About Words@Work

 
Jeffrey Harlig, Ph.D., founded Words@Work in 1998 to provide expertise to the private sector for improving the crucial but often neglected area of effective communication in organizations.

Jeff earned his doctorate in linguistics, the science of human communication, from the University of Chicago in 1989. He was on the faculty of Indiana University, Bloomington, for nine years, teaching about language structure, communication conflict, and minority rights. He is now once again at IU, teaching diversity courses and coordinating diversity education for the School of Social Work. At Indiana University Jeff has received awards and grants for teaching and instructional development, and was a minority student mentor. He has published over 30 articles and book chapters and has lectured throughout the United States and Europe. He produced and hosted the weekly diversity news and interview program "Dateline: Diversity" on Bloomington radio station WFHB.

Jeff served on the Diversity Committee of the Human Resources Association of Central Indiana (HRACI) for three years. He is a former VP for Communications and newsletter  editor with the American Society for Training and Development, Central Indiana (CIASTD). Jeff belongs to the American Association for Applied Linguistics, where he has served on a committee to promote understanding of minority language use in the United States. He also represents AAAL to the Joint National Committee on Languages (JNCL) in Washington, D.C.

Words@ Work partners with psychologists, human resources specialists, foreign-language experts, and experienced trainers in several fields to bring you the highest-quality services, tailored specifically to your needs.

Words@Work clients and audiences include: Rexnord/Link-Belt Bearing, Greenwalt Corporation, United Way of Central Indiana, Bloomington Developmental Learning Center, Society of Women Engineers, Middle Way House Women's Shelter, Christian Theological Seminary, Bloomington Human Rights Commission, Monroe County Community School Corporation, Oak Forest County Hospital, the City of Indianapolis, Child-Adult Resource Service, and the Martinsville Chamber of Commerce.