Ray Kotcher is a professor of the practice, public relations, and the former CEO and chairman of Ketchum, one of the world’s largest and most awarded public relations agencies. Having received his MS in Public Relations from the college in 1983, Kotcher went on to spend more than 30 years in the agency business, most… Read More
Arunima Krishna, PhD (Purdue University), is interested in publics’ communication behaviors related to controversial social issues, particularly issues related to scientific knowledge. Her most recent research looks at how individuals’ knowledge deficiency about vaccines impacts their attitudes, motivations, and behaviors about vaccine safety. She is also interested in how publics’ perceptions and attitudes about issues… Read More
Dr. Wright is an internationally known professor, author, speaker, researcher and corporate communications consultant. He has taught communication and public relations at the university level for more than 30 years and also has worked professionally for more than a decade in various aspects of corporate and agency public relations, journalism and broadcasting. He is one… Read More
Professor Supa earned the PhD in communication with an emphasis in public relations at the University of Miami. His research focuses on the media relations process in public relations, corporate social advocacy (activism) and the integration of public relations and advertising. He has published nearly two dozen peer-reviewed articles and has presented at more than… Read More
Torn between a career in city planning and human services, Steve split the difference and joined VISTA to work with teens in the inner city. There, he found a wife, a calling and a lifelong passion for using communication to nurture meaning and connection. Now in his 20th year as a public relations professor, Steve… Read More
Amy Pavel Shanler has more than 20 years of experience managing communications activities for multiple organizations and industries, including retail, technology, business, health care, and entertainment. As co-director of PRLab, the nation’s oldest student-run public relations agency and a cornerstone of Boston University’s College of Communication PR curriculum, Amy oversees a working, profitable and award-winning… Read More
Professor Joseph brings to COM extensive and award-winning experience managing public relations, crisis communication and media efforts for some of the world’s most recognized brands in consumer electronics, education and health care. In June 2014, the American Business Awards named Justin the recipient of its prestigious “Communications Professional of the Year” award. Most recently, he… Read More
Dr. Downes gained a wide breadth of full-time communications experience working in the corporate, government and nonprofit sectors for more than 10 years throughout metropolitan Washington, DC. He held positions as a public relations director, marketing representative, special events producer, campaign organizer, personnel specialist, communications consultant and researcher. Among his employers were the United States… Read More
Dr. Berkovitz has worked since 1974 as a political media consultant on presidential, senatorial, congressional and gubernatorial election campaigns. He specializes in media strategy and time buying, and works as a producer of political commercials. Berkovitz has consulted on campaigns in over 25 states. His clients have included Senators John Glenn, Carl Levin, Patrick Leahy… Read More
Get your start where it all began. Public Relations Welcome to the proud home of the world’s first university degree in public relations. Other schools have followed suit, but we’ve never given up the lead. The Boston University College of Communication (COM) Public Relations program and its faculty have vast experience identifying the effects of… Read More