Arts & Sciences Program

Faculty & Staff

Dr. Nicholas Dimmitt Assistant Professor, Communication Email: ndimmit@pi.ac.ae Phone: +971-2-607-5287 (Arzanah) Office: 8278 (Arzanah)

Academic Qualifications

• Ph.D. University of Southern California, USA; 1994 in Education(Educational Policy, Planning and Administration)
• M.A. San Francisco State University, USA; 1985 in English(Teaching English as a Second/Other Language)
• B.A. San Francisco State University, USA; 1983

Experience

Dr. Dimmitt was an Assistant Professor and Academic Coordinator at the Asian Institute of Technology in Thailand. He taught courses in the MBA program in Business Communication, Corporate Social Responsibility and Business Ethics. He was the director of the Executive MBA program. He also taught PhD courses in Communication for Research and Teaching, and the Management of Education. Dr. Dimmitt has been a faculty member in universities in Armenia, Bahrain, Brazil, Vietnam and the USA. He is the proud father of two boys, Raymond and Robert.

Research Interests

Areas of research investigation include academic and corporate communication, along with issues of educational management / policy, academic and business ethics and teacher professional development.

Selected publications

1. Books

Dimmitt, N. & Dantas-Whitney, M. (Eds.) (2002). Intensive English Programs in Postsecondary Settings. Maryland: TESOL Publications, 200pp.

2. Book chapters

Dantas-Whitney, M. & Dimmitt, N. (2002). ‘Intensive English Instruction: Tales of Trials, Battles and Accomplishments’, in N. Dimmitt & M. Dantas-Whitney (Eds.), Intensive English Programs in Post-secondary Settings. Maryland: TESOL Publications, pp. 1-8.

3. Referred journal articles

Kimpakorn, N. &  Dimmitt, N. (2007). Employer Branding: The Perspective of Hotel Management in the Thai Luxury Hotel Industry.  Australasian Marketing Journal, Vol 15, No 2.

Sala-Ngarm, R., Dimmitt, N., Siengthai. S., and Tang, J. (2006). Factors Affecting Knowledge Sharing in Thai SMEs.  Kelaniya Journal of Human Resource Management, Vol.2, No.1.

Siritongthaworn, S., Kairit, D.,  Dimmitt, N. & Paul, H. (2006). The Study of E-learning Technology Implementation: A Primary Investigation of Universities in Thailand. Education and Information Technologies: The Official Journal of the IFIP Commission on Education, Vol. 11 ,  Issue 2,ISSN:1360-2357 – pp. 137 – 160.  

Ngamkroeckjoti, C., Speece, M. & Dimmitt, N. (2005). Environmental Scanning in Thai Food SMEs: The Impact of Technology Strategy and Technology Turbulence. The British Food Journal, Vol. 107, no. 5, ISSN: 0007-070X – pp. 285 – 305.

Batanov, D., Dimmitt, N. & Chookittikul, W. (2002). Developing an Educational Software for Distance-less Learning. Journal of Computer Assisted Learning 18, ISSN: 0266-4909 - pp. 188-198.

Champagne, M-F., Clayton, T., Dimmitt, N., Laszewski, M., Savage, W., Shaw, J., Stroupe, R., Thein, M., and Walter, P. (2001). The Assessment of Learner Autonomy and Language Learning. AILA Review 15, ISSN 1461-0213 – pp. 45-55.