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Clara Burke

Associate Teaching Professor of Business Management Communication

Tepper School of Business

  • Associate Teaching Professor of Business Management Communication
    Tepper School of Business
  • Carnegie Mellon University, Tepper School of Business, 5000 Forbes Ave, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15213, United States

BIO

Clara Burke teaches classes on business presenting and writing, interpersonal and leadership communications, and conflict resolution. Her graduate and undergraduate classes focus on helping students become agile communicators and inclusive business leaders.

Before joining the faculty at Tepper, Dr. Burke taught business communication at the Wisconsin School of Business. She also taught writing in the UW-Madison Department of English, coached writers at the UW-Madison Writing Center, led the online writing center, and served as an editorial assistant and copyeditor for two academic journals, Contemporary Literature and Ecological Restoration.

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Assistant Teaching Professor
    Carnegie Mellon University, Tepper School, Pittsburgh, United States2015 - 2021
  • Lecturer, Professional Communication
    University of Wisconsin–Madison, Wisconsin School of Business, Madison, United States2009 - 2011
  • Lecturer, Professional Communication
    University of Wisconsin–Madison, Wisconsin School of Business, Madison, United States2012 - 2015
  • Associate Teaching Professor
    Carnegie Mellon University, Tepper School of Business, Pittsburgh, United States2021 - present
  • Director of Learning Evaluation and Success
    Carnegie Mellon University, Tepper School of Business, Pittsburgh, United States2025 - present

DEGREES

  • Ph.D. English
    University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, United States
  • M.A., English
    University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, United States
  • BA with High Honors, English
    University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, United States

CAMPUS

  • Pittsburgh

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