The University of St. Thomas

Betsy Anderson

Anderson, Betsy D.

Assistant Professor

bdanderson1@stthomas.edu
Phone: (651) 962-5258
Toll Free: (800) 328-6819, Ext. 2-5258

Mail 4001

Office Location: OEC 462

Courses:
Professor Anderson currently teaches Principles of Advertising & Public Relations, Public Communication: Speaking & Writing, and Social Media in Communication.

Education:
B.A., Bethel University
M.A., Ph.D., University of Minnesota

Professional experience:
Account supervisor and senior account executive, Fleishman-Hillard International Communications; 1996 Summer Olympics liasion officer; writer and editor, Weber-Shandwick Worldwide.

Scholarship and service:
Professor Anderson's research interests include: public relations and digital media, especially the use of social media for building interactive, two-way symmetrical relationships with consumers; corporate reputation; and the use of framing analysis to study current PR issues.  She has published her work in Newspaper Research Journal and presented it to such organizations as the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication and the Institute for Public Relations Research.

At UST:
Professor Anderson joined UST in 2006.  She serves as advisor to the UST Public Relations Student Society of America chapter.