This abstract is summarized by the IPR Center for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion from the original journal article published in the Public Relations Inquiry. Summary Katie R. Place, Ph.D., studied how female public relations practitioners define gender and how gender plays a role in the public relations industry. Method In-depth interviews were conducted with 45 … Continue reading Binaries, Continuums, and Intersections: Women PR Professionals’ Understandings of Gender
This abstract is summarized by IPR from the original journal article published in the Public Relations Journal. Katie R. Place, Ph.D. explored digital, social, and mobile public relations efforts with low-income publics to best meet their complex and evolving dialogic engagement needs. The author conducted an exploratory, qualitative study consisting of 39 interviews of … Continue reading Exploring Digital, Social and Mobile Dialogic Engagement with Low-Income Publics
This abstract is summarized by IPR from the original journal article published in the Media Report to Women. Dr. David Dozier and colleagues studied data on public relations practitioners’ gender, income, and other variables to evaluate why women earn less money than men. A secondary analysis of trends across four decades of gender and salary … Continue reading A Longitudinal Analysis of the Gender Income Gap in Public Relations in the U.S. 1979-2014
This abstract is summarized by IPR from the original journal article published in Public Relations Review. Dr. Jennifer Vardeman-Winter and Dr. Katie R. Place examined public relations research to evaluate the PR workforce composition and opportunities for growth. Researchers reviewed literature from 2006-2017, which showed that there was significant growth to be made in terms of an … Continue reading Still a Lily-White Field of Women: The State of Workforce Diversity in Public Relations Practice and Research
This abstract is summarized by IPR from the original journal article published in Public Relations Review. Few studies have considered the effect gender has on leadership enactment and success in public relations. This secondary analysis examined the state of women and gender scholarship about public relations leadership as part of a larger study about the state of … Continue reading Where are the Women? An Examination of Research on Women and Leadership in Public Relations
This abstract is summarized by IPR from the original journal article published in Public Relations Review. Few studies have considered the effect gender has on leadership enactment and success in public relations. This secondary analysis examined the state of women and gender scholarship about public relations leadership as part of a larger study about the state of … Continue reading Where are the Women? An Examination of Research on Women and Leadership in Public Relations
Dr. Katie R. Place and Dr. Antoaneta M. Vanc explored public relations students’ notions of diversity and client work within the public relations curriculum.