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Elizabeth L. Toth, Ph.D. joined the
Department of Communication of The University of Maryland, College
Park, in the Fall of 2004. Prior to that time, she was associate
dean for academic affairs, chair of the public relations department,
and full professor of public relations for 14 years at the S. I.
Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University.
Toth has co-authored Women and
Public Relations: How Gender Influences Practice; The Velvet
Ghetto: The Increasing Numbers of Women in Public Relations,
Beyond the Velvet Ghetto, and the PRSA Glass Ceiling studies. She
co-edited The Gender Challenge to Media: Diverse Voices from
the Field. In 2000, she received a $10,000 grant from the Public
Relations Society of America to conduct a work, life, and gender
survey of PRSA members.
Toth edited the Journal of Public
Relations Research for six years. Currently, she co-edits Journalism
Studies, a new international journal. Her co-edited book Rhetorical
and Critical Approaches to Public Relations won the NCA PRIDE
Award. She has published over 75 articles, book chapters, and papers.
Toth received the 1998 $2000 Institute
for Public Relations Pathfinder Award for her research on gender
issues and public relations. Toth received the 2000 Jackson, Jackson
& Wagner $1000 Behavioral Science Prize from the Public Relations
Society of America. Toth's 8 years of professional experience were
in government relations. She was a community relations officer for
the City of Charlotte, North Carolina and a public information officer
for the State of North Carolina's Coastal Management Program. Toth
previously taught at Southern Methodist University and Southern
Illinois University at Carbondale. Toth holds a B.A. in Speech from
Northwestern University and an M.A. and Ph.D. in Communication from
Purdue University.
Toth chaired the PR Division of the
Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication.
She serves on the AEJMC Standing Committee on Research and chaired
the AEJMC Publications Committee. Toth also chaired the Educators
Academy of the Public Relations Society of America and the PR Division
of the International Communication Association. She chairs the PRSA
Commission on Work, Life, and Gender issues and is a member of the
PRSA Foundation. Previously, she served on the Institute for Public
Relations Board. Toth advised three PRSSA chapters. She received
the 1983 national PRSSA Outstanding Advisor Award. In 1994, Toth
received PRSA's Outstanding Educator Award.
Toth presented distance learning courses for the S.I. Newhouse School's
Master's in Communication Management and the Master of Science in
Communication Management Program, University of Lugano, Switzerland.
She is underway to publish a new annual, "Best Practices in
Public Relations and Communications Management," in 2005
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