Her research has been published in a range of peer-reviewed journals, including Journal of Black Studies College Teaching Communication Research Reports Health Care for Women International Journal of International and Intercultural Communication the Journal of Transcultural Nursing Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly Newspaper Journal PRism Public Relations Journal Public Relations Review.
Mastin also served as a Fulbright specialist in Rwanda and Kenya. She has introduced media advocacy to non-governmental organizations operating in Rwanda, Kenya, and Vietnam and supported a number of organizations' efforts to use media advocacy to engage with their local media for a purpose of promoting core components of their mission and vision. Mastin's primary research interests include media advocacy as a public relations tool, media coverage of health issues related to women, and disadvantaged and/or vulnerable populations, especially in regard to individuals residing in struggling urban communities and developing countries.
She is eager to lead the Department as it enters its 60th year: "At no other time in the Department's history has there been such an impressive number of talented individuals whose academic and professional expertise scaled such a vast range of interesting, timely, and societally and commercially important topics." Teresa Mastin, PhD (1998), Mass Media-Michigan State University, serves as the 10th chairperson for the Department of Advertising + Public Relations.
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