Diana Knott Martinelli, Ph.D.
Diana Martinelli is the Dean and Widmeyer Professor in Public Relations at the WVU Reed College of Media. She earned a Ph.D. in mass communication from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and was the PRSSA Faculty Adviser at Ohio University before joining WVU in 2005. She’s a long-time member of PRSA and has served on national committees for the organization, as well as judged the Bateman competition and Silver and Bronze Anvil awards. She has also helped select the PR Week Student of the Year.
Dr. Martinelli worked in radio, health care and government public relations before returning to school for her doctorate. Since then, she has continued to consult and collaborate on public communication projects while teaching and conducting research. She has been an advisory board member of the Plank Center for Leadership in Public Relations since 2012, and in 2014 was elected for membership in the Page Society. She is an ACEJMC accrediting council member and has received national-level research and teaching awards.
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- Current Job: Dean and Widmeyer Professor in PR, Reed College of Media, West Virginia University
- PRSA Chapter: West Virginia Chapter