21 Professor Jami Fullerton teaches undergraduate advertising and graduate mass communication courses. Her research interests include the portrayal of gender in advertising, crosscultural communication and advertising education. Currently she is researching U.S. public diplomacy efforts since 9/11. She has published studies in national academic journals including Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly, and Mass Communication and Society Journal. She is co-editor of the Journal of Advertising Education. She is former chair of the academic committee for the American Advertising Federation and past head of the advertising division of the Association of Education in Journalism and Mass Communication. Her accolades include the Women in Communication’s Headliner Award, Tulsa (Okla.) Newsmaker and Billy I. Ross Advertising Education Award. In 2003, she received a grant to study international advertising, specifically the U.S. State Department’s advertising effort in the Muslim world. Research resulting from the grant was published with Alice Kendrick in Advertising’s War on Terrorism: The Story of the U.S. State Department’s Shared Values Initiative. She earned a bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Oklahoma and a doctorate from the University of North Texas. “We are looking at how mega-sports events, like the World Cup or the Olympics, affect the international reputation of the nations hosting the games. It’s part of an emerging field called ‘nation branding.’ If host countries understand how those things affect perceptions, they can use that information for economic and political advantages.” courtesy of TulsaPeople Magazine PORTRAIT Jami Armstrong Fullerton PEGGY LAYMAN WELCH CHAIR IN STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS
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