Media Contacts

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The News Service works to enhance the reputation, visibility and understanding of the university. It collaborates with campus units to publicize research findings, creative work and major events. The News Service also promotes faculty experts on important topics in the news, produces multimedia, and uses social media to distribute university content to news outlets around the world.

Media Contacts

Laura Lessnau, Director

Bernie DeGroat, Associate Director

Areas: Economics, Entrepreneurship, Transportation, Labor

Laura Bailey, Senior Public Relations Representative

Areas: Kinesiology, Pharmacy, Dentistry, Human Growth and Development, Nursing

Jim Erickson, Senior Public Relations Representative

Areas: Natural Resources and Environment, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Graham Sustainability Institute, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Museum of Natural History, Paleontology, Herbarium.

Bill Foreman, Global Communications Manager

Areas: International Institute, Area Studies Centers, Foreign Languages and Literature, Global and Intercultural Study, Architecture and Urban Planning

Laurel Thomas Gnagey, Senior Public Relations Strategist

Areas: Public Health, Education, Student Experiences, Instructional Technology

Greta Guest, Senior Public Relations Representative

Areas: Business, Public Policy, Tech Transfer

Nicole Casal Moore, Lead Public Relations Representative

Areas: Engineering, Physics, Math, Astronomy, Information, Entrepreneurship

Frank Provenzano, Senior Public Relations Representative

Areas: Music, Theatre, Dance, Art and Design, Humanities, Screen Arts and Cultures, Botanical Gardens, Libraries, Museums, Arboretum

Diane Swanbrow, ISR Director of Communications, Lead Public Relations Representative

Areas: Social Research, Surveys of Consumers, Sociology, American Culture, Philosophy, Anthropology, History, Religious Studies

Jared Wadley, Senior Public Relations Representative

Areas: Political Science, Psychology, Sociology, Law, Social Work, English, Organizational Studies, Communication Studies, Women and Gender Studies, Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

Mandira Banerjee, India Communications Manager

Vivianne Schnitzer, Hispanic Communications Manager

 

News Service Multimedia and Support Staff

Alessandra Gillen, News Clerk

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Nicole Rhoads, Web Designer

Roger Sutton, Broadcast Media and Information Technology Manager