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Jennie
Straight
Assistant
Professor of Communication Studies
Co-Sponsor
of TigerComm student
organization
Educational
Background
M.A.
Communication
Fort Hays State University • 1992
B.A. General
Science
Fort Hays State University • 1973
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| Public Relations |
PR in Arts and Entertainment |
| Mass Media in a Free Society |
NonProfit Public Relations |
| Public Relations Writing |
Advertising |
| Public Relations Campaign Design |
Advertising Campaigns |
| Crisis Management & Strategies |
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Personal
Statement
I don’t believe in making up quotes. In fact
my insistence that making up quotes is unethical once cost me a public
relations job. That’s the journalist in me. Prospective employers,
however, can be assured that Fort Hays State University’s public
relations students will graduate with a strong
appreciation for AP Style and the inverted pyramid. Again, the journalist
in me!
I earned both my bachelor’s and master’s degrees from FHSU.
My undergraduate degree is in pre-med, my master’s in communication
with an emphasis in journalism. I worked at The Hays Daily News as
the society editor and as a feature writer from 1989 until August
1993 when I began teaching full time at FHSU. During the 1996-1997
school year, I taught communication classes (including Bethany’s
first news writing class) at Bethany College in Lindsborg, Kan. Following
that one-year temporary position, I returned to FHSU to teach public
relations and advertising classes.
At the time I returned to FHSU, the advertising/public relations
program consisted of two PR classes and one (occasionally two) advertising
classes. In the fall of 2005 a new curriculum, with a full menu of
both advertising and public relations classes, was implemented and
a second faculty member was hired. The 2006 Navigator Award for advising
excellence at FHSU and the 2006 first place National Federation of
Press Women Research Award for “Communication
at the Heart of a Crisis: A Case Study” are my most coveted awards
in my 10 plus years of teaching at FHSU.
My research interests include crisis, religious and political communication.
I have been married to the same guy (Ron) for 36 years, have two
sons, Dane and Brett, and the sweetest, cutest, brightest, most talented
6-year-old granddaughter (Jessica) in the whole world
Phone
- (785) 628-5876 | E-Mail - jstraigh@fhsu.edu
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