Resume

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  Communication Theory

  Advanced Crisis Communication

  Hootsuite

  Hootsuite Platform Certification

• 2017

  Member

  Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC)

  Member

  Public Relations Society of America

  The Texas A&M University System’s student-selected Teaching Excellence Award Program was created to recognize excellence in classroom teaching. Awards are based on the average score of the evaluation form

  with the top 25% of faculty receiving the award. Also received in Fall 2011

  Spring 2011

  and Fall 2009.\n

  Texas A&M University System

  Outstanding Author

  Selected as the inaugural author to be honored at the “Outstanding Author” series.\n

  Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi's Mary & Jeff Bell Library

  University Educator of the Year

  The Educator of the Year Award consists of a competitive

  yearlong procedure that involves a selection committee of communication educators from both secondary and post-secondary levels. The Texas Speech Communication Association is the largest state professional communication association in the United States.\n

  Texas Speech Communication Association

  Student Recognition Award for Teaching Excellence

  Texas A&M University System

  Hispanic Heritage Month Honoree

  Recognized with a full-page ad in the Sunday edition of the Corpus Christi Caller-Times newspaper for being a local Latino leader that has made a positive impact on the community.

  CITGO Petroleum Corporation

  Young Alumnus Award

  Each year during Homecoming

  the Alumni Association honors one alumnus who has “enjoyed exceptional personal and professional success early in their careers.” The recipient must have graduated within the past 10 years.\n\n

  Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi Alumni Association

  College Distinguished Alumni Award -- Liberal Arts

  Each year during Homecoming

  the Alumni Association honors one alumnus for each of the five colleges of the University for this “prestigious award based on their contribution to society and meritorious achievements.” \n

  Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi Alumni Association

  Bronze Anvil Awards Judge

  Public Relations Society of America

  College Distinguished Alumni Award Nominee -- Liberal Arts

  Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi Alumni Association

  Excellence in Teaching Innovation Award (2nd Place)

  TAMU-CC presents an annual “Excellence in Teaching Innovation” award to honor original

  specific teaching innovations designed to improve student learning.

  Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi

  First-Year Islanders Convocation Faculty Speaker

  Each year

  the First Year Islanders program requests faculty to nominate a peer to be the Faculty Speaker for the Convocation

  a mandatory ceremony in which faculty

  staff

  and administrators officially welcome First-Year Islanders to Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi.\n

  Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi

  House Resolution 930

  Awarded by State Representative Abel Herrero in honor of professional achievements. \n

  The State of Texas House of Representatives

  Silver Anvil Awards Judge

  Public Relations Society of America

  Excellence in Teaching Award

  TAMU-CC presents an annual “Excellence in Teaching” award to one faculty member who has demonstrated excellence in classroom teaching and has shown a genuine concern for students outside the classroom.

  Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi

  Breakfast with the Chancellor and Board of Regents

  One of five faculty members selected by Dr. Flavius Killebrew to attend breakfast with the Texas A&M University System Chancellor and Board of Regents in College Station

  TX.\n

  Texas A&M University System

  Corpus Christi Under 40 Award

  Also received in 2011.

  Corpus Christi Under 40/Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi

  ELITE Outstanding Faculty Member Award

  Every semester

  ELITE recognizes faculty members who have “gone above and beyond and have made significant contributions in their commitment to excellence and scholarship at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi.”\n

  Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi

  Student Recognition Award for Teaching Excellence

  Texas A&M University System

  Outstanding Islander

  Each month

  Outstanding Islanders recognizes a student

  alumnus

  professor or staff member based on their accomplishments and achievements. See: http://www.tamucc.edu/profiles/apr11/profile_maresh.html\n

  Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi

  First-Year Islanders Convocation Faculty Speaker Nominee

  Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi

• 2010

  Presidential Citation - Gold Level (Highest Distinction); District Exemplary Club; IGNITE Premier Club

  Rotary Club of Southside Corpus Christi

  Board of Directors

  Children’s Advocacy Center of the Coastal Bend

  Higher Education

  Social Media

  Instructional Design

  Data Analysis

  Teaching

  Event Planning

  Research

  Qualitative Research

  Editing

  Public Speaking

  Student Affairs

  Public Relations

  Curriculum Design

  University Teaching

  Curriculum Development

  Grant Writing

  SPSS

  Crisis Communications

  Statistics

  Program Development

  Oil Industry Crisis Communication

  David Williams

  Oil Industry Crisis Communication

  Service-Learning in Crisis Communication Education: Revisiting Coombs' Objectives for the Crisis Communication Course

  Shawn T. Wahl

  Kendall Hunt Publishing

  Public Relations Principles: Strategies for Professional Success

  Creating Organizational Crisis Plans

  With Deborah De Cillo Ottoni Teixeira.

  Skol's Viva Redondo (Live Round) Crisis

  Social Media Mapping Innovations for Crisis Prevention

  Response

  and Evaluation.

  Apple's \"Bendgate\" Crisis and the Technology-Image Expectancy Gap

  Public Relations and Persuasive Campaigns

  Paul Witt

  Instructor Credibility as a Mediator of Instructor Communication and Students’ Intent to Persist in College

  A Real-World Approach to Academic Crisis Communication Training

  An Autobiographical Discussion of Gender Construction

  New Media

  New Persuasion

  David Williams

  Responding to Oil Industry Crises: The Case of Phillips Petroleum in Pasadena

  Texas

  Jeanne Elmhorst

  Ronald Adler

  Communicating at Work: Strategies for Success in Business and the Professions (12th. ed.).

  Battling “Ana” with Discursive Reframing: Women’s Counterstories of a Stigmatized Illness

  Michelle

  Maresh-Fuehrer

  Texas Tech University

  Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi

  Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi

  For Kids’ Sake Publishing

  University of Nebraska-Lincoln

  Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi

  Associate Professor of Public Relations

  Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi

  Social Media Manager

  For Kids’ Sake Publishing

  Graduate Teaching Assistant

  Texas Tech University

  Assistant Professor of Communication

  Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi

  Graduate Teaching Assistant

  University of Nebraska-Lincoln

• 2006

  Ph.D.

  Communication Studies

• 2004

  MA

  Communication Studies

  Media and Society

  Public Relations Campaigns (Formerly Public Relations Techniques)

  Public Relations Theory (Formerly Perspectives in Public Relations)

  Professional PR Portfolio

  Crisis Communication

  Social Media Research and Application

  Internship

  Senior Seminar in Communication/Media

  Public Relations Writing

  Basic Communication in Higher Education

  Media Arts Internship

  Communication Internship

  Introduction to Communication

  Research Methods

  Public Speaking

  Instructional Communication

  Introduction to Public Relations (Formerly PR Cases and Strategies COMM3341)

• 2001

  BA

  Communication

  Journalism

• Rotary International District 5930