Kathy Fitzpatrick, J.D., APR
Kathy R. Fitzpatrick is professor and director of the Zimmerman School of Advertising and Mass Communications at the University of South Florida (USF). She came to USF from American University (AU) in Washington, D.C., where she served as professor and former senior associate dean for academic affairs in the School of Communication. Prior to joining AU, Fitzpatrick was associate dean of graduate programs and research in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Florida International University. She has also served on the faculties of Quinnipiac University, DePaul University, the University of Florida, and Southern Methodist University. In 2009-2011, she was a research fellow and is currently a faculty fellow in the Center on Public Diplomacy in the Annenberg School at the University of Southern California.
Fitzpatrick is an internationally recognized scholar in public relations and public diplomacy. Her research has been published in books and top scholarly journals in communication and diplomacy. She is the co-founding editor of the Palgrave Macmillan Book Series on Global Public Diplomacy and serves on the international advisory boards of The Hague Journal of Diplomacy and Public Diplomacy Magazine. She also serves on the editorial review boards of the Journal of Public Relations Research and the Journal of Mass Media Ethics and formerly served on the editorial board of Public Relations Review. She is a member of the Arthur W. Page Society, formerly served as head of the Educators Academy of the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) and is a former president of the Dallas Chapter of PRSA.
Fitzpatrick received B.S. and M.S. degrees in journalism from West Virginia University and a J.D. from Southern Methodist University. She is licensed to practice law in the State of Texas and accredited in public relations by the Public Relations Society of America.
Fitzpatrick is an internationally recognized scholar in public relations and public diplomacy. Her research has been published in books and top scholarly journals in communication and diplomacy. She is the co-founding editor of the Palgrave Macmillan Book Series on Global Public Diplomacy and serves on the international advisory boards of The Hague Journal of Diplomacy and Public Diplomacy Magazine. She also serves on the editorial review boards of the Journal of Public Relations Research and the Journal of Mass Media Ethics and formerly served on the editorial board of Public Relations Review. She is a member of the Arthur W. Page Society, formerly served as head of the Educators Academy of the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) and is a former president of the Dallas Chapter of PRSA.
Fitzpatrick received B.S. and M.S. degrees in journalism from West Virginia University and a J.D. from Southern Methodist University. She is licensed to practice law in the State of Texas and accredited in public relations by the Public Relations Society of America.