Expertise

From hurricanes to foodborne illness, Gordon’s research questions what communication practices best facilitate protective action among populations.

Affiliations

Associate Professor, Mass Communications, Kansas State University

Past Affiliations

Associate Professor, A.Q. Miller School of Journalism and Mass Communications, College of Arts and Sciences, Kansas State University

Public Relations Sequence Head, A.Q. Miller School of Journalism and Mass Communications, College of Arts and Sciences, Kansas State University

Public Relations Sequence Head , A.Q. Miller School of Journalism and Mass Communications, College of Arts and Sciences, Kansas State University

Assistant Professor, A.Q. Miller School of Journalism and Mass Communications, College of Arts and Sciences, Kansas State University

Associate Professor, Food Science Institute, College of Agriculture, Kansas State University

Assistant Professor, Food Science Institute, College of Agriculture, Kansas State University

Public Relations Sequence Head, Food Science Institute, College of Agriculture, Kansas State University

Counselor, Department of Special Services, Lafayette, LA, University of Louisiana at Lafayette (past)

Teaching Assistant, Department of Communication, West Lafayette, LA, Purdue University (past)

Adjunct Instructor, Department of Communication, University of Louisiana at Lafayette (past)

Teaching Assistant, Department of Communication, University of Louisiana at Lafayette (past)

Instructor, Department of Mass Communication

Mentor and Consultant, Kansas State University

Summer Instructor, Upward Bound Program, Thibodaux, LA

Master of Public Health Program, Kansas State University

Degrees
PhD, Purdue University, Public Affairs and Issue Management , 1999
MS, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Communication and Public Relations , 1990
BS, Nicholls State University, Finance, 1987
Keywords
food safety journalism mass communication risk factor analysis public affairs finance public relations
Honors

Outstanding Graduate Student (Graduate Studies), University of Southwestern Louisiana (University of Southwestern Louisiana)

Outstanding Teaching Assistant (Communication), Department of Communication (University of Southwestern Louisiana)

Outstanding Graduate Student (Graduate Studies), University of Southwestern Louisiana (University of Southwestern Louisiana)

New Faculty Fellow Program of the College of Arts and Sciences, Kansas State University (KSU), 2001-2001

Semi-finalist Top Paper, Society of Risk Analysis, 2001-2001

Fellow of 1999 Institute of Environmental Communication, Loyola University's Center for Environmental Communications (Loyola University), 1999-1999

Very Important Professors Program, Promotional Products Association (Promotional Products Association International), 1996-1996

Direct Marketing National Professor's Institute (Selected through competitive entry), Donald and Geraldine Hedberg Foundation (Direct Marketing Educational Foundation, Inc.), 1996-1996

Purdue Research Foundation Research Grant (Year-long funding to study the role of lay theories as obstacles to persuasive health communication campaigns), Purdue Research Foundation (Perdue University), 1994-1995

Top 4 paper in Public Relations Division, Central States Communication Association (Central States Communication Association), 1994-1994

Associations
Agricultural Communicators in Education
Association for International Agricultural and Extension Education
Association for the Education of Mass Communication and Journalism
National Communication Association
Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society
Public Relations Society of America
Society of Risk Analysis