Deborah Hall
Instructional Assistant Professor of Integrated Marketing Communications
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Email: dmhall@olemiss.edu

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Research Description: Deborah (Debbie) Woodrick Hall is Instructional Assistant Professor of Integrated Marketing Communications (IMC}. Mrs. Hall earned a Master of Business Administration at the University of Mississippi in 1980 while she was working in the Vice Chancellor's Office as Academic Program Coordinator and a Bachelor of Business Administration in 1977. Ms. Hall helped to coordinate the first online registration at Ole Miss. When she left the University in 1983, she began a career in Public Relations that led her to work with the Girl Scouts, United Methodist Senior Services of Mississippi, the United Methodist Children's Home of Alabama and West Florida, United Way of Northeast Mississippi, and Boys and Girls Clubs of Northeast Mississippi. At each of these organizations, she also held the job of fundraiser. Ms. Hall also served as Community Relations Director at North Mississippi State Hospital. During her tenure, she was recognized as the Junior Professional of the Year by the Mississippi Hospital Association and was a graduate of the first Focus Program, a leadership development program of the Mississippi Department of Mental Health. Ms. Hall teaches Writing for IMC, Advanced Writing for IMC, Crisis Communication and Event Planning (both of which she developed for the program), Introduction to Public Relations, Public Relations Techniques, and Public Relations Cases. She will begin teaching a Capstone course in public relations in the spring.

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Sepko, Jackson Bartley (2022) Adapting, Overcoming, and Connecting: How College Sports Social Media Responded to COVID-19 (full text)

Jeffers, Catherine Alexandra (2022) 50 Years Later: How Title IX Has Influenced the World of Sports and the Effect it has had on Female Athletes (full text)

Waitley, Sydney Frances (2022) Communicating Through a Crisis: An Analysis of The University of Mississippis Initial COVID-19 Crisis Communications (full text)

Kruger, Janis Blair (2022) Rising from the Ashes: How One Infamous Promotional Event Caused a Company's Ruin and a Concept for the Future of Influencer Experiences (full text)

Crafton, Kaylee Layne (2021) Defining and Addressing the Intersection of Sports, Media, and Social Activism (full text)

Williamson, Hannah (2020) An Analysis of the Skill Sets Needed to be Successful in Nonprofit Public Relations (full text)