Marlene Neill, Ph.D., APR, Fellow PRSA
Marlene Neill, Ph.D., APR, Fellow PRSA, is a professor and graduate program director at Baylor University. She teaches courses in public relations and advertising. She also serves as the faculty adviser for the Baylor PRSSA chapter. She previously worked in government and nonprofit public relations and as a television reporter.
Her research interests include public relations leadership, internal communication, and ethics. She has published three books and more than 30 journal articles on public relations ethics and leadership.
Neill is an accredited member of the Central Texas Chapter of the Public Relations Society of America. She served as the chair for the Southwest District of PRSA in 2011. At the national level, Neill served two three-year terms on the Universal Accreditation Board, which administers the examination for Accreditation in Public Relations; the Nominating Committee, which selects national board officers in 2012; and was appointed to the Board of Ethics & Professionals Standards in January of 2013-December of 2018.
She received her Ph.D. in advertising from the University of Texas at Austin, her Master of Arts degree in journalism from the University of Missouri at Columbia, and her Bachelor of Science degree in journalism from the University of Kansas.