Marlene S. Neill, PhD, APR, is an assistant professor at Baylor University, and teaches courses in public relations and advertising.
Her research interests include public relations management and ethics. She has published 14 articles in journals such as Journal of Media Ethics, Public Relations Review, Journal of Advertising Education, and Journal of Communication Management.
Neill is an accredited member of the Central Texas Chapter of the Public Relations Society of America. She served as the chair for the Southwest District of PRSA in 2011. At the national level, Neill served a three-year term on the Universal Accreditation Board, which administers the examination for Accreditation in Public Relations; the Nominating Committee, which selects national board officers in 2012; and was appointed to the Board of Ethics & Professionals Standards in January of 2013.
She received her PhD in advertising from the University of Texas at Austin, her Master of Arts degree in journalism from the University of Missouri at Columbia, and her Bachelor of Science degree in journalism from the University of Kansas. Neill previously worked for almost 12 years in government and nonprofit public relations.
Amy Oliver Barnes, APR, After more than 20 years as a broadcast journalist, Amy Oliver Barnes moved to the public relations profession first as Public Relations Director at Arkansas Children’s Hospital, then as Executive Director of Communications at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. She received her master’s in journalism from UALR in 1998 and joined the faculty in the UALR School of Mass Communication in 2006. Along with her extensive broadcast background, Barnes is an accredited public relations professional who has served on the executive board of the Arkansas Chapter of the Public Relations Society of America for more than seven years. She became chapter president in 2003, and later served as chair for the Southwest District of PRSA representing more than 2,000 members in six states, was a member of the PRSA National Nominating Committee, a national assembly delegate for six sessions, and chaired the PRSA National Research Task Force.