This abstract is summarized by IPR from the original journal article published in the Public Relations Inquiry Dean E. Mundy explored the 21st century text of Gay Pride and how leaders of gay pride organizations are adjusting their operational and communications strategy to better forge and maintain productive relationships among today’s stakeholder network. The author … Continue reading Shifting, Broadening, and Diversifying: How Gay Pride Organizations are Reshaping Their Mission to Build Crucial Relationships
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The author, Dean E. Mundy, Ph.D., examined the role diversity plays in the public relations practice and the extent to which an organization’s diversity values contribute to ethical stakeholder engagement. Mundy used a survey method, surveying 5,000 Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) members to examine specifically how public relations and communication professionals perceive the … Continue reading From Principle to Policy to Practice? Diversity as a Driver of Multicultural, Stakeholder Engagement in Public Relations →
This research is summarized by IPR from the original journal article published in the Public Interest Communications Journal. Dean Mundy, Ph.D., conducted in-depth interviews with LGTBQ center directors at 11 major public universities in 10 U.S. states, and investigated who these students are and how universities engage and advocate for them. The author held interviews with … Continue reading Identity, Visibility & Measurement: How University LGBTQ Centers Engage and Advocate for Today’s LGBTQ Student →
This abstract is summarized by IPR from the original journal article published in the Public Relations Inquiry. Dean E. Mundy explored the 21st century text of Gay Pride and how leaders of gay pride organizations are adjusting their operational and communications strategy to better forge and maintain productive relationships among today’s stakeholder network. The author … Continue reading Shifting, Broadening, and Diversifying: How Gay Pride Organizations are Reshaping Their Mission to Build Crucial Relationships in a Complex 21st Century Stakeholder Network →
This study appears courtesy of the author Dr. Dean Mundy, you can view the full report here. Dr. Dean Mundy at the University of Oregon conducted in-depth interviews with leaders of statewide LGBT advocacy organizations in Massachusetts, Ohio, North Carolina, Georgia, Texas, Iowa, and Washington, as well as the executive director of the Equality Federation, … Continue reading The Spiral of Advocacy: How State-Based LGBT Advocacy Organizations Use Ground-Up Public Communication Strategies →
This blog post features a paper in the latest issue of the PR Journal. During the 2016 presidential campaign, there emerged a heightened focus on the candidates’ use of one social media platform: Twitter. Whether it was Hillary Clinton’s now-famous “delete your account” tweet, or Donald Trump’s frequent use of the platform to provide “colorful” … Continue reading Jack of All Trades or Master of One? What Public Relations Can Learn from the 2016 Presidential Visual Twitter Strategies →
Download Full Paper (PDF): Bridging the Divide: A Multidisciplinary Analysis of Diversity Research and the Implications for Public Relations Partner: Executive Summary This paper reviews diversity-focused research in public relations to identify the key findings, trends, remaining gaps, and best practices regarding how public relations theory and practice can better reflect a diversity focus. To … Continue reading Bridging the Divide: A Multidisciplinary Analysis of Diversity Research and the Implications for Public Relations →
My partner Tim and I are both in higher education. I research issues of diversity and minority advocacy in public relations. He is an American historian, researching the U.S. south. We’ve had the opportunity to work for several universities in different parts of the country, from Iowa, to North Carolina, South Carolina and now Oregon. … Continue reading The Value of Being Uncomfortable: How We Can Learn from Events at the University of Missouri →
Introduction Today’s organizations understand the important role diversity and inclusion (D&I) plays in organizational success—how it positively contributes to organizational culture, marketplace competitiveness, and social responsibility. A quick scan of top corporate websites reflects this trend. “Diversity is central to Facebook’s mission of creating a more open and connected world: it’s good for our products … Continue reading Diversity 2.0: How the public relations function can take the lead in a new generation of diversity and inclusion (D&I) initiative →
It has been exactly one decade since the PR Coalition—a coalition of professional organizations that represented more than 30,000 public relations professionals—called on public relations to become the champion for diversity. The Coalition argued that public relations, more than any other function, has a responsibility to lead diversity efforts and make valuing diversity part of … Continue reading Seven Ways PR Can Be a Champion for Diversity →