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Melissa A. Johnson
Associate Professor


Director of Graduate Studies
Department of Communication

Education
Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1993

Focus Area
International visual communication, digital and traditional ethnic media (especially Latino media), and public relations concepts related to Latinos, Latin America, technology, and innovation



NC State University
Department of Communication
Campus Box 8104
201 Winston Hall
Raleigh, NC 27695-8104

TEL: 919.515.9757
FAX: 919.515.9456


melissa_johnson@ncsu.edu

 

 

EXPERIENCE

North Carolina State University
6/00-Present Associate Professor, Department of Communication

8/07-Present
Director of Graduate Studies

6/00- 5/05
Coordinator, Public Relations/Organizational Communication Concentration

8/94- 6/00 Assistant Professor, Department of Communication

Program Faculty, Doctorate in Communication, Rhetoric, and Digital Media, College of Humanities and Social Sciences.

Member, Master’s in International Studies Faculty, College of Humanities and Social Sciences.

Member, Master’s in Liberal Arts Studies Faculty, College of Humanities and Social Sciences.

Affiliated Faculty, Institute for Nonprofits at North Carolina State University.

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
1/07-5/07 Roy H. Park Distinguished Visiting Professor, School of Journalism & Mass Communication

1/91-5/91 Teaching Assistant, School of Journalism
8/90-12/90 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
7/90-8/90
1/90-5/90
1/89-5/89

Elon College
9/91-12/92 Assistant Professor of Communications, Department of Journalism and Communications

8/90-12/90 Adjunct Instructor in Communications

San Diego State University
9/87-5/88 Adjunct Instructor, Journalism Department
9/86-5/87
9/84-5/85
9/82-5/83

Professional Experience
Director of Public Relations, School of Public Health, University of NC at Chapel Hill

Vice President and Director of Corporate Relations, HomeFed Corporation, San Diego

Vice President, Public Relations Division, Grant/Shaner Advertising & Public Relations, San Diego

Public Affairs Director, Newswriter, KLRO-FM and XEMO-AM, San Diego

Public Relations Assistant, Publicity, Inc., Boston