Dr. Candice Edrington identifies herself as a scholar-activist. Her teaching and research focus on public relations, social movements, visual rhetoric, and social media. Before earning her Ph.D. in Communication, Rhetoric, and Digital Media from NC State, Dr. Edrington gained professional experience in the communication and public relations field via capacities such as: Adjunct Instructor, Independent Public Relations Consultant, Coordinator of Communications, and Director of Engagement.

 

Having over seven years of teaching experience, she has taught a variety of core communication and public relations courses. As an instructor, her goal is to not only prepare students for careers in Public Relations and Strategic Communication, but to facilitate the co-creation of knowledge through critical thinking, relationship building, and hands-on experience. In the classroom, she aims to foster a positive learning space where diversity and inclusion of all, and their ideas, are welcomed.

 

Much like her academic and professional experience, her research agenda is interdisciplinary in nature. Having experience in both quantitative and qualitative methods, she explores the intersections of social movements, strategic communication, and social media through a public relations lens. Her passion for social justice and change fuels the desire to uncover both visual and textual messaging strategies that promote action and build effective relationships. Her research is published in the Journal of Public Interest Communications and Visual Communication Quarterly.