Philip Vassallo, Ed.D.
Philip Vassallo, Ed.D. has provided comprehensive communication consulting to
over 25,000 employees across diverse professional disciplines. His services
include teaching and coaching writing and presentation skills, designing
interactive courses, assessing professional writing, and writing or editing for
numerous organizations. He holds a B.A. in English (Baruch College), an M.S. in
education (Lehman College), and a doctorate in educational theory (Rutgers
University).
Course Instruction – Dr. Vassallo has taught on the undergraduate
and graduate levels, most recently as a faculty member of the Beijing
International MBA program. He has taught, coached, and supervised in-person and
online communication training programs to executive, administrative, managerial,
supervisory, scientific, and technical professionals.
Course Design – Dr. Vassallo has designed over 100 classroom
courses, 10 live online courses, and 50 webinars for industries such as
advertising, architectural, aviation, banking, education, engineering,
entertainment, environmental science, financial consulting, food, healthcare,
insurance, law enforcement, legal, medical research, military, petroleum,
pharmaceutical, publishing, retail, social services, technology, and
telecommunication.
Writing Assessment – Dr. Vassallo evaluated essays and speeches for
the Educational Testing Service on standardized tests such as the GRE, GMAT,
CLEP, and TSE. He has assessed the writing and presentations of many employees,
from nonnative speakers to executives of multinational firms. His review work
includes articles, audit reports, business plans, causal analyses, executive
briefings, instructions, justifications, manuals, market overviews, meeting
summaries, policies, proposals, slide decks, speeches, test reports, and trip
reports.
Writing and Editing – Dr. Vassallo is the author of three
instructional books: How to Write Fast Under Pressure, The Art of
E-Mail Writing, and The Art of On-the-Job Writing. He writes the
highly regarded blog Words on the Line, on effective writing. More than 100 of
his articles on writing have appeared in professional, literary, scholarly, and
educational publications. He has edited high-profile reports for the US
government and New York City Mayor’s Office. He has also reviewed books for
McGraw-Hill, St. Martin’s Press, and Simon & Schuster.
