During my nearly three decades on the faculty at the University of Kansas, my research focus was crisis communications. Sometimes, this scholarship focused on the past, such as in Ike's Red Scare, examining the development of President Eisenhower's public relations philosophy. Yet other times, the focus was contemporary issues, such as the aftereffects on campuses nationwide after the horrific Virginia Tech murders in 2007. I also collaborated on three public relations textbooks and an award-winning attorney's guide to litigation public relations. To date, I also have published three single-authored books, two fiction and one nonfiction. Please follow the links below starting with the most recent with for more information.