Institute for Public Relations taps Wright as research fellow
Professor Donald K. Wright and five others have been named the first Research Fellows of the Institute for Public Relations Research. The criteria for selection include international research reputations in either academia or the practice, and a commitment to work with the Institute to identify and address broad research needs in the public relations field. They will be inducted at the Annual Distinguished Lecture & Awards Dinner on November 5, 2008, at the New York City Yale Club.
Wright, a professor of public relations at Boston University, earned his Ph.D. at the University of Minnesota and has an international reputation in public relations research and theory. He is the author of numerous articles, book chapters, and professional papers. He is the founding editor of Public Relations Journal and past chair of the Commission on Public Relations Measurement & Evaluation. He is the former President of the International Public Relations Association. Dr. Wright is a trustee of the Institute for Public Relations and winner of its Pathfinder Award, the Jackson Jackson & Wagner Behavioral Science Prize, the Arthur W. Page Society's Distinguished Service Award, and the PRSA Educator of the Year. He directs these annual meetings for the Institute: the Executive Forum, the Leadership Forum and the Summit on Measurement.
