Public Relations and Advertising at University of Tennessee, Knoxville

22 faculty and 0 courses in Public Relations and Advertising at University of Tennessee, Knoxville.

Faculty

• Matthew Pittman, Associate Professor and Executive Director of the Adam Brown Social Media Command Center h-index 23
  Social Media and Cognition Sustainability Campaigns Green/Environmental Advertising Viral Marketing The University of Tennessee Knoxville, Tennessee The flagship campus of the University of Tennessee System and partner in
  Notable: “Social media and loneliness: Why an Instagram picture may be worth more than a thousand Twitter words” (2016) · 905 citations
• Eric Haley, Professor h-index 21
  Advocacy advertising Account planning Health communication Advertising and society issues The University of Tennessee Knoxville, Tennessee The flagship campus of the University of Tennessee System and partner in the Tenne
  Notable: “Exploring the Construct of Organization as Source: Consumers' Understandings of Organizational Sponsorship of Advocacy Advertising” (1996) · 277 citations
• Moonhee Cho, DeForrest Jackson Professor and Director h-index 20
  Es on organization-public relationships and engagement, nonprofit public relations, social movement, and strategic use of social/digital media. Cho has published more than 30 articles in peer-reviewed academic journals and book chapters. Sh
  Notable: “Hashtag activism and message frames among social movement organizations: Semantic network analysis and thematic analysis of Twitter during the #MeToo movement” (2018) · 318 citations
• Michael Palenchar, Associate Professor h-index 18
  Risk communication, issues management and crisis communication, with specific contextual and industry focus related to chemical and other manufacturing, national security, and community right-to-know issues. Education PhD, Universit
  Notable: “A Work‐In‐Process Literature Review: Incorporating Social Media in Risk and Crisis Communication” (2011) · 670 citations
• Sifan Xu, Associate Professor and Graduate Programs Coordinator h-index 15
  Social identities and organization-public relationships Community-based crisis communication Risk communication The University of Tennessee Knoxville, Tennessee The flagship campus of the University of Tennessee System an
  Notable: “Hashtag homophily in twitter network: Examining a controversial cause-related marketing campaign” (2019) · 85 citations
• Courtney Childers, Professor and CCI Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Student Success h-index 9
  Deal with societal issues and advertising. Recent research projects have focused on emerging media impacting the advertising and public relations fields, influencer marketing, social media, advertising agencies workflow, and advertising ped
  Notable: “#Sponsored #Ad: Agency Perspective on Influencer Marketing Campaigns” (2018) · 339 citations
• María De Moya, Associate Professor, Charles Tombras, Sr. Endowed Professorship h-index 9
  Ethnic advocacy and activism International public relations Public diplomacy Communication for social change Political communication The University of Tennessee Knoxville, Tennessee The flagship campus of the University o
  Notable: “When tourists are your “friends”: Exploring the brand personality of Mexico and Brazil on Facebook” (2012) · 115 citations
• Katie Kim, Assistant Professor h-index 9
  Es on understanding corporate social responsibility and irresponsibility from an internal communication perspective, emphasizing the crucial role of internal communication culture and employees as co-creators. She employs both quantitative
  Notable: “Enhancing employee advocacy on social media: the value of internal relationship management approach” (2020) · 72 citations
• Jeannette Iannacone, Assistant Professor h-index 7
  Global public relations Globalization and transnationalism Qualitative research and methods NGO public relations and strategic communication Organization-public relationships The University of Tennessee Knoxville, Tennessee
  Notable: “Citizen brand: The emergence of brandstanding as organizational engagement and civic duty” (2023) · 26 citations
• Sitan 'Stan' Li, Assistant Professor h-index 5
  Social media Virtual influencers Sonic branding Streaming services Product placement The University of Tennessee Knoxville, Tennessee The flagship campus of the University of Tennessee System and partner in the Tennessee
  Notable: “Virtual humans as social actors: Investigating user perceptions of virtual humans’ emotional expression on social media” (2024) · 108 citations
• Bugil Chang, Assistant Professor
  Crisis communication Crisis spillover Nonprofit communication Corporate social advocacy The University of Tennessee Knoxville, Tennessee The flagship campus of the University of Tennessee System and partner in the Tenness
• Christina Najera, Teaching Assistant Professor
  In the cognitive and emotional processing of messages related to risky driving behavior and body image. Her work is driven by theories drawn from communication science, cognitive neuroscience, public health, and social psychology. Educa
• Colin Piacentine, Assistant Professor of Practice
• David Norman, Assistant Professor of Practice
• Dustin Thomas, Professor of Practice
• Elizabeth Avery Foster, Professor, Vice Provost for Academic Affairs
• Jamie Ward, Assistant Professor of Practice
• Joseph 'Joe' Stabb, Assistant Professor of Practice
• Meg Piercy, Assistant Professor of Practice
• Minjie Li, Associate Professor
  Multicultural advertising Prosocial strategic communication Identities, disparities, and social justice Media inclusivity, LGBTQ, and race Emerging technologies Digital/influencer marketing communication The University of Tennessee Knoxvill
• Oluseyi Adegbola, Assistant Professor
  Political image repair Election campaign communication News media & citizen engagement Advocacy & contentious politics The University of Tennessee Knoxville, Tennessee The flagship campus of the University of Tenn
• Sieun Ha, Assistant Professor
  Information processing Message competition Digital advertising Advertising policy The University of Tennessee Knoxville, Tennessee The flagship campus of the University of Tennessee System and partner in the Tennessee Tra

Faculty counts are directory headcounts; the named list may be a subset. h-index shown only for ORCID-backed or high-confidence OpenAlex matches. Data as of 2026-07-02.