In a time where we are still in a tough economy, there are several changes emerging for public relations professionals – both researchers and practitioners – in their respective positions. Expectations for taking on multiple projects and clients along with being skilled and knowledgeable about multiple disciplines is becoming the Read more…
Life as a PhD Candidate is a busy yet fabulous one! Finalizing my dissertation and preparing for my defense (set the date today with my committee!), teaching, working on various projects, and of course attending and presenting at conferences. My May schedule is already filled with some great research and Read more…
Over the last couple of years since I have been pursuring my PhD in Communications, there have been many areas that I have been active in as a PhD Candidate. Working on research projects in various areas (crisis communications, social media, psychology, etc) have been very fabulous in my opinion Read more…
One of the things that I have been active in since I have been at Tennessee has been the annual research symposium. The research symposium has been a great way to share and discuss research from faculty and students (PhD, Master’s, and Undergraduate) about issues and trends in Communications from Read more…
One key role that we as scholars and researchers in academia have to take into consideration is that we are not only expected to be successful in the classroom and teaching and mentoring students, but we also have to make sure that we establish ourselves as leaders in the scholarly Read more…