Professor of Communication Authors Top Teaching Paper

May 18, 2017

Chris McCollough, assistant professor of communication at Columbus State University, earned recognition for having the Top Teaching Paper in Public Relations at the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication's 2017 national conference for his paper titled, "Competition and Public Relations Campaigns: Assessing the Impact of Competition on Projects, Partners, and Students."

The study is the product of McCollough's evaluation of student learning, student project quality, and community impact from a year-long, comprehensive service learning project that he and students in his public relations campaigns courses conducted on behalf of CSU's Pasaquan, the Georgia Department of Economic Development, the Marion County Chamber of Commerce, and the town of Buena Vista, Ga. in the fall of 2015.

McCollough will present his paper and be recognized for his accomplishment at the annual meeting of AEJMC in August in Chicago.