Michael J Palenchar

University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Assistant Professor in Public Relations
Co-Director, Risk, Health & Crisis Communication Research Unit
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Curriculum Vitae [PDF]

Expertise

Risk Communication, Issues Management, Crisis Communication

Courses/Seminars

PR 540: Public Relations Management
PR 516: Crisis Communication
PR 270: Principles of Public Relations

Honors & Awards

Faculty Service / Outreach Award, College of Communication and Information, University of Tennessee, 2009
Top Paper, Applied Communications Division, National Communication Association, with Karen Freberg and Shari Veil, November 2010
Top Paper, Public Relations Division, Southern States Communication Association, with Tanya Ickowitz, Charles Primm, Stephanie Elliott, & Tatjana Hocke, April 2010
Second Place, Top Teaching Paper, Public Relations Division, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communications, with Karen Freberg, August 2009
Faculty Research Award, College of Communication and Information, University of Tennessee, 2008
Pride Award for Best Published Article, Public Relations Division, National Communication Association, with Kathy Fitzpatrick, November 2007
Top Three Paper, Public Relations Division, National Communication Association Conference, November 2007
First Place High-Research Presentation, Public Relations Division, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communications, with John Brummette, August 2007
Top Three Paper, Public Relations Division, International Communications Association Conference, with Robert Heath, June 2006
Top Three Paper, Public Relations Division, National Communication Association Conference, with Robert Heath & Emily Dunn, November 2005
Top Three Paper, Public Relations Division, National Communication Association Conference, with Robert Heath, November 2004

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Community response to the Tennessee Valley Authority ash spill: Information seeking and building reputation

Tatjana M. Hocke, University of Tennessee - Knoxville
Monica Colon-Aguirre, University of Tennessee - Knoxville
Karen Freberg, University of Tennessee - Knoxville
Michael J. Palenchar, University of Tennessee - Knoxville

Suggested Citation

Tatjana M. Hocke, Monica Colon-Aguirre, Karen Freberg, and Michael J. Palenchar. "Community response to the Tennessee Valley Authority ash spill: Information seeking and building reputation" 14th Annual meeting of the International Conference on Corporate Reputation, Brand, Identity, and Competitiveness. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. May. 2010.

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Dr. Michael J Palenchar