About this journal

Editorial Scope: The Journal of Public Relations Research publishes research that creates, tests, or expands public relations theory. Manuscripts may include: examinations of why organizations practice public relations as they do and how public relations can be conducted more effectively; analysis of public relations publics; scholarly criticism of public relations practice; and development of the history, ethics, or philosophy of public relations. Journal of Public Relations Research accepts two types of articles: (1) reports of original research and (2) reviews of major research programs. Original research papers are a maximum of 30 manuscript pages, including tables and figures but excluding references; reviews of major research programs are similarly capped at 45 manuscript pages. All methodologies are appropriate, including critical, historical, legal, philosophical, and social scientific. The Journal is produced for the Public Relations Division of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) in cooperation with public relations educators in the International Communication Association, National Communication Association, Public Relations Society of American, and International Association of Business Communicators.

Publication office: Taylor & Francis, Inc., 530 Walnut Street, Suite 850, Philadelphia, PA 19106.

Editor-in-Chief
Sung-Un Yang, Indiana University    

Associate Editor
Nicholas Browning, Indiana University

2023 Editorial Board
Lee Ahern , Pennsylvania State University
Linda Aldoory , American University
Giselle Auger , Rhode Island College
Lucinda Austin , University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Elizabeth Avery Foster, University of Tennessee
Denise Bortree, Pennsylvania State University
Pamela Bourland-Davis, Georgia Southern University
John Brummette , Radford University (Virginia)
Brigitta Brunner, Auburn University
Douglas Cannon, Virginia Tech
Luke Capizzo, University of Missouri
Yi-Ru Regina Chen, Hong Kong Baptist University (CHINA)
Zifei Fay Chen, University of San Francisco (California)
Yang "Alice" Cheng, North Carolina State University
Moonhee Cho, University of Tennessee
Myoung-Gi Chon, Auburn University
An-Sofie Claeys, Ghent University
Colleen Connolly-Ahern , Pennsylvania State University
Pat Curtin, University of Oregon
Marcia DiStaso , University of Florida
Melissa Dodd, University of Central Florida
Gaelle Duthler, Zayed University
LaShonda Eaddy, Pennsylvania State University
Lee Edwards, London School of Economics and Political Science (UNITED KINGDOM)
Kristin English , Georgia College & State University
Kathy Fitzpatrick , University of South Florida
Susan Fountaine , Massey University (NEW ZEALAND)
Karen Freberg, University of Louisville
Tiffany Gallicano , University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Dawn Gilpin, Arizona State University
Kim Golombisky, University of South Florida
Guy Golan, Texas Christian University
Karla Gower , University of Alabama
Michel Haigh , Texas State University
Gang (Kevin) Han , Iowa State University
Robert Heath , University of Houston (Texas)
Cheng Hong, California State University, Sacramento
Toby Hopp, University of Colorado at Boulder
Yi-Hui Christine Huang, City University of Hong Kong
Flora Hung-Baesecke , University of Technology Sydney (AUSTRALIA)
Sungwook Hwang , Pusan National University (KOREA)
Melissa Janoske McLean, Tenure and Beyond Coaching
Yi Grace Ji, Boston University
Hua Jiang , Syracuse University (New York)
Yan Jin , University of Georgia
Melissa Johnson, North Carolina State University
Minjeong Kang , Indiana University
Tom Kelleher, University of Florida
Eyun-Jung Ki , University of Alabama
Jangyul Kim, Colorado State University
Jarim Kim, Yonsei University (KOREA)
Jeong-Nam Kim, University of Oklahoma
Sora Kim , The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CHINA)
Yeonsoo Kim, University of Texas at Austin
Young Kim , Marquette University (Wisconsin)
Yungwook Kim, Ewha Womans University (KOREA)
Emily Kinsky, West Texas A&M University 
Spiro Kiousis , University of Florida
Arunima Krishna, Boston University (Massachusetts) 
Dean Kruckeberg , University of North Carolina, Charlotte
Jaesub Lee , University of Houston, Texas
Sun Young Lee, University of Maryland
Greg Leichty, University of Louisville (Kentucky)
Laura Lemon, University of Alabama
Maria Len-Rios, University of Minnesota
Cong Li, University of Miami (Florida)
Zongchao Li, San Jose State University (California)
Joon Soo Lim, Syracuse University (New York) 
Brooke Liu, University of Maryland
Liang Ma, Texas Christian University
Jim Macnamara, University of Technology Sydney
Stephanie Madden, Pennsylvania State University
Diana Martinelli, West Virginia University
Katherine McComas , Cornell University (New York)
Tina McCorkindale , Institute for Public Relations (UNITED STATES)
Brooke W. McKeever, University of South Carolina
Linjuan Rita Men , University of Florida
Juan Meng , University of Georgia
Bitt Moon, University of Mississippi
Dean Mundy, University of Oregon
Cayce Myers, Virginia Tech
Bonita Neff, Indiana University Northwest
Marlene Neill, Baylor University (Texas)
Lan Ni , University of Houston (Texas)
Holly Overton, Pennsylvania State University
Hyojung Park , Louisiana State University
Young Eun Park, Sookmyung Women's University
Tim Penning , Grand Valley State University (Michigan)
Katie Place , Quinnipiac University (Connecticut)
Kenneth Plowman , Brigham Young University (Utah)
Donnalyn Pompper, University of Oregon
Cornelius Pratt, Temple University (Pennsylvania)
Matthew Ragas, DePaul University (Illinois)
Brian Reber, University of Georgia
Hyejoon Rim, University of Minnesota
Theresa Russell-Loretz , Millersville University (Pennsylvania)
Adam Saffer, University of Minnesota
Trent Seltzer, Texas Tech University 
Bey-Ling Sha, California State University, Fullerton
Hongmei Shen, San Diego State University (California)
Jae-Hwa Shin , University of Southern Mississippi
Brian Smith, Purdue University (Indiana) 
Baobao Song, Virginia Commonwealth University
Leysan Storie, Lund University (SWEDEN)
Jessalynn Strauss,  Elon University (North Carolina) 
Kevin Stoker, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Minjung Sung, Chung-Ang University (KOREA)
Kaye Sweetser, San Diego State University (California)
Weiting Tao, University of Miami (Florida)
Natalie Tindall , University of Texas at Austin
Ana Tkalac Vercic , University of Zagreb (CROATIA)
Elizabeth Toth, University of Maryland
Jennifer Vardeman , University of Houston (Texas)
Shari Veil , University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Dejan Vercic, University of Ljubljana (SLOVENIA)
Justin Walden, North Dakota State University 
Qi Wang, Villanova University (Pennsylvania) 
Richard Waters , University of San Francisco (California)
John Wirtz, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Sifan Xu, University of Tennessee
Aimei Yang, University of Southern California
Hui Zhao, Lund University (SWEDEN)
Yue Zheng, California State University, Northridge
Lynn Zoch , Radford University, Virginia 

Past Editors

Journal of Public Relations Research

2016-2021
Bey-Ling Sha, California State University, Fullerton

2010-2015
Karen Miller Russell, Georgia

2007-2009
Linda Aldoory, Maryland

2001-2006
Linda Childers Hon, Florida

1995-2000
Elizabeth L. Toth, Syracuse

1991-1994
James E. Grunig and Larissa A.
Grunig, Maryland

Public Relations Research Annual

1990               
Larissa A. Grunig and James E. Grunig, Maryland

1989
James E. Grunig and Larissa A. Grunig, Maryland

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