Sarah Maben

Assistant Professor
Strategic Communication
MOUS 352

s.maben@tcu.edu | 817-257-1765

Education

Ph.D., University of North Texas
M.A., University of Georgia
B.A., Baylor University

Courses Taught

STCO 23123 Public Relations
STCO 46403 Law

Areas of Focus

Organizational listening, stakeholder communication, social media, ethics, public relations

Maben, S. K., & Horton, C. C. (2024). Local Governments Leverage Selfie Culture with #CityHallSelfie Campaign. Journal of Public Interest Communications, 8(1), 26-57. https://journals.flvc.org/jpic/

Maben, S. K., & Helvie-Mason, L., Endres-Parnell, P., Southern States Communication Association Conference 2024, “Calming and Informing during “Another Shift”: The Chronicle of Higher Education’s Initial Coverage of the Advent of ChatGPT,” SSCA, Frisco, TX. (April 6, 2024).

Maben, S. K., & Gearhart, C. (2023). Incorporating competent interpersonal listening practices in public relations and social media. In Katie Place (Ed.), Organizational Listening for Strategic Communication, Routledge.

Maben, S. K. (2022). Intentional Analytics: Social Media Measurement Strategies for Student Media. Teaching Journalism & Mass Communication, 12(2), 72-76. https://aejmc.us/spig/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/2022/12/TMJC-12.2-Maben.pdf

Gearhart, C., & Maben, S. K. (2022). Hello, Are You Listening?! Stakeholder Expectations of Listening in Organizational Social Media. Southwestern Mass Communication Journal, 38(1). https://swecjmc-ojs-txstate.tdl.org/swecjmc/article/view/112

Maben, S. K. (2020). Sofia the First: Disney Princess Brand Expands, Woos Preschoolers with a Princess of their Own. In Shearon Roberts (Ed.), Recasting the Disney Princess: The Coming of Age of the Empowered Children’s Heroine in the Wake of Social Movements.

Maben, S. K., Benedict, L. P., Holley, T. M., & Goen, K. A. (2019). More than Tweed Jackets and Beards: An Analysis of the Hashtag Campaign #ILookLikeAProfessor. Journal of Public Interest Communications, 3(2), 74-92. https://journals.flvc.org/jpic/article/view/110467

Maben, S., Endres-Parnell, P., & Helvie-Mason, L. (2019). Re(claiming) and Re(naming) #MyDallasIs: An Analysis of Citizen Framing of Dallas after the 2016 Ambush. Southwestern Mass Communication Journal, 35(1). https://journals.tdl.org/swecjmc/index.php/swecjmc/article/view/49

Gearhart, C., & Maben, S. K. (2019). Active and Empathic Listening in Social Media: What Do Stakeholders Really Expect. International Journal of Listening, 35(3). https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10904018.2019.1602046

Maben, S. K., & Gearhart, C. C. (2017). Organizational Social Media Accounts: Moving Toward Listening Competency. International Journal of Listening32(2), 101–114. https://doi.org/10.1080/10904018.2017.1330658

Maben, S. K., & Colley, K. (2017). #NotAllBaptismbyFire: The State of Social Media Training at Student-run Communication Organizations. Southwestern Communication Journal, 32(2). https://swecjmc-ojs-txstate.tdl.org/swecjmc/article/view/28

  • Associate Professor at Tarleton State University
  • Public relations practitioner for nonprofits and associations.
  • Founding editor of The Journal of Social Media in Society, 2012-2024
  • Southern States Communication Association, Top Papers, 2024
  • College of Liberal and Fine Arts Faculty Excellence in Scholarship Award at Tarleton State, 2021
  • Southwest Education Council for Journalism and Mass Communication SWECJMC Service Award, 2019; Top Papers, 2012, 2013, 2016
  • National Communication Association, Top Paper, 2015
  • Association of College and University Educators (ACUE), Certification in Effective Teaching Practices
  • Association of Education in Journalism and Mass Communication
  • National Communication Association
  • Public Relations Society of America member and APR (Accredited in PR)
  • Southwest Education Council for Journalism and Mass Communication, past president, board member