Dr. Melissa Cook

Associate Professor of Communication & Chair  

Prep Hall 221
(724) 805-2589
melissa.cook@email.stvincent.edu  

Office hours:
Mondays 10:30-11:30 
Thursdays 1:45-2:30
and by appointment

Education 

B.A., Washington & Jefferson College, 1990 
M.P.A., University of Pittsburgh, 1994 
Ph.D., Duquesne University, 2005

Dr. Cook's CV 

Courses Taught

CA 110 Introduction to Public Relations and Advertising
CA 120 Public Presentation
CA 140 Interpersonal/Organizational Communication
CA 240 Public Relations
CA 250 Advertising
CA 415 Creative Campaigns
CA 440 Criticism of Media and Society

Honors and Awards 

Duquesne University, Graduate Assistantship, 2001-2004 
Kappa Kappa Gamma Fraternity Scholarship, 2001 
President, Pennsylvania Communication Association, 2007 
Saint Vincent College Quentin Schaut Award, 2007 
Vice President-Elect, Communication Ethics Division of the National Communication Association, 2010

Service to Students

SVC Chapter of the Public Relations Student Society of America (PRSSA) Faculty Advisor 
Upsilon Nu Chapter of Lambda Pi Eta, National Communication Honorary Society Faculty Advisor

Publications

Cook, Melissa A. “Individual.” Encyclopedia of Identity. Ronald L. Jackson, Ed. Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications, 2010.

Cook, Melissa A. and Annette M. Holba, Eds. Philosophies of Communication: Implications for Everyday Experience. New York: Peter Lang Publishers, 2008.

Cook, Melissa A. “Political Communication and Ethical ‘Celebrity Advocacy’.” Philosophies of Communication: Implications for Everyday Experience. Melissa A. Cook and Annette Holba, Eds. New York: Peter Lang Publishers, 2008. 19-39.