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