PROFESSOR | DIRECTOR OF RESEARCH & OUTREACH



NEW BOOK
Public Relations and
Corporate Racial Responsibility
My book, Public Relations and Corporate Racial Responsibility, introduces the corporate racial responsibility (CRR) theory in public relations. It argues that corporations have distinct responsibilities related to race due to their historical and contemporary roles in fostering systems and structures of racial inequality. The book also examines how organizations can use communication to advance racial justice, equality, and inclusion. It discusses the public relations efforts of companies such as Ben & Jerry’s, Dove, Nike, and Starbucks. It offers scholars and practitioners a new framework for understanding and engaging corporate discourse on race.
Award-winning research

Winner of the 2022 Karen Russell Award of Most Downloaded Article in 2021 in the Journal of Public Relations Research

Named one of the “Top 17 Public Relations Insights of 2021” by the Institute for Public Relations

Accomplices in the public relations classroom: An autoethnography of social-justice and anti-racism-informed teaching
2022 Top Teaching Award in the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) Public Relations Division (PRD) Paper Competition