Richard Bailey kicked off a fun meme about what a week in the life of a PR professor can be like, and Karen Russell contributed her plans for next week too.
Here is what my week looks like outside of teaching classes and grading:
- Wrapping up a review of a few chapters of Shannon Bowen’s new public relations textbook. When a textbook is written, professors review chapters and offer the writer feedback before the textbook is published. Shannon’s textbook has an emphasis on ethics, in addition to business terminology and research.
- Finalizing the research design for a PR pedagogy study with doctoral student Katie Stansberry.
- Debriefing focus group experience with an honors college thesis student and checking in with two other honors college thesis students on their research projects.
- Attending a webinar by the Plank Center about how to teach public relations ethics.
- Checking in with the account supervisor for a team I’m advising for our student-run public relations agency.
- Meeting with graduate student Kevin Brett to discuss survey questions for a social media ethics study we’re conducting.
- Attending Dean Tim Gleason’s party for graduate students and their advisors.
- Meeting with a graduate student to discuss summer public relations internships in the San Francisco Bay area.
- Writing a letter of recommendation.
- Scheduling the last interview for a revision I’m working on for a study submitted to a public relations journal.
- Completing a revision for another study submitted to a public relations journal.
Public relations educators and students, feel free to share your plans for next week.
So glad you joined in! Good to know we’ll both be on the Plank webinar.
Thanks, Karen! This was a fun meme. I’m looking forward to the Plank webinar this week — the panel looks excellent.