The NCA Public Relations Division provides an environment for public relations scholars and practitioners, as well as students, to explore how communication influences the organization–stakeholder relationship. This division welcomes research from diverse communication-based disciplinary areas and embraces a range of research methodologies, theoretical foundations, and topic areas.
The Public Relations Division promotes research, teaching, service, and ethical practice of public relations as public relations seeks to build and maintain beneficial relationships among organizations and stakeholders.
Public relations best practices that are grounded in theory are essential in the 21st century in which communication technology has created a globalized world that is bringing people and organizations closer to one another while paradoxically creating tensions resulting from this increasing proximity.
2022-2023 Officers
Chair: Laura Lemon, University of Alabama
Immediate Past Chair: Chelsea Woods, Virginia Tech University
Vice-Chair: Jae-Hwa Shin, University of Southern Mississippi
Vice-Chair Elect: Adam Saffer, University of Minnesota
Research Chair: Katerina Tsetsura, University of Oklahoma
Secretary: Lisa Chewning, Penn State University-Abington
Website editor: Anna Klyueva, University of Houston-Clear Lake
Selection Committee
Jordan Morehouse, University of Colorado-Boulder
Brandon Boatwright, Clemson University
PRIDE Committee
Chelsea Woods, Virginia Tech University
Imran Mazid, Grand Valley State University
Chris McCollough, Jacksonville State University
Chuqing Dong, Michigan State University
Gayle Pohl, University of Northern Iowa
Nominating Committee
Prisca Ngondo, Texas State University
Clay Craig, Texas State University
Social Media Committee (2024-26)
Chanda Gilmore, University of Delaware
Hannah Cheater, University of Alabama
Mackenzie Quick, Flagler College
Fundraising/Social Events Committee (2022-24)
Natalie Christine Grecu, Utah Valley University
Jeanette Iannacone, University of Maryland
Nneka Logan, Virginia Tech University
DE&B Committee
Chanda Gilmore, University of Delaware
Michael Palenchar, University of Tennessee
Kevin Hardges, Wayne State University
Damion Waymer, University of South Carolina
Shari Veil, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Angie Corbo, Widener University
NCA PRD 2023 Call For Papers
NCA PRD invites submissions for the 109th Annual Convention… read more.
NCA PRD Call for Reviewers
NCA PRD invites members to review conference submissions for the 109th Convention in National Harbor, Maryland read more.
Open Letter to PRD
As current officers of the NCA Public Relations Division, we want to affirm our division’s commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion.… read more.
Statement on Anti-Asian Racism
NCA Public Relations Division stands in solidarity with our Asian American colleagues, friends, and family… read more.
“Public relations is a strategic communication process that builds mutually beneficial relationships between organizations and their publics” PRSA
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