Jitka Hilliard, Kristen Shockley and Yen-Yao Wang are among the 17 Auburn professors to be named to the Communications Fellows program, which provides campus faculty with training, best practices and hands-on experience in communicating the broader impact of their work and expertise to key external audiences to help faculty build and manage a national and global reputation toward career development, peer engagement and funding success.

Jitka Hilliard is a professor in the Department of Finance. Kristen Shockley is an associate professor in the Department of Management and Entrepreneurship. Yen-Yao Wang is an associate professor and director of Business Analytics and Information Systems Masters and Certificate Programs.

The program is spearheaded out of Auburn’s Office of Communications and Marketing with the guidance of a campus steering committee.

The faculty will attend six monthly sessions from September through March focusing on everything from the essentials of good storytelling to public speaking coaching to media relations as well as best practices in visual design, photo, video and more.

Cohort members will learn from outside guest speakers — including the Alan Alda Center for Communicating Science — as well as experts on campus.

At the end of the program, Communications Fellows will be equipped with strategies, tips and skills for communicating their work to non-specialist audiences, and Auburn’s Office of Communications and Marketing will work with each member of the cohort to develop a communications plan going forward after their fellows experience.

To learn more about this new program and the 17 faculty fellows, visit the Communications Fellows Program website.

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