Wilcox, Dennis L.
Date Updated
5-9-2010
Department
Journalism & Mass Communications
Academic Rank
Professor
Year Retired from SJSU
2010
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Educational Background
University of Denver, 1963, BA
University of Iowa, 1967, MA
University of Missouri, 1974, Ph.D.
Teaching Experience
Chapman College World Campus Afloat, 1970-1971
San Jose State University, 1974-2010
Administrative and Professional Experience
Grand Junction Daily Sentinel, reporter, 1963-1965
Ketchum Fund Raising Council, Pittsburgh, Pa, 1968-1970
Ohio State University, public affairs, 1967-1968
Selected Publications
Public Relations Strategies & Tactics, 10th edition 2011
Think: Public Relations, 1st edition, 2010
Public Relations Writing and Media Techniques, 6th edition, 2009
Public Relations Today: Managing Competition and Conflict, 2008
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Personal Commentary
Director of the SJSU School of Journalism and Mass Communications 2000- 2005. Coordinator of the public relations degree program, 1974 to 2000. Leader of two summer abroad courses for SJSU students to Thailand, 2004 and 2005. Leader of student delegation to China 2010. Honorary doctorate from the University of Bucharest in 2009. Have conducted workshops and given presentations all continents. Accredited and a fellow of the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA). Former chair of the public relations division of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communications (AEJMC) and former chair of the Educators Academy of PRSA. Former national board member of PRSA; Fulbright scholar at the University of Botswana 1994-95. Professional in residence at the foreign ministry of Estonia, 1991, funded by U.S. State Department. Visiting professor at Queensland University of Technology, Chulalongkorn University in Thailand, and Rhodes University in South Africa.