Julia Daisy Fraustino teaches in the advertising/public relations program in the Reed College of Media at WVU. As a research affiliate and terrorism research fellow at START, she was a risk/disaster/crisis communication and social/digital media specialist in the Risk Communication & Resilience Program.
Fraustino researches strategic communication related to risks and crises, especially focusing on how government entities, other organizations, and the public can use social media to enhance disaster resilience and renewal. Her research appears or is forthcoming in journals such as Communication Research, Journal of Applied Communication Research, Journal of Promotion Management, Journal of Public Relations Education, Public Relations Review, and Computers in Human Behavior, as well as in chapters of books focusing on crisis and/or social media. She has authored more than 40 refereed conference papers, book chapters, government reports, and journal articles. She teaches various college courses in strategic communication and public relations and is an instructor for START’s Training in Risk and Crisis Communication (TRACC), which is approved by FEMA for inclusion in the National Training and Education Division State and Federal Sponsored Course Catalog.
Background
- University of Maryland, Ph.D., Communication
- Pennsylvania State University, M.A., Media Studies
- University of Scranton, B.A., Communication/Public Relations; Philosophy
- Best Research Paper Award, International Communication Association, Public Relations Division, Faculty Research Competition, 2015
- Charles Richardson Award for the Most Outstanding Ph.D. Student in the Department of Communication at the University of Maryland, 2015
- National Finalist, frank Prize in Public Interest Communication Research, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications, 2015
- Pre-Doctoral START Terrorism Research Award: "Social and Mobile Media Engagement among Younger Adults: Effects of Crisis Information Form, Source, and Visuals on Resilience Generating Outcomes," 2014-2015
- Top Research Paper Award, National Communication Association, Public Relations Division, Graduate Student Research Competition, 2014
- Top Research Paper Award, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, Mass Communication and Society Division, Moeller Competition, 2014
- Top Research Paper Award, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, Public Relations Division, Teaching Research Competition, 2014
- Outstanding Research Poster Award, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, Public Relations Division, 2014
- Best Research Paper Award, International Communication Association, Public Relations Division, Graduate Student Research Competition, 2014
- Top Research Paper Award, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, Public Relations Division, Teaching Research Competition, 2013
- University of Maryland Graduate School Merit Fellowship Award, 2013-2014
- University of Maryland Department of Communication Merit Fellowship Award, 2012-2013
- Pennsylvania State University Graduate Student Association Delegate of the Year Award, 2012
- Sidney and Helen Friedman Endowed Scholarship, College of Communications, Pennsylvania State University, 2011-2012
- Invited Honor Society Memberships: Golden Key International Honour Society, Alpha Epsilon Alpha Communication Honor Society of The University of Scranton, Phi Sigma Tau International Honor Society of Philosophy, Lambda Pi Eta National Communication Honor Society