You are cordially invited to attend the Public Relation Division
of the Association for Education in Journalism & Mass Communication
Pre-convention Professional Development Workshop
Fountainebleau Hilton Resort & Towers
Tuesday August 6, 2002
1 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
** Free of charge **
PANEL #1: Mentoring Graduate Students into a Research Agenda
Moderator: Louis K. Falk, Youngstown State University
Panelists:
Doug Newsom, Director of Graduate Studies, Texas Christian University
Richard Nelson, Professor, Louisiana State University
Pam Bourland-Davis, Associate Professor, Georgia Southern University
Dean Kruckeberg, Professor, University of Northern Iowa
PANEL #2: They Should Know What We Know, and We Should Know What They Know: Bridging the Gap Between the Outside Professional World and Our Classrooms Session Chair
Moderator: Bill Adams, Florida International University
Panelists:
Judy Turk, Professor, Virginia Commonwealth University
Don Wright, Professor, University of S. Alabama
Rob Doughty, VP of Public Relations, for Burger King
Janet Maizner, Manager, Edelman Worldwide's Miami office
PANEL #3: The ABCs of AEJMC
Moderator: Carolina Acosta-Alzuru, University of Georgia
Panelists:
Pam Bourland-Davis, Georgia Southern University
Pat Curtin, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
Juan Carlos Molleda, University of Florida
Cassandra Gajkowski, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
Maria E. Len-Rios, University of Missouri-Columbia
ROUND TABLES
1. Types of Research and Assessment
Charles Lubbers, Kansas State University
2.Research funding / How to get involved/ Augmenting summer pay/ Obtaining data sets
Fritz Cropp, University of Missouri
3. Communication Audits
Bonnie Riechert, University of Tennessee
4. How to write for professional/ Trade Publications and how are they used by the professional
John Elsasser, Public Relations Society of America
5. Statistical issues / Human subjects legalities
Don Stacks, University of Miami
6. Post-modernism research tactics
Derina Holtzhausen,University of South Florida
7. Getting published
Richard Nelson, Louisiana State University
8. Teaching and publishing: Getting them both done
Daradirek Ekachai, Marquette University
9. Consumer behavior research
Lisa Fall, University of Tennessee (contact for further information: lfall@utk.edu)