning in the Office to the Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs, is the Senior University Fellow in leadership and communication and founder of the Rutgers Center for Organizational Leadership. Dr. Ruben is a member of faculties of Robert Wood Johnson School of Medicine and the Ph.D. Program in Higher Education in the Rutgers Graduate School of Education. Dr. Ruben's academic career has been devoted to advancing interdisciplinary and systemic approaches to the study of communication, and the application of these frameworks in cross-cultural, health, educational, organizational, and leadership contexts. He is author of more than 60 books and 150 journal articles and book chapters in these areas.
'''Brent David Ruben''' (born October 17, 1944) is a Distinguished Professor of Communication, Department of Communication, Rutgers School of Communication and Information. He also serves as Advisor for Strategy and Planning in the Office to the Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs, is Senior University Fellow in leadership and communication, and founder of the Rutgers Center for Organizational Leadership. Ruben is a member of faculties of Robert Wood Johnson School of Medicine and the Ph.D. Program in Higher Education in the Rutgers Graduate School of Education. Ruben's academic career has been devoted to advancing interdisciplinary and systemic approaches to the study of communication, and the application of these frameworks in cross-cultural, health, educational, organizational, and leadership contexts. He is author of more than 60 books and 150 journal articles and book chapters in these areas.


==Early life and education==
==Early life and education==
Ruben attended the [[University of Iowa]], graduating in 1966 with majors in psychology and advertising. He completed a master's degree in communication from the University of Iowa, in 1968, and a Ph.D. in communication from the University of Iowa in 1970.
Brent was born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and lived in Des Moines, Iowa through his early years. Ruben attended the [[University of Iowa]], graduating in 1966 with majors in psychology and advertising. He completed a master's degree in communication from the University of Iowa in 1968, and a Ph.D. in communication from the University of Iowa in 1970.


==Career==
==Career==


=== University of Iowa – School of Journalism and Mass Communication ===
=== University of Iowa – School of Journalism and Mass Communication ===
After receiving his Ph.D., Dr. Ruben was promoted from an Instructor position to a tenure-track Assistant Professor. His primary focus was on communication education and the development of Intermedia, a year-long theory-based experiential program for communication and mass communication instruction.
After receiving his Ph.D., Ruben was promoted from Instructor to a tenure-track Assistant Professor position. His primary focus was on communication education, experiential instruction, and the development and implementation of Intermedia, a year-long theory-based experiential program for communication and mass communication instruction.


===Rutgers University – Department of Communication===
===Rutgers University – Department of Communication===
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Ruben served as assistant department chair from 1976 to 1980. He was promoted to [[associate professor|Associate Professor]] in 1980, and was appointed chair in that same year, a position in which he served until 1984. By the end of his tenure as chair, the department had grown in size and scope, with 18 full-time faculty and staff, and 800 majors with 6,000 student enrollments per year in interpersonal, intercultural, organizational, international, health, speech and mass communication.<ref>A narrative description of the development of the Department of Communication is provided in the "Preface" to Implementing Sustainable Change in Higher Education (Ruben 2022).</ref>
In 1971, Ruben accepted a position as Assistant Professor<ref>{{cite web |last1=Ruben |first1=Brent |title=Department of Communication |url=https://comminfo.rutgers.edu/about/communication-department |website=SC&I}}</ref> at [[Rutgers University]], to contribute to the establishment of a Department of Communication. He developed Interact, an educational simulation which integrated speech, group, organizational, and mass communication instruction and that program served as the foundation of the two year undergraduate major. What had been a professionally oriented Department of Journalism with four faculty members, 65 majors and 200 total enrollments per semester was transformed to become one of the first Communication departments in the country to fully integrate theory and practice from the fields of speech communication and journalism/mass communication in a single unit, and the first to make experiential teaching and learning a core component of the curriculum. (See selected articles on experiential learning, simulation and gaming in References and Selected Publications).


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Consistent with his curricular and administrative work within the department during those years, Ruben's scholarship and publication focused on [[Systems theory|general systems theory]] (General System Theory and Human Communication,<ref>{{cite book|last1=Ruben|first1=Brent|last2=Kim|first2=John|title=General System Theory and Human Communication|date=1975|publisher=Hayden Book Company|isbn=978-0810459410|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/generalsystemsth0000unse}}</ref> with J. Kim, 1975), and other interdisciplinary conceptualizations of communication.
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Ruben served as assistant department chair from 1976 to 1980. He was promoted to [[associate professor]] in 1980, and was appointed chair in that same year, a position in which he served until 1984. By the end of his tenure as chair, the department had grown in size and scope, with 18 full-time faculty and staff, 800 majors with 6,000 student enrollments per year in interpersonal, intercultural, organizational, international, health, speech and mass communication.<ref>A narrative description of the development of the Department of Communication is provided in the "Preface" to Implementing Sustainable Change in Higher Education (Ruben 2022).</ref>


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Ruben's interest in integration of the multidisciplinary theories of communication led to the publication of a work entitled, Approaches to Human Communication<ref name="Routledge">{{cite book|last1=Budd|first1=Richard|last2=Ruben|first2=Brent|title=Interdisciplinary Approaches to Human Communication|date=1975|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-0765805263}}</ref> (With R. Budd), which was created for use as the introductory text at Rutgers and was also adopted at a number of other departments of communication nationally. Approaches to Human Communication provided a broad perspective on the field exploring 24 disciplinary orientations to communication from Anthropology to Zoology. In 1984, Ruben authored Communication and Human Behavior<ref>{{cite book|last1=Ruben|first1=Brent|last2=Stewart|first2=Lea|title=Communication and Human Behavior|date=2015|publisher=Kendall Hunt Publishing|isbn=978-1465251909}}</ref> (CHB) to provide an integrated, interdisciplinary book on the role of communication in human affairs. In 2020, the 7th edition was published, with coauthor L. Stewart.
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Consistent with his curricular and administrative work within the department during those years, Ruben's scholarship and publication focused on [[Systems theory|general systems theory]] (General System Theory and Human Communication,<ref>{{cite book|last1=Ruben|first1=Brent|last2=Kim|first2=John|title=General System Theory and Human Communication|date=1975|publisher=Hayden Book Company|isbn=978-0810459410|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/generalsystemsth0000unse}}</ref> with J. Kim, 1975), and other interdisciplinary conceptualizations which were useful for integrating the then distinct theories and instructional practices from speech communication and mass communication.

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Ruben's interest in integration of the multidisciplinary theories of communication led to the publication of a work entitled, Approaches to Human Communication<ref name="Routledge">{{cite book|last1=Budd|first1=Richard|last2=Ruben|first2=Brent|title=Interdisciplinary Approaches to Human Communication|date=1975|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-0765805263}}</ref> (With R. Budd), which was created for use as the introductory text at Rutgers and was also adopted at a number of other departments of communication. Approaches to Human Communication provided a broad perspective on the field exploring 24 disciplinary orientations to communication from Anthropology to Zoology. In 1984, Ruben authored Communication and Human Behavior<ref>{{cite book|last1=Ruben|first1=Brent|last2=Stewart|first2=Lea|title=Communication and Human Behavior|date=2015|publisher=Kendall Hunt Publishing|isbn=978-1465251909}}</ref> (CHB) to provide an integrated, interdisciplinary book on the role of communication in human affairs. In 2020, the 7th edition was published, with coauthor L. Stewart.

In 1977, Ruben proposed the creation of a Communication Yearbook, and the leadership of the [[International Communication Association]], agreed to sponsor the publication. The goal of the series was to promote theoretical integration and coherence by annually publishing state-of-the-discipline overviews along with exemplary research in various subareas of the field. Ruben served as editor of volumes 1 and 2 of the annual series, which is in its 40th year of publication.

In 1983, Ruben was named to a university committee charged with developing a plan to form a comprehensive school composed of the various disciplines related to communication and information at Rutgers. Bylaws and a structure for the new unit were proposed, and what was then named the School of Communication, Information, and Library Studies, was chartered. Later, the name was changed to the [[School of Communication and Information]]. The new school included communication (speech, interpersonal and mass), journalism and mass media, and library and information science. Ruben was selected as the first Ph.D. Program Director for the school. He created a theoretical and programmatic framework to incorporate the various disciplines in a single hybrid Ph.D. program—which became the first of its kind nationally and a model for a number of other institutions in subsequent years. Ruben served as Ph.D. Program Director from 1983 to 1993, and was promoted to full professor in 1987.


===Rutgers University – Center for Organizational Leadership===
===Rutgers University – Center for Organizational Leadership===
In 1993, Dr. Ruben was asked by the Rutgers President to establish a university-wide program in Organizational Quality and Communication Improvement (now called the Rutgers Center for Organizational Leadership—(OL).<ref name=":0">{{cite web|last1=Ruben|first1=Brent|title=Center for Organizational Development and Leadership|url=http://odl.rutgers.edu|website=ODL}}</ref> The Center was created to provide professional consultation and programming for the university in the areas of organizational and leadership effectiveness, assessment communication, planning, and development. Ruben led in the formation of resource-sharing partnerships between Rutgers and [[Johnson & Johnson]] and Rutgers & [[AT&T]], and under his leadership, a number of books, and articles, and professional development materials were developed to apply concepts of organizational and leadership studies and best practices from business and healthcare to the higher education context.
In 1993, Ruben was asked by the Rutgers President to establish a university-wide initiative in Organizational Quality and Communication Improvement (now called the Rutgers Center for Organizational Leadership—(OL).<ref name=":0">{{cite web|last1=Ruben|first1=Brent|title=Center for Organizational Development and Leadership|url=http://odl.rutgers.edu|website=ODL}}</ref> The Center was created to provide professional consultation and programming for the university in the areas of organizational leadership, assessment, communication, planning, and development. Ruben led in the formation of resource-sharing partnerships between Rutgers and [[Johnson & Johnson]] and Rutgers and [[AT&T]], and under his leadership, a number of books, and articles, and professional development materials were developed to apply concepts of organizational and leadership studies and best practices from business and healthcare to the higher education context.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Ruben |first=Brent D. |title=Quality in higher education. |publisher=Transaction/Routledge |year=1995}}</ref>


The Rutgers Center played a lead role in creating a national consortium to encourage networking and facilitate collaboration and learning relative to across institutions. Other institutions involved in this effort included the [[University of California-Berkeley]], [[Cornell University]], the [[University of Missouri-Rolla]], [[Penn State University]], and the [[University of Wisconsin-Madison]]. Ruben became the first president of the organization—now named the Network for Change and Continuous Innovation<ref>{{cite web|last1=Ruben|first1=Brent|title=Network for Change and Continuous Innovation|url=http://www.ncci-cu.org/|website=Network for Change and Continuous Innovation}}</ref> (NCCI) dedicated to these efforts. [https://www.ncci-cu.org/ NCCI] now has approximately 100 institutions.
The Rutgers Center played a lead role in creating a national consortium to encourage networking and facilitate collaboration and learning across institutions. Other institutions involved in this effort included the [[University of California-Berkeley]], [[Cornell University]], the [[University of Missouri-Rolla]], [[Penn State University]], and the [[University of Wisconsin-Madison]]. Ruben became the first president of the organization—now named the Network for Change and Continuous Innovation<ref>{{cite web|last1=Ruben|first1=Brent|title=Network for Change and Continuous Innovation|url=http://www.ncci-cu.org/|website=Network for Change and Continuous Innovation}}</ref> (NCCI) dedicated to this work. NCCI now has approximately 100 member institutions.


===Honors and special projects===
===Honors and special projects===
In 2018, Ruben was named the first recipient of The Baldrige Foundation National Leadership Excellence Award for Education for his accomplishments in advancing the Malcolm Baldrige organizational excellence philosophy within higher education.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://news.rutgers.edu/feature/rutgers-professor-named-inaugural-winner-baldrige-foundation-award-leadership-excellence/20180408#.Ws6HotPwZ-V|title = Rutgers Professor Named Inaugural Winner of Baldrige Foundation Award for Leadership Excellence}}</ref> Ruben has received awards in recognition of his scholarly and professional leadership, including the [[National Communication Association]] Gerald Phillips Award (2004),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.natcom.org/awards/2004-nca-award-winners|title=NCA Gerald Philips Award 2004|last1=Ruben|first1=Brent|website=NCA|date=October 21, 2016}}</ref> the Rutgers University Daniel Gorenstein Award (2000),<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.math.rutgers.edu/news-events/news/the-daniel-gorenstein-memorial-award|title=The Daniel Gorenstein Memorial Award}}</ref> and the National Association for College and University Business Officers (NACUBO) Professional Development Award (2003).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nacubo.org/Membership_and_Community/NACUBO_Awards/Individual_Awards/Professional_Development_Award.html|title=NACUBO Award 2003|last1=Ruben|first1=Brent|website=NACUBO|access-date=2017-07-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170703011157/http://www.nacubo.org/Membership_and_Community/NACUBO_Awards/Individual_Awards/Professional_Development_Award.html|archive-date=2017-07-03|url-status=dead}}</ref> He was also the first recipient of the Brent D. Ruben Leadership Award,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ncci-cu.org/celebrate/brent-d-ruben-award/|title=Brent D. Ruben Leadership Award|last1=Ruben|first1=Brent|website=NCCI}}</ref> was created, in his honor in 2006 and awarded annually by the National Consortium for Change and Continuous Innovation in Higher Education (NCCI)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ncci-cu.org/|title=NCCI|last1=Ruben|first1=Brent|website=NCCI}}</ref> to recognize distinguished contributors to higher education.
In 2018, Ruben was named the first recipient of The Baldrige Foundation National Leadership Excellence Award for Education for his accomplishments in advancing the Malcolm Baldrige organizational excellence philosophy within higher education.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://news.rutgers.edu/feature/rutgers-professor-named-inaugural-winner-baldrige-foundation-award-leadership-excellence/20180408#.Ws6HotPwZ-V|title = Rutgers Professor Named Inaugural Winner of Baldrige Foundation Award for Leadership Excellence}}</ref> Ruben has received numerous awards in recognition of his scholarly and professional leadership, including the [[National Communication Association]] Gerald Phillips Award (2004),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.natcom.org/awards/2004-nca-award-winners|title=NCA Gerald Philips Award 2004|last1=Ruben|first1=Brent|website=NCA|date=October 21, 2016}}</ref> the Rutgers University Daniel Gorenstein Award (2000),<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.math.rutgers.edu/news-events/news/the-daniel-gorenstein-memorial-award|title=The Daniel Gorenstein Memorial Award}}</ref> the National Association for College and University Business Officers (NACUBO) Professional Development Award (2003),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nacubo.org/Membership_and_Community/NACUBO_Awards/Individual_Awards/Professional_Development_Award.html|title=NACUBO Award 2003|last1=Ruben|first1=Brent|website=NACUBO|access-date=2017-07-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170703011157/http://www.nacubo.org/Membership_and_Community/NACUBO_Awards/Individual_Awards/Professional_Development_Award.html|archive-date=2017-07-03|url-status=dead}}</ref> and the U.S.A. Higher Education Quality Pioneer Award. He was also the first recipient of the Brent D. Ruben Leadership Award,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ncci-cu.org/celebrate/brent-d-ruben-award/|title=Brent D. Ruben Leadership Award|last1=Ruben|first1=Brent|website=NCCI}}</ref> created in his honor in 2006 and awarded annually by the National Consortium for Change and Continuous Innovation in Higher Education (NCCI)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ncci-cu.org/|title=NCCI|last1=Ruben|first1=Brent|website=NCCI}}</ref> to recognize distinguished contributors to higher education.


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As Executive Director of the Center for Leadership,<ref name=":0" /> Ruben led in the development of a number of research and training programs including: The Rutgers Leadership Academy, Academic Leadership Programs for Rutgers - New Brunswick, and Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences (2017-), The Leaders of Tomorrow Program - AT&T Foundation (2001–2002), Rutgers-Johnson & Johnson Knowledge Networking Group (2001–2004), Rutgers-AT&T organizational partnership (1993–2001), and the [[Kellogg Foundation]] (2000–2003) Mid-Atlantic Regional Academic Leadership Development Institute.
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In 2020, Dr. Ruben was appointed Advisor for Strategy and Planning in the Office of the Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs.


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Ruben also served as a member of the [[U.S. Department of Education]] Rule-Making Committee on Accreditation Standards (2007). He has been a Malcolm Baldrige Examiner and a member of the [[National Institutes of Standards and Technology]] Education and Healthcare Baldrige Pilot Advisory and Evaluation Team. He has served as a Middle States<ref>{{cite web|last1=Ruben|first1=Brent|title=Middle States Association|url=http://www.msche.org/|website=Middle States Association}}</ref> Commission on Higher Education Accreditation Examiner (1994–97), Special Consultant to Canadian Royal Commission on Conditions of Foreign Service, Examiner and Judge for the New Jersey Performance Excellence Awards, and in various other advisory roles.
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Ruben has been project director or co-director with other ODL<ref name=":0" /> staff for a variety of research and training programs including: Academic Leadership Development Program for Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences (2017-); The Leaders of Tomorrow Program, AT&T Foundation, 2001–2002; Rutgers-Johnson & Johnson Knowledge Networking Group, 2001–2004; Rutgers-AT&T organizational partnership, 1993–2001, and the Mid-Atlantic Regional Academic Leadership Development Institute [[Kellogg Foundation]] 2000–2003.


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Between the years of 2013 and 2019, Ruben represented Rutgers as Liaison to the Big Ten Academic Leadership Programs with which Rutgers had become affiliated in 2013. He also served as Director, Leadership Development Program partnership developed between the Offices of the President of Botswana and Rutgers in 2018-2020. In 2022 he was appointed as a Fellow, U.S. Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences.
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Ruben has also served as a member of the [[U.S. Department of Education]] Rule-Making Committee on Accreditation Standards Advisory Group (2007). He has been a Malcolm Baldrige Examiner and a member of the [[National Institutes of Standards and Technology]] Education and Healthcare Baldrige Pilot Advisory and Evaluation Team. He has served as a Middle States<ref>{{cite web|last1=Ruben|first1=Brent|title=Middle States Association|url=http://www.msche.org/|website=Middle States Association}}</ref> Commission on Higher Education Accreditation Examiner (1994–97), Special Consultant to Canadian Royal Commission on Conditions of Foreign Service, Examiner and Judge for the New Jersey Performance Excellence Awards, and in various other advisory roles.


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In 2020, Ruben was named Senior University Fellow, Communication and Organizational Leadership, and subsequently was named Advisor for Strategy and Planning in the Office of the Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs.
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Between the years of 2013 and 2019, Dr. Ruben served as Liaison to the Big Ten Academic Alliance, Academic Leadership Programs with which Rutgers had become affiliated in 2013. He also served as Director, Presidential Leadership Development Program partnership developed between the Offices of the President of Botswana and Rutgers in 2018-2020. In 2022 he was named as a Fellow, U.S. Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences. Leader Competencies for Complexity and Uncertainty Project, Consortium Research Fellows Program, Department of the Army.


During these years, Dr. Ruben has also served as a professional consultant and advisor to many colleges and universities in the United States and internationally.
Ruben also serves as a professional consultant and advisor within Rutgers and to many colleges and universities in the United States and internationally.


===Family and personal life===
===Family and personal life===
Ruben and his wife, Jann, married in 1967, and reside in [[Hillsborough, New Jersey]].
Ruben and his wife, Jann, married in 1967, and reside in [[Hillsborough, New Jersey]].


==Selected Publications==
==Selected publications==
* Implementing sustainable change in higher education; Principles and practices of collaborative leadership. Stylus.
* Ruben, B. D., (2022). Implementing sustainable change in higher education; Principles and practices of collaborative leadership. Stylus.
* A guide for leaders in higher education: Core concepts, competencies, and tools, second edition. Stylus.
* Ruben, B. D., De Lisi, R., Gigliotti, R. A. (2021). A guide for leaders in higher education: Core concepts, competencies, and tools, second edition, Stylus.
* Leadership, communication, and social influence: A theory of resonance, activation, and cultivation. Emerald.
* Ruben, B., & Gigliotti, R. (2019). Leadership, communication, and social influence: A theory of resonance, activation, and cultivation. Emerald.
* Ruben, B. D., De Lisi, R., Gigliotti, R. A. (2017). A guide for leaders in higher education: Core concepts, competencies, and tools. Stylus.
* Leadership: Communication and social influence in personal and professional contexts. Kendall Hunt.
* Gigliotti, R. A., Goldthwaite, C., Ruben, B. D. (2017). Leadership: Communication and social influence in personal and professional contexts. Kendall Hunt.
* The excellence in higher education guide: A framework for the design, assessment, and continuous improvement of institutions, departments and program, eighth edition, Stylus.
* Ruben, B.D. (2016). The excellence in higher education guide: A framework for the design, assessment, and continuous improvement of institutions, departments and program, eighth edition, Stylus.
* How one university harnessed internal knowledge and expertise to effectively combat the COVID-19 Pandemic. Electronic Journal of Knowledge Management, Special Issue: The University of the Future. 20(1), 1-16. <nowiki>https://academic</nowiki> publishing.org/index.php/eikm/article/view/2439/2034.
* Calcado, A. M., Gracias, V., Ruben, B. D., St. Pierre, J, Strom, B.L. (Jan 2022). How one university harnessed internal knowledge and expertise to effectively combat the COVID-19 Pandemic. Electronic Journal of Knowledge Management, Special Issue: The University of the Future. 20(1), 1-16. <nowiki>https://academic</nowiki> publishing.org/index.php/ejkm/article/view/2439/2034
* Explaining incongruities between leadership theory and practice: Integrating theories ofresonance, communication, and systems. Leadership & Organization Development Journal. 42(6), 942-957. <nowiki>https://doi.org/10.1108/LODJ-02-2021-</nowiki> 0072.
* Ruben, B. D., Gigliotti, R. A., (2021). Explaining incongruities between leadership theory and practice: Integrating theories of resonance, communication, and systems. Leadership & OrganizationDevelopment Journal. 42(6), 942-957. <nowiki>https://doi.org/10.1108/LODJ-02-2021-</nowiki> 0072.
* Contemporary challenges confronting colleges and universities: The Baldrige and excellence in higher education approach to institutional renewal. Chronicle ofLeadership and Management, 1(1), 13-35. <nowiki>https://baldrigefoundation.org/what-we-do/thought-</nowiki> leadership/clm/<nowiki>https://ol.rutgers.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Ruben_Chronicle-of-</nowiki> Leadership_ Mgmt-Dec-2020pdf
* Ruben, B. D. (2020). Contemporary challenges confronting colleges and universities: The Baldrige and excellence in higher education approach to institutional renewal. Chronicle of Leadership and Management, 1(1), 13-35. <nowiki>https://baldrigefoundation.org/what-we-do/thought-</nowiki> leadership/clm/ <nowiki>https://ol.rutgers.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/RubenChronicle-of-</nowiki> Leadership_ Mgmt-Dec-2020.pdf
* Communication: Sine qua non of organizational leadership theory and practice. InternationalJournal ofBusiness Communication, 54(1), 12-30. https:/journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/2329488416675447
* Ruben, B. D., Gigliotti, R. A. (2017). Communication: Sine qua non of organizational leadership theory and practice. International Journal of Business Communication, 54(1), 12-30. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/2329488416675447.
* Assessing the Impact ofthe Spellings Commission: The Message, the Messenger, andthe DynamicsofChange in Higher Education. Survey Instrument and Summary of Interview Responses. National Association ofCollege and University Business Officers.
* Ruben, B. D., Lewis, L., Sandmeyer, L., Russ, T., Smulowitz, S., Immordino, K. (2008). Assessing the Impact of the Spellings Commission: The Message, the Messenger, and the Dynamics of Change in Higher Education. Survey Instrument and Summary of Interview Responses. National Association of College and University Business Officers.
* Communication andhuman behavior, seventh edition. Kendall Hunt
* Ruben, B.D., L. Stewart. (2020). Communication and human behavior, seventh edition. Kendall Hunt.
* Communication theory and health communication practice: The more things change, the more they stay the same. Health Communication, 31(1), 1-11. <nowiki>http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10410236.2014.923086</nowiki>
* Ruben, B. D. (2014). Communication theory and health communication practice: The more things change, the more they stay the same. Health Communication, 31(1), 1-11 <nowiki>http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10410236.2014.923086</nowiki>.
* Quality in Higher Education. Transaction/Routledge
*Ruben, B. D. (1995). Quality in higher education. Transaction/Routledge.

*Pursuing excellence in higher education: Eight fundamental principles. Jossey-Bass
*Ruben, B. D. (2004). Pursuing excellence in higher education: Eight fundamental principles. Jossey-Bass; Ruben, B. D., De Lisi, R., Gigliotti. R. A. (2018).


==References==
==References==

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Brent David Ruben
Brent David Ruben
Born (1944-10-17) October 17, 1944 (age 79)
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, U.S.
EducationTheodore Roosevelt High School (1962)
University of Iowa (M.A. 1968)
(Ph.D 1970)
EmployerRutgers University
TitleDistinguished Professor; Senior University Fellow, and Founding Executive Director, Center for Organizational Leadership
SpouseJann M. Ruben
Children
  • Robbi Ruben Urm
  • Marc D. Ruben
Parents
  • Nate Ruben (father)
  • Ruth Subotnik Ruben (mother)

Brent David Ruben (born October 17, 1944) is a Distinguished Professor of Communication, Department of Communication, Rutgers School of Communication and Information. He also serves as Advisor for Strategy and Planning in the Office to the Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs, is Senior University Fellow in leadership and communication, and founder of the Rutgers Center for Organizational Leadership. Ruben is a member of faculties of Robert Wood Johnson School of Medicine and the Ph.D. Program in Higher Education in the Rutgers Graduate School of Education. Ruben's academic career has been devoted to advancing interdisciplinary and systemic approaches to the study of communication, and the application of these frameworks in cross-cultural, health, educational, organizational, and leadership contexts. He is author of more than 60 books and 150 journal articles and book chapters in these areas.

Early life and education

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Brent was born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and lived in Des Moines, Iowa through his early years. Ruben attended the University of Iowa, graduating in 1966 with majors in psychology and advertising. He completed a master's degree in communication from the University of Iowa in 1968, and a Ph.D. in communication from the University of Iowa in 1970.

Career

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University of Iowa – School of Journalism and Mass Communication

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After receiving his Ph.D., Ruben was promoted from Instructor to a tenure-track Assistant Professor position. His primary focus was on communication education, experiential instruction, and the development and implementation of Intermedia, a year-long theory-based experiential program for communication and mass communication instruction.

Rutgers University – Department of Communication

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Ruben served as assistant department chair from 1976 to 1980. He was promoted to Associate Professor in 1980, and was appointed chair in that same year, a position in which he served until 1984. By the end of his tenure as chair, the department had grown in size and scope, with 18 full-time faculty and staff, and 800 majors with 6,000 student enrollments per year in interpersonal, intercultural, organizational, international, health, speech and mass communication.[1]

Consistent with his curricular and administrative work within the department during those years, Ruben's scholarship and publication focused on general systems theory (General System Theory and Human Communication,[2] with J. Kim, 1975), and other interdisciplinary conceptualizations of communication.

Ruben's interest in integration of the multidisciplinary theories of communication led to the publication of a work entitled, Approaches to Human Communication[3] (With R. Budd), which was created for use as the introductory text at Rutgers and was also adopted at a number of other departments of communication nationally. Approaches to Human Communication provided a broad perspective on the field exploring 24 disciplinary orientations to communication from Anthropology to Zoology. In 1984, Ruben authored Communication and Human Behavior[4] (CHB) to provide an integrated, interdisciplinary book on the role of communication in human affairs. In 2020, the 7th edition was published, with coauthor L. Stewart.

Rutgers University – Center for Organizational Leadership

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In 1993, Ruben was asked by the Rutgers President to establish a university-wide initiative in Organizational Quality and Communication Improvement (now called the Rutgers Center for Organizational Leadership—(OL).[5] The Center was created to provide professional consultation and programming for the university in the areas of organizational leadership, assessment, communication, planning, and development. Ruben led in the formation of resource-sharing partnerships between Rutgers and Johnson & Johnson and Rutgers and AT&T, and under his leadership, a number of books, and articles, and professional development materials were developed to apply concepts of organizational and leadership studies and best practices from business and healthcare to the higher education context.[6]

The Rutgers Center played a lead role in creating a national consortium to encourage networking and facilitate collaboration and learning across institutions. Other institutions involved in this effort included the University of California-Berkeley, Cornell University, the University of Missouri-Rolla, Penn State University, and the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Ruben became the first president of the organization—now named the Network for Change and Continuous Innovation[7] (NCCI) dedicated to this work. NCCI now has approximately 100 member institutions.

Honors and special projects

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In 2018, Ruben was named the first recipient of The Baldrige Foundation National Leadership Excellence Award for Education for his accomplishments in advancing the Malcolm Baldrige organizational excellence philosophy within higher education.[8] Ruben has received numerous awards in recognition of his scholarly and professional leadership, including the National Communication Association Gerald Phillips Award (2004),[9] the Rutgers University Daniel Gorenstein Award (2000),[10] the National Association for College and University Business Officers (NACUBO) Professional Development Award (2003),[11] and the U.S.A. Higher Education Quality Pioneer Award. He was also the first recipient of the Brent D. Ruben Leadership Award,[12] created in his honor in 2006 and awarded annually by the National Consortium for Change and Continuous Innovation in Higher Education (NCCI)[13] to recognize distinguished contributors to higher education.

As Executive Director of the Center for Leadership,[5] Ruben led in the development of a number of research and training programs including: The Rutgers Leadership Academy, Academic Leadership Programs for Rutgers - New Brunswick, and Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences (2017-), The Leaders of Tomorrow Program - AT&T Foundation (2001–2002), Rutgers-Johnson & Johnson Knowledge Networking Group (2001–2004), Rutgers-AT&T organizational partnership (1993–2001), and the Kellogg Foundation (2000–2003) Mid-Atlantic Regional Academic Leadership Development Institute.

Ruben also served as a member of the U.S. Department of Education Rule-Making Committee on Accreditation Standards (2007). He has been a Malcolm Baldrige Examiner and a member of the National Institutes of Standards and Technology Education and Healthcare Baldrige Pilot Advisory and Evaluation Team. He has served as a Middle States[14] Commission on Higher Education Accreditation Examiner (1994–97), Special Consultant to Canadian Royal Commission on Conditions of Foreign Service, Examiner and Judge for the New Jersey Performance Excellence Awards, and in various other advisory roles.

Between the years of 2013 and 2019, Ruben represented Rutgers as Liaison to the Big Ten Academic Leadership Programs with which Rutgers had become affiliated in 2013. He also served as Director, Leadership Development Program partnership developed between the Offices of the President of Botswana and Rutgers in 2018-2020. In 2022 he was appointed as a Fellow, U.S. Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences.

In 2020, Ruben was named Senior University Fellow, Communication and Organizational Leadership, and subsequently was named Advisor for Strategy and Planning in the Office of the Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs.

Ruben also serves as a professional consultant and advisor within Rutgers and to many colleges and universities in the United States and internationally.

Family and personal life

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Ruben and his wife, Jann, married in 1967, and reside in Hillsborough, New Jersey.

Selected publications

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  • Ruben, B. D., (2022). Implementing sustainable change in higher education; Principles and practices of collaborative leadership. Stylus.
  • Ruben, B. D., De Lisi, R., Gigliotti, R. A. (2021). A guide for leaders in higher education: Core concepts, competencies, and tools, second edition, Stylus.
  • Ruben, B., & Gigliotti, R. (2019). Leadership, communication, and social influence: A theory of resonance, activation, and cultivation. Emerald.
  • Ruben, B. D., De Lisi, R., Gigliotti, R. A. (2017). A guide for leaders in higher education: Core concepts, competencies, and tools. Stylus.
  • Gigliotti, R. A., Goldthwaite, C., Ruben, B. D. (2017). Leadership: Communication and social influence in personal and professional contexts. Kendall Hunt.
  • Ruben, B.D. (2016). The excellence in higher education guide: A framework for the design, assessment, and continuous improvement of institutions, departments and program, eighth edition, Stylus.
  • Calcado, A. M., Gracias, V., Ruben, B. D., St. Pierre, J, Strom, B.L. (Jan 2022). How one university harnessed internal knowledge and expertise to effectively combat the COVID-19 Pandemic. Electronic Journal of Knowledge Management, Special Issue: The University of the Future. 20(1), 1-16. https://academic publishing.org/index.php/ejkm/article/view/2439/2034
  • Ruben, B. D., Gigliotti, R. A., (2021). Explaining incongruities between leadership theory and practice: Integrating theories of resonance, communication, and systems. Leadership & OrganizationDevelopment Journal. 42(6), 942-957. https://doi.org/10.1108/LODJ-02-2021- 0072.
  • Ruben, B. D. (2020). Contemporary challenges confronting colleges and universities: The Baldrige and excellence in higher education approach to institutional renewal. Chronicle of Leadership and Management, 1(1), 13-35. https://baldrigefoundation.org/what-we-do/thought- leadership/clm/ https://ol.rutgers.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/RubenChronicle-of- Leadership_ Mgmt-Dec-2020.pdf
  • Ruben, B. D., Gigliotti, R. A. (2017). Communication: Sine qua non of organizational leadership theory and practice. International Journal of Business Communication, 54(1), 12-30. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/2329488416675447.
  • Ruben, B. D., Lewis, L., Sandmeyer, L., Russ, T., Smulowitz, S., Immordino, K. (2008). Assessing the Impact of the Spellings Commission: The Message, the Messenger, and the Dynamics of Change in Higher Education. Survey Instrument and Summary of Interview Responses. National Association of College and University Business Officers.
  • Ruben, B.D., L. Stewart. (2020). Communication and human behavior, seventh edition. Kendall Hunt.
  • Ruben, B. D. (2014). Communication theory and health communication practice: The more things change, the more they stay the same. Health Communication, 31(1), 1-11 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10410236.2014.923086.
  • Ruben, B. D. (1995). Quality in higher education. Transaction/Routledge.
  • Ruben, B. D. (2004). Pursuing excellence in higher education: Eight fundamental principles. Jossey-Bass; Ruben, B. D., De Lisi, R., Gigliotti. R. A. (2018).

References

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  1. ^ A narrative description of the development of the Department of Communication is provided in the "Preface" to Implementing Sustainable Change in Higher Education (Ruben 2022).
  2. ^ Ruben, Brent; Kim, John (1975). General System Theory and Human Communication. Hayden Book Company. ISBN 978-0810459410.
  3. ^ Budd, Richard; Ruben, Brent (1975). Interdisciplinary Approaches to Human Communication. Routledge. ISBN 978-0765805263.
  4. ^ Ruben, Brent; Stewart, Lea (2015). Communication and Human Behavior. Kendall Hunt Publishing. ISBN 978-1465251909.
  5. ^ a b Ruben, Brent. "Center for Organizational Development and Leadership". ODL.
  6. ^ Ruben, Brent D. (1995). Quality in higher education. Transaction/Routledge.
  7. ^ Ruben, Brent. "Network for Change and Continuous Innovation". Network for Change and Continuous Innovation.
  8. ^ "Rutgers Professor Named Inaugural Winner of Baldrige Foundation Award for Leadership Excellence".
  9. ^ Ruben, Brent (October 21, 2016). "NCA Gerald Philips Award 2004". NCA.
  10. ^ "The Daniel Gorenstein Memorial Award".
  11. ^ Ruben, Brent. "NACUBO Award 2003". NACUBO. Archived from the original on July 3, 2017. Retrieved July 13, 2017.
  12. ^ Ruben, Brent. "Brent D. Ruben Leadership Award". NCCI.
  13. ^ Ruben, Brent. "NCCI". NCCI.
  14. ^ Ruben, Brent. "Middle States Association". Middle States Association.
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