Public Relations Theory

Notes on Contributors

Shelley Aylesworth‐Spink is the Associate Dean of the School of Business at St. Lawrence College in Kingston, Canada. Her interests include the perception of pervasive global disease outbreaks in studying the interdisciplinary application of public relations, media studies, cultural studies, and science and technology studies fields. She was formerly Principal Lecturer in Public Relations at the University of Westminster, England, and Senior Lecturer in Public Relations at the University of West London, England. Her areas of professional practice for organizations in the health, higher education, and manufacturing sectors include communications strategy, crisis communications, media relations, and corporate communications.

Tor Bang is an Associate Professor at the Department of Communication and Culture at BI Norwegian Business School, located in Oslo. He serves as the Associate Dean for the school’s bachelor program in communication management and teaches classes in communication management to master’s students. Previously employed in Norway’s maritime sector, Bang holds a social science MA from the University of Oslo, with a thesis on freedom of expression in digital media. His PhD from the University of Bergen was a dissertation on communicative strategies in the Norwegian labor movement during the 1930s.

Brigitta R. Brunner is a Professor at the Auburn University School of Communication & Journalism. She has been on faculty at AU since 2002 teaching ...