Beth A. Garfrerick
Associate Professor
Bio
Dr. Beth Garfrerick (gar-FRAIR-ik) is an associate professor in the Department of Communications at the University of North Alabama in Florence. She teaches courses in media writing, media history, graphic design, public relations and journalism. She earned a doctoral degree in communications and a master’s degree in journalism from the College of Communications and Information Sciences at the University of Alabama, where she also earned her undergraduate degree. Her research interests include community journalism, media history and public relations. Dr. Garfrerick also has 20 years of industry experience in print journalism and public relations, which included a five-year stint as a reporter at a small daily newspaper in northwest Alabama.
Research Interests
- journalism history, community journalism public relations history
Courses Taught
- COM 580 - Topics in Communication
- COM 575 - Crisis Mgt & Comm. Relations
- COM 542 - Public Relations Campaigns
- COM 499 - Internship
- COM 498 - Independent Study
- COM 480 - Topics in Communication
- COM 475 - Crisis Mgt & Comm. Relations
- COM 455 - Mass Media History
- COM 442 - Public Relations Campaigns
- COM 411 - Layout and Design II
- COM 410 - Layout and Design I
- COM 390 - Public Relations Writing
- COM 260 - Communications Practicum
- COM 230 - Foundations of Pub Relations
- COM 215 - Media Writing
Education
- Communication and Info Sciences (PhD)
The University of Alabama - Journalism (MA)
The University of Alabama - Communication (AB)
The University of Alabama
Selected Intellectual Contributions
- Beth H. Garfrerick. 2021. James Rutledge "Jim" Martin.
- Beth H. Garfrerick. 2020. .
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- Beth H. Garfrerick. 2020. Syndicates Attempt to Sway Public Opinion as a 'Silent Partner' of the Country Press: 1900 to 1950.
- Beth H. Garfrerick. 2020. Syndicates Attempt to Sway Public Opinion as a ‘Silent Partner’ of the Country Press: 1900 to 1950.
- Beth H. Garfrerick. 2020. Weekly Newspapers: News Syndicates Serve as Papers’ 'Silent Partners’.
- Beth H. Garfrerick. 2020. Weekly Newspapers: News Syndicates Serve as Papers’ “Silent Partners’.” The Media in America.
- Beth H. Garfrerick. 2019. Twentieth Century Weekly Community Newspapers in the United States.