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Kulemeka
  • Assistant Professor

  • University of Oklahoma Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communication

  • United States


Owen Kulemeka (Ph.D. in Communications, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, 2011) is an assistant professor of strategic communication/public relations in the Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Oklahoma. His research interests include public relations, disaster preparedness communication, disaster recovery communication and social media.

Prior to entering academia, Dr. Kulemeka worked for several years in the public relations and marketing sectors. His past positions include work as public relations writer for the American Insurance Association (a coalition of the nation’s largest insurers), federal marketing research analyst for Cassidy and Associate (the largest lobbying firm in the nation), and marketing research analyst for Kearney and Company (an Accounting Today Top 100 firm). He has also interned for UNICEF, OECD, UNHCR, US Airways, the Public Welfare Foundation, the Illinois Department of Agriculture, and PRIME Research.