Terri L. Johnson, APR, is an associate professor of communications at Eastern Illinois University. With 29 years of teaching experience, she also has taught for Butler University, Indiana University and Ball State University. Previously, she served as a public information director for the Indiana State Highway Commission and as an assistant press secretary and speechwriter to Indiana Governor Otis Bowen. She is the immediate past chair of the Educators Academy, and has served PRSA as a Chapter president.