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Strategic Communication graduate student Caroline Conkle presented her research at the TCU Research and Creative Activities Poster Symposium on Nov. 5.<\/p>\n

Her poster, Public Relations Accreditation: Perceived Impact on Teaching and Research, explores how doctoral degree-holding public relations professionals and educators view the Accredited in Public Relations (APR) credential<\/a>\u2014specifically how earning the accreditation influences their teaching, credibility, and professional confidence.<\/p>\n

Working alongside Assistant Professor Sarah Maben, Ph.D.<\/a> and Kay Colley, Ph.D<\/a>, professor and chair of the mass communication department at Texas Wesleyan University, Conkle found that many APR-accredited professionals believe the credential enhances their credibility in both academic and professional settings and positively influences how they teach public relations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":3952,"template":"","class_list":["post-3950","student_work","type-student_work","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","sw_category-strategic-communication"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nGraduate Student Presents Research on Public Relations Accreditation - Strategic Communication<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/schieffercollege.tcu.edu\/stratcomm\/student_work\/graduate-student-presents-research-on-public-relations-accreditation\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Graduate Student Presents Research on Public Relations Accreditation - Strategic Communication\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Strategic Communication graduate student Caroline Conkle presented her research at the TCU Research and Creative Activities Poster Symposium on Nov. 5. 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