Purdue University

Faculty Member, Computer Graphics Technology

Assistant Professor

Technology

Thesis Title: Building and Maintaining Relationships Online: A Framework for Analyzing the Public Relations Website Experience

About

Dr. Vorvoreanu (or, as her students call her, Dr. V) is an assistant professor in Computer Graphics Technology and Organizational Leadership & Supervision at Purdue University. She studies the socio-cultural impact of new communication technologies. Before joining Purdue, she was an assistant professor in the Department of Communication Studies at Clemson University, SC, and the Department of Communication at the University of Dayton, Ohio. While at Clemson and UD respectively, Dr. Vorvoreanu taught various public relations and communication courses, and did academic research in the area of public relations and new Web technologies. . She has published research articles in the Journal of New Communications Research, Public Relations Review and the Journal of Website Promotion and a book about online public relations: Web Site Public Relations: How Corporations Build and Maintain Relationships Online. Dr. Vorvoreanu holds a Ph.D. in Communication from Purdue University. She is originally from Bucharest, Romania.

Current courses at Purdue University:

Graduate:

    * TECH621 - Research Focus: The Social Internet (social media research seminar)
    * CGT 512 - Human factors of computer interface design
    * TECH 621 - Qualitative Research Methods in Technology
    * CGT 582 - Social media in the workplace (Enterprise 2.0 graduate seminar)

Undergraduate:

    * CGT 256 - Human computer interface theory and design (syllabus pdf)

Current research areas:

    * Social media in higher education - assessment of outcomes
    * Online identity management
    * Online self-organization & online protest
    * Online research communities

Follow Dr. V on twitter: @mihaela_v

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