Nicole Lee
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Mail code: 3051Campus: West
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Nicole Lee is an associate professor in the School of Social and Behavioral Sciences in the New College of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences where she teaches courses in communication. She received her Ph.D. in Media and Communication from Texas Tech University in 2016. Her research examines the intersection of science communication, public relations, and digital media. She is the author of several articles published in journals such as Science Communication, Environmental Communication, and Journal of Communication Management.
Bogomoletc, E. & Lee, N. M. (in press). Frozen meat against COVID-19 misinformation: An analysis of Steak-Umm and positive expectancy violations. Journal of Business and Technical Communication.
Besley, J., Lee, N. M., & Pressgrove, G. (2020). Reassessing the variables used to measure public perceptions of scientists. Science Communication. doi:10.1177/1075547020949547
VanDyke, M. S. & Lee, N. M. (2020). Science public relations: The parallel, interwoven, and contrasting trajectories of public relations and science communication theory and practice. Public Relations Review, 46(4). doi: 10.1016/j.pubrev.2020.101953
Lee, N. M., Abitbol, A., & VanDyke, M. S. (2020). Science communication meets consumer relations: An analysis of Twitter use by 23andMe. Science Communication, 42, 244-264. doi:10.1177/1075547020914906
Lee, N. M. (2018). Fake news, phishing, and fraud: A call for research on digital media literacy education outside the classroom. Communication Education, 67, 460-466. doi:10.1080/03634523.2018.1503313
Seltzer, T. & Lee, N. M. (2018). The influence of distal antecedents on organization-public relationships, Journal of Public Relations Research, 30, 230-250, doi:10.1080/1062726X.2018.1542598
Lee, N. M. & Merle, P. (2018). Media relations and universities: An assessment of digital newsrooms. Journal of Marketing for Higher Education, 28, 232-246. doi:10.1080/08841241.2018.1467991
Edrington, C. & Lee, N. M. (2018). Message strategies of a social movement: Black Lives Matter and its use of Twitter to share information, build community, and promote action. Journal of Public Interest Communications, 2, 289-306.
Lee, N. M. & Seltzer, T. C. (2018). Vicarious interaction: The role of observed online exchanges in fostering organization-public relationships. Journal of Communication Management, 22, 262-279. doi:10.1108/JCOM-11-2017-0129
Abitbol, A., Lee, N. M., Lee, S. Y., & Seltzer, T. C. (2018). #RaceTogether: Starbucks’ attempt to discuss race in America and its impact on company reputation and employees. Public Relations Journal, 11, 1-28.
Lee, N. M., VanDyke, M. S., & Cummins, R. G. (2018). A missed opportunity? NOAA’s use of social media to communicate climate science. Environmental Communication, 12, 274-283. doi:10.1080/17524032.2016.1269825
Lee, N. M., Seltzer, T., & Callison, C. (2017). Relationship building in the craft beer industry: A study of public relations within the growing artisanal and locavore movements. Public Relations Journal, 11, 1-20.
Neill, M. & Lee, N. M. (2016). Roles in social media: How the practice of public relations is evolving. Public Relations Journal, 10, 1-25.
Lee, N. M. & VanDyke, M. S. (2015). Set it and forget it: The one-way use of social media by government agencies communicating science. Science Communication, 37, 533-541. doi:10.1177/1075547015588600
Lee, N. M., Sha, B.-L., Dozier, D. M., & Sargent, P. (2015). The role of new public relations practitioners as social media experts. Public Relations Review, 41, 411-413. doi:10.1016/j.pubrev.2015.05.002
Courses
2025 Spring
Course Number | Course Title |
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CMN 593 | Applied Project |
CMN 590 | Reading and Conference |
CMN 592 | Research |
COM 494 | Special Topics |
COM 492 | Honors Directed Study |
COM 493 | Honors Thesis |
COM 319 | Persuasion/Social Influence |
CMN 598 | Special Topics |
2024 Fall
Course Number | Course Title |
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CMN 505 | Methods/Appl Commun Research |
COM 320 | Communication and Consumerism |
COM 492 | Honors Directed Study |
COM 493 | Honors Thesis |
COM 492 | Honors Directed Study |
COM 492 | Honors Directed Study |
2024 Spring
Course Number | Course Title |
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CMN 593 | Applied Project |
CMN 590 | Reading and Conference |
CMN 592 | Research |
COM 494 | Special Topics |
COM 492 | Honors Directed Study |
COM 493 | Honors Thesis |
COM 319 | Persuasion/Social Influence |
COM 492 | Honors Directed Study |
2023 Fall
Course Number | Course Title |
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COM 320 | Communication and Consumerism |
COM 492 | Honors Directed Study |
COM 493 | Honors Thesis |
CMN 520 | Communication Campaigns |
2023 Spring
Course Number | Course Title |
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CMN 593 | Applied Project |
CMN 580 | Practicum |
CMN 590 | Reading and Conference |
COM 494 | Special Topics |
COM 492 | Honors Directed Study |
COM 493 | Honors Thesis |
2022 Fall
Course Number | Course Title |
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COM 320 | Communication and Consumerism |
COM 414 | Crisis Communication |
COM 492 | Honors Directed Study |
COM 493 | Honors Thesis |
2022 Spring
Course Number | Course Title |
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CMN 593 | Applied Project |
CMN 592 | Research |
COM 494 | Special Topics |
CMN 598 | Special Topics |
COM 492 | Honors Directed Study |
COM 493 | Honors Thesis |
2021 Fall
Course Number | Course Title |
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CMN 520 | Communication Campaigns |
COM 492 | Honors Directed Study |
2021 Spring
Course Number | Course Title |
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COM 494 | Special Topics |
COM 494 | Special Topics |
2020 Fall
Course Number | Course Title |
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COM 319 | Persuasion/Social Influence |