Andrew Corner M.A., APR

Andrew Corner, M.A., APR, Fellow PRSA, is Professor of Practice and Associate Chairperson in the Department of Advertising + Public Relations.

Prior to joining MSU full-time, Corner spent eight years with The Rossman Group, a Michigan-based, statewide issue management consultancy where he provided strategic counseling and account management services for clients in multiple industries. His background also includes a decade in the communications department of Ingham Regional Medical Center (Lansing, Mich.), where he developed expertise in media relations, crisis management and internal communication programs. In his final position there, as system manager of marketing operations, he had operational responsibility for all of the health system’s organizational and internal communication initiatives, media relations, trade shows and health fairs, publications and Internet applications.

Corner is accredited in public relations by the Public Relations Society of America and a member of the PRSA College of Fellows, an honorary organization within PRSA comprised of more than 350 leading professionals and educators, each of whom has left a significant footprint on the public relations profession. He holds a master’s degree in public relations management and a bachelor’s degree in communication from Michigan State University.

Instruction

• Writing for Public Relations
• Intermediate Social Media and Public Relations Techniques
• Contemporary Issues in Advertising and PR
• Advertising and Public Relations Strategies
• International Advertising
• Co-instructor, Chicago Field Experience
• Co-instructor, New York Field Experience
• Co-director, “Advertising + Public Relations a la Mediterranean” Education Abroad program

Administrative

• Associate Chair, Department of Advertising and Public Relations
• Special Advisor to the Provost