People Group Archives: Presenters

Debbie Sellnow-Richmond is an Assistant Professor of Applied Communication at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. She researches the efficacy and unforeseen effects of public relations messages in health and organizational crisis contexts.  

Abby Meyer is a current graduate student majoring in Communication in the M.A. program at the University of Colorado Denver. Her area of emphasis is organizational communication.  

Hamilton Bean, Ph.D., MBA, APR, is an Associate Professor in the Department of Communication at the University of Colorado Denver. He specializes in the study of communication and security  

Second-year doctoral student in the UCF Nicholson School of Communication & Media Strategic Communication program, focusing on environmental, risk, and crisis communication. Breakout Session 5: March 9, 8:30-9:45 AM Heir to the throne: Ron DeSantis’s inheritance of a Trumpian COVID-19 ideology.

Elise Karinshak is studying marketing and data science. She is part of Crisis Communication Coalition’s Crisis Research Group at UGA, researching how social media platforms affect perception and communication processes.    

Nancy Van Leuven, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor of Communication, Media and Journalism at California State University, Fresno. Her research agenda focuses on global communication and the environment.      

Thomasena Shaw, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor of Public Relations of Communication Studies Department at Bridgewater State University, Massachusetts. Her research agenda focuses on social activism, crisis communication, public relations pedagogy, education and scholarship of teaching and learning. Dr. Shaw is a member of the International Environmental Communication Association. Breakout Session 1: March 8, 10:45 […]

Lisa Bergson, Ed.D., is an Assistant Professor of Communication Studies at Bridgewater State University, Massachusetts. Her research agenda focuses on crisis communication, corporate reputation, and the scholarship of teaching and learning in public relations. Dr. Bergson is a member of PRSA, National Communication Association, and International Environmental Communication Association. Breakout Session 1: March 8, 10:45 […]

Dr. Q. J. Yao, associate professor of Communication at Lamar University, Beaumont, Texas, studies communication effects and ethics in the digital era and particularly on science and health issues.

Surin Chung is an assistant professor in the E. W. Scripps School of Journalism at Ohio University. His research interest includes public relations, crisis and risk communications, and digital media. He received a doctoral degree from the University of Missouri Columbia in 2018.