Brad Rawlins
Brad Rawlins is a tenured Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Communications at Brigham Young University. He teaches courses in public relations, research methods, and ethics. He has spearheaded efforts to assess and measure the learning outcomes of the curriculum and has developed an undergraduate course on PR research and measurement.
Dr. Rawlins earned his B.A. in Communications from Washington State University, and his Master’s in Public Relations and Ph.D. in Mass Communication from the University of Alabama. He spent eight years teaching at James Madison University prior to his appointment at BYU in 2000.
His professional experience lies mostly in the nonprofit areas of education, associations, and politics.
His current research agenda includes measuring transparency, prioritizing stakeholders, exploring the ethics and moral reasoning of PR practitioners, and promoting morally attached community relations. He has published several articles and proceedings, and presented many more papers at academic and professional conferences, on these subjects.
Dr. Rawlins is a member of the Public Relations Society of America, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, Institute for Public Relations, and a board member of the Measurement Commission. As a member of the Measurement Commission, Dr. Rawlins has conducted many workshops on research and measurement in public relations.
