Dr. Dana Loewy got an M.A. from Bonn University, Germany, and a Ph.D. in English from the University of Southern California. She has been teaching business communication at California State University, Fullerton for over 20 years. She enjoys introducing undergraduates to business writing and honing the skills of graduate students in managerial communication. Concurrently, Dana has taught various German courses and has served as a guest lecturer at Fachhochschule Nürtingen, Germany. In addition to completing numerous brand-name consulting assignments, she is a business etiquette consultant certified by The Protocol School of Washington.

Fluent in several languages, including her native languages of Czech and German, Professor Dana has authored critical articles in many areas of interest, including translation, literary criticism, business communication, and business ethics. She has played an increasingly significant collaboration role with Dr. Guffey on recent editions of many books including Essentials Of Business Communication. Before co-authoring with Dr. Guffey, Dana worked as a professional translator for 25 years, during which time she provided subtitles for thousands of major feature films and movies. Dana also published various prose translations and poetry, most notably The Early Poetry Of Jaroslav Seifert and On The Waves Of Tsf. Very active in the Association for Business Communication, Dr. Dana Loewy focuses on creating effective learning and teaching materials for graduate and undergraduate business communication students.