Jeanine Aumiller

Jeanine Aumiller has taught in the Division of Communication at BJU for more than 25 years.  She earned an M.A. in Rhetoric and Public Address from BJU in 1998.  Though her teaching field has primarily been public communication and persuasion, she also taught interviewing, small group communication, political communication and argumentation. Transitioning from full time teaching, Jeanine became the Director of Alumni Relations where she and her staff focused on building a unified and dynamic community of BJU alumni through strategic messaging across multiple platforms, in-person events, opportunities to give back and constituency services. Currently, Jeanine is teaching one course—Persuasion—but her full time position is Chief Communications and Marketing Officer for BJU.  In this role, she leads the university's internal and external communications including public relations, media relations, marketing efforts and brand management.

During her undergraduate years, Jeanine distinctly remembers her Communication instructors emphasizing that as image bearers, we were created uniquely to communicate.  As a result, she believes part of our central purpose is to develop our communication abilities to best reflect Christ.  She strives to effectively instill in her students a correct motivation for developing their communication skills and to provide the means by which they can develop those skills.

Beyond her roles at BJU, Jeanine is active in her local church where she serves as the interior design coordinator and occasionally, as a Sunday school teacher.   In her free time, she loves to read, travel and design spaces.