People Group Archives: Presenters

Dr. Joel Iverson is Professor at the University of Montana in organizational communication, focusing on communicative constitution of organizations (CCO), structuration, crisis, risk, and communities of practice theory. Breakout Session 2: March 8, 1:15-2:30 PM The end of the world as we know it: Teaching and learning in the post COVID-19 “new normal” Breakout Session […]

Edward M. Kian, Ph.D. is a professor of Sports Media at Oklahoma State University. His research focuses on sport media, specifically identities framing, attitudes and experiences of sport media members, and marketing. Breakout Session 1: March 8, 10:45 AM-Noon The face of the NFL is a bigot – What do we do? Examining the NFL’s […]

Holly Roberts has a B.A. in Public Relations from the University of Oklahoma and an M.A. in Communication from the University of Kentucky. Roberts specializes in public relations, risk and crisis communication, and reputation management. She currently works in Washington D.C. as a Strategic Communications Consultant supporting the Department of Homeland Security and teaches Oral […]

Dr. Morgan Getchell, PhD is an assistant professor in the School of English, Communication, Media and Languages at Morehead State University. Dr. Getchell completed PhD at the University of Kentucky in 2016, and she focused her scholarship on the areas of risk and crisis communication. Her dissertation, which examined emergent organizations in the 2014 West […]

Dr. Saud Alsulaiman is an Assistant Professor of Public Relations in the Mass Communication Department at King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. His research interests include crisis communication, health communication, public relations, and social media. Breakout Session 5: March 9, 8:30-9:45 AM The roadmap to [mis]trust of public health agencies during the COVID-19 pandemic.

First year doctoral student and graduate teaching associate in Strategic Communication MA in Organizational Communication Management from Austral University. Juan Manuel Perez Naufel has more than 10 years of experience in the strategic communication field with high profile industries, such as the Argentinean Chamber of Mining, Herbalife, the Institutional Relations Office of Buenos Aires City […]

Anja Fessmann is a PhD candidate in Strategic Management at the John Chambers College of Business and Economics of West Virginia University. Here research areas include international business, cross-cultural management, integrated communications, corporate social responsibility, and CEO advocacy. Before coming to WVU, she worked for 15 years in management for the Fortune 100 company Siemens […]

Xin Sheng is a doctoral student and graduate teaching associate in Strategic Communication with the Nicholson School of Communication and Media, University of Central Florida. She holds bachelor’s degrees in both Journalism, and Film, TV and Drama Literature, Communication University of China, and a master’s degree in Journalism, Northwestern University in the U.S. Sheng has […]

Wouter Jong, PhD, is a full time crisis consultant and lecturer in Crisis Communication and Learning & Accountability at Leiden University, The Netherlands. Currently, he works for the Dutch Investigation Board on a parliamentarian investigation into the Dutch covid-19 strategy. Wouter was awarded with the Top Student Paper Award in 2016 and 2017. Breakout Session […]

Swati is an active practitioner of research, innovation and design with expertise in user experience design. She regularly collaborates with designers, academics, creators to work on ideas, experiments and professional projects. Her interest involves research and design solutions for healthcare beyond clinical settings and design for impact.