Dr. Jowi joined the faculty of Communication Studies and Theatre Arts in 2005. She teaches courses such as Corporate Communication, Communication for Business Professionals, Organizational Communication Theory, Intercultural Communication Interpersonal Communication, and Public Speaking. Dr. Jowi has also taught Statistics (Quantitative Research Methods), Small Group Communication, and Public Speaking at The Ohio University. Dr. Jowi specializes in Organizational Communication and Organizational Health Communication with particular interests in job attitudes, physician job dissatisfaction, and communication climate in supervisor-subordinate dialectics. She further has interests in globalization/international communication competence and social change, communication processes in international nongovernmental organizations (INGOs), intercultural communication, multicultural workforce communication competence within multinational organizations and businesses, communication processes in health care delivery systems, Identity construction in work organizations, and organizational culture and change, management communication styles and occupation consulting. 

Dr. Jowi earned her A.A.S. (1996) in Clinical Dietetics from Hocking College, B.S.H. (1998) in Health Services Administration, M.H.A. (1999) in Health Administration, Graduate Health Policy Certificate (1999), and Ph.D. (2005) in Communication Studies with emphasis in Organizational Communication and Organizational Health Communication from The Ohio University.

Dr. Jowi’s latest research projects include consequence of failed discourse: the impact of the brain drain in the Republic of Kenya; directory of quantitative communication mental measures book; an analysis of the effectiveness of INGOs campaign strategies towards creating awareness on the spread of HIV/AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa; Bio-ethical dilemma in cross paradigm divide; and students’ perceptions of communication with their advisors during general advising and internships.

Dr. Jowi is a co-author of a book chapter entitled: Topic selection (2004). She has submitted and presented numerous scholarly papers at professional international: [Republic of Korea, Switzerland, Belgium, and England, UK], national, and regional conferences. She has received two Top Four Paper Awards from the National Communication Association (2006). Dr. Jowi is an Editorial Board Member of the Ohio Communication Journal.

Dr. Jowi is currently serving as an active member ofthe following University-wide Committees: The Pandemic Planning Committee (APSCUF Representative), and Special Initiatives Committee. Dr. Jowi has also served as an active committee member of the Student Trustee Search and Screen Committee (APSCUF Representative), University Forum (Faculty Senate), the Teaching and Learning Enhancement Committee (TALE), The Frederick Douglass Institute for Academic Excellence, and the Institutional Review Board (IRB), and Institutional Review Board’s Procedural Guidelines Handbook Subcommittee.