Alma Corley

Assistant Professor

acorley@uca.edu

Office:  Win Thompson Hall 204E

Telephone: 501-450-3342

Fax: 501-852-2901

Education:

PhD University of Southern Mississippi

MBA University of South Alabama

Summer school on Russian Media, St. Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg, Russia

Current Courses:

Intro to Public Relations
Writing for Public Relations
Special Topics in Communication - Advanced Writing for Public Relations

Teaching Interests:

In Public Relations - Theory, Strategy, Techniques, Cases and Campaigns, and Management.

In Mass Communication - Social and Ethical Issues in Mass Communication, Survey of Mass Communication and Society, Writing for the Mass Media, Media Writing, Feature Writing, and Reporting.

In Basic Communication - Business and Professional Communication, Introduction to Public Speaking, Introduction to Communication Research, and Basic Oral Communication.
In Advertising - Advertising and Advertising and Promotion.

Research Interests and topics:

Doctoral Dissertation.  The Mobile Beacon and Alabama Citizen.  Fifty year progressive history of a black weekly newspaper in Mobile, Alabama.

Conference Paper.  The Relationship of Military Service to Full Rights of Citizenship as seen by The Alabama Citizen.

Case Study.  Co-Authored with The Log Cabin Democrat -- A Success Story Now But How Shall We Go Forward?

Case Study.  The Mobile Beacon and Alabama Citizen -- Sixty-five Years of Service to its Community.