Julia Jahansoozi

Associate professor

Communication & Culture

Julia Jahansoozi is a public relations academic with more than 12 years of teaching experience at both the underguaduate and postgraduate levels. Courses she has taught include: public affairs and advocacy, public relations theory, research methods, strategic communication planning, public communication management, conflict resolution and negotiation skills, public diplomacy and strategic communication, media relations, public relations management, international communications, and integrated marketing communications. Her key areas of research interest revolve around organization-community relationships, stakeholder engagement and collaboration, corporate social responsibility and development communication. 

Experience

Before joining Royal Roads, Jahansoozi taught at the universities of Stirling (Scotland) and Central Lancashire (England) where she developed and led international collaborative programs at the undergraduate and postgraduate levels with partner universities based in Shanghai, Barcelona, Lund, and Utrecht. External academic activities include being on the editorial boards for the Journal of Communication Management, Journal of Public Relations Research, the Journal of Promotional Communication, as well as the book reviews editor for the Sage journal Public Relations Inquiry.Jahansoozi is an active EUPRERA (European Public Relations Education and Research Association) member and served as a board member from 2002-08. She was elected as an executive board member from 2009-11. She was co-opted as a board trustee for the Network of International Development Organizations in Scotland and served in this role from 2011-13. Before making the switch into academia Jahansoozi worked in public relations practice in both Canada and the UK in consultancy and in-house roles within the private and non-profit sectors.

 

Education

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PhD in public relations

University of Stirling

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MSc in public relations

University of Stirling

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Postgraduate certificate in publishing studies

Robert Gordon University

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BSc in psychology (major) and political science (minor)

University of Victoria

Awards

2009
Günter Thiele Excellence Award

for the Best Doctoral & Postdoctoral Theses within Europe in the fields of public relations and communication management