Associate Professor,
Ph.D., Michigan State University (Mass Media);
M.S., San Diego State University (Mass Communication);
B.A., University of Oklahoma (Journalism).
Dr. Anderson teaches public relations and integrated communication management and campaigns. He previously taught at Washington State University. He serves as the faculty adviser to the Alan Scott chapter of the Public Relations Student Society of America, and was named the "Best Public Relations Educator for 2002" by the Austin chapter of the Public Relations Society of America. His research is on public health campaigns, risk communication, and crisis management and has appeared in such journals as the Journal of Public Relations Research, Public Relations Review, Health Communication, Mass Com Review, Journalism Quarterly, and Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media. He is on the editorial review boards of the Journal of Public Relations Research and the Public Relations Review. He is a member of the Public Relations Society of America, Texas Public Relations Association, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, International Communication Association, and the Western Decision Sciences Institute. He has worked in political and governmental public relations in Washington, D.C., and San Diego, respectively, and as a newspaper reporter in Oklahoma City.
E-mail: rba@mail.utexas.edu