Burton St. John
Professor
Advertising, Public Relations and Media Design

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APRD Associate Chair BurtonÌýSt. John III, APR, researches public relations and the management of risk and crisis. He is the author of the 2017 bookÌýPublic Relations and the Corporate Persona: The Rise of the Affinitive OrganizationÌý(Routledge),Ìýa finalist for AEJMC's 2018 Tankard Book Award. He is also co-authorÌýof theÌý2017 bookÌýCrisis Communication and Crisis Management: An Ethical ApproachÌý(Sage).Ìý He is lead editor of the 2018 volumeÌýCases in Public Relations StrategyÌý(Sage) and also edited the first-ever release, in 2017, of Ivy Lee's book-length 1928 manuscript Mr. Lee's Publicity Book: A Citizen's Guide to Public Relations, PRMuseum Press. His co-edited volumeÌýPathways to Public Relations: Histories of Practice and Profession, was a first public relations book to be a finalist for AEJMC’s Tankard Book Award.

He has published in numerous journals and edited volumes, and has 15 years in professional public relations.

Author of the 2018 Tankard Award finalist,Ìý.Ìý

Lead editor of the 2018 textbookÌý.

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