Sandra is an alumna of the program, receiving her Diploma of Public Relations from Mount Royal College. This was followed by a Bachelor's Degree in Telecommunication from Oral Roberts University, an MA in Mass Communication from University of Florida, and her PhD in Communication from University of Alabama. She has public relations and advertising experience in the agency, medical and college settings. Her master's thesis documented public relations practice in Bulgaria and was published in The Journal of Public Relations Research. Her research interests include international PR, application of theory to public relations, women in PR, PR history, and the development of Canadian content for communications scholarship. Her most recent publication is “Public Relations as Public Diplomacy: The Royal Bank of Canada’s Monthly Newsletter, 1943 - 2003”: 

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