Lois Foreman-Wernet

Lois Foreman-Wernet

Professor

Department

  • Media

Contact Information

Biography

Dr. Lois Foreman-Wernet teaches public relations and serves as faculty advisor for the Capital Chapter of the Public Relations Student Society of America (PRSSA). She encourages students’ active participation in the learning process and regularly incorporates community-based projects into her classes.  

Prior to her teaching career, Dr. Foreman-Wernet gained extensive professional experience directing public relations programs in the arts and education. She is an accredited member of the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA), received the Walt Seifert Award for Outstanding Service to PRSSA, and was awarded the prestigious Fellowship for Educators from the Plank Center for Leadership in Public Relations.

Her research interests focus on the intersection of institutions and their publics. She has authored numerous book chapters and articles and co-edited three books. 

Classes
  • Introduction to Public Relations
  • Public Relations Programs and Campaigns
  • Event Planning
  • Crisis Management
  • Client-Based Immersion
  • Media Department Internships
  • First-Year Seminar
  • Oral Communication
Degrees
  • Bachelor of Music Education, The Ohio State University
  • Master of Arts in Journalism, The Ohio State University
  • Ph.D. in Communication, The Ohio State University
Publications

Foreman-Wernet, L. (2021). Sense-making reputation: Examining stakeholders’ assessments of “good” and “bad” companies. Ohio Communication Journal, 59, 32-48.

Foreman-Wernet, L. (2019). 4 Corporate Guidelines for Doing the Right Thing. PRSA Strategies & Tactics, 2(4), 19.

Foreman-Wernet, L. (2017). Reflections on elitism: What arts organizations communicate about themselves. Journal of Arts Management, Law, and Society, 47(4), 274-289.

Dervin, B. & Foreman-Wernet, L. (2012) Sense-Making Methodology as an approach to understanding and designing for campaign audiences: A turn to communicating communicatively. In R. Rice & C. Atkin (Eds.), Public Communication Campaigns, 4th edition, pp. 147-162. Thousand Oaks: Sage.

Foreman-Wernet, L. & Dervin, B. (Eds.) (2010). Audiences and the Arts: Communication Perspectives. Cresskill, NJ: Hampton Press.