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Improve Your Elevator Talk
George Mason University - Fairfax Campus
Speaker
Katherine E. Rowan, Ph.D.
Professor and Associate Chair, Dept. of Communication
George Mason University
 Dr. Rowan's research concerns the public relations challenges of earning trust and explaining complexities in risk and crisis communication contexts. At George Mason, she heads the public relations curriculum. She received her bachelor's degree from George Mason's English Department in 1975. After graduation, she worked for the Smithsonian Institution's Office of Public Affairs. Her master's degree was earned in communication and journalism from the University of Illinois, and her doctorate in the teaching of rhetoric and composition from Purdue's English Department. She joined Purdue's Communication Department in 1985, earning tenure in 1991 and full professor status in 1996. As a GMU alumna, she returned home in 2000 to join one of the best communication faculties on the East Coast. Professor Rowan became interested in risk communication through studies of science communication in the mass media. She has authored or edited over 40 scholarly and governmental publications concerning effective methods for earning trust and explaining complex science.
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