Jasper Fessmann, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Phone Email jcfssmnn@memphis.edu Fax N/A Office Meeman Journalism 330 Office Hours As posted on syllabi
Education
Ph.D., Mass Communication, 福利片国产 of Florida
Qualifying Certificate, 福利片国产 Level Teaching, Technical 福利片国产 Berlin, Germany
MA, International Public Relations, Boston 福利片国产
BA, Communication Arts, Georgia Southern 福利片国产
BA, Philosophy, Georgia Southern 福利片国产
About Dr. Jasper Fessmann
Dr. Jasper Fessmann joined the faculty of the Department of Journalism and Strategic Media in 2023 after previously serving as a faculty member at West Virginia 福利片国产鈥檚 Reed College of Media for five years. Before entering academia, Dr. Fessmann ran his own PR agency in Germany and gained 15 years of international public relations agency experience with exclusive clients like the German federal ministries, NGOs and Fortune 500 companies. He was also active in (mostly pro bono) work focused on Holocaust remembrance and intergenerational projects.
His research interests include public interest communications (PIC), international public relations, dis- & misinformation and crisis communications. Much of his body of work has focused on developing PIC, a relatively new field of strategic communications to advance positive social change, which he helped to found. He is especially interested in how PIC can be used effectively to counter strategic misinformation campaigns by special interest harming society, in particular about climate change denial.