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<p style='mso-style-unhide:no; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:1.0E-4pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12pt; font-family:"Times New Roman", "serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; '><strong style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal;mso-style-unhide:no; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:1.0E-4pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12pt; font-family:"Times New Roman", "serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; '><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-style-unhide:no; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:1.0E-4pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; '>Biography - Dr. Sarah VanSlette</span></strong></p>
<p style='mso-style-unhide:no; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:1.0E-4pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12pt; font-family:"Times New Roman", "serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; '><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-style-unhide:no; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:1.0E-4pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; '> </span></p>
<p style='mso-style-unhide:no; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:1.0E-4pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12pt; font-family:"Times New Roman", "serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; '><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-style-unhide:no; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:1.0E-4pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; '>Dr. Sarah VanSlette earned her MA and PhD in Public Relations from Purdue University.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes;mso-style-unhide:no; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:1.0E-4pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12pt; font-family:"Times New Roman", "serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; '> </span> She previously taught Public Relations, Event Planning, Research Methods, Public Speaking, and Intercultural Communication at John Carroll University in Cleveland, OH, and is happy to be at SIUE and back in her hometown of St. Louis, MO.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes;mso-style-unhide:no; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:1.0E-4pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12pt; font-family:"Times New Roman", "serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; '> </span> Dr. VanSlette’s undergraduate degree is from Saint Louis University.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes;mso-style-unhide:no; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:1.0E-4pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12pt; font-family:"Times New Roman", "serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; '> </span></span></p>
<p style='mso-style-unhide:no; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:1.0E-4pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12pt; font-family:"Times New Roman", "serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; '><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-style-unhide:no; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:1.0E-4pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; '> </span></p>
<p style='mso-style-unhide:no; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:1.0E-4pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12pt; font-family:"Times New Roman", "serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; '><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-style-unhide:no; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:1.0E-4pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; '>Dr. VanSlette’s research focuses on “communication of controversy” or “problematic PR,” whether it’s the PR of the European Union as it tried to persuade its members to adopt the euro; the seemingly crazy outlaw discourse of Ryanair; or the tense communication between administrators and faculty in institutions of higher education.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes;mso-style-unhide:no; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:1.0E-4pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12pt; font-family:"Times New Roman", "serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; '> </span> She approaches her study of public relations and strategic communication from a rhetorical perspective.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes;mso-style-unhide:no; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:1.0E-4pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12pt; font-family:"Times New Roman", "serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; '> </span></span></p>
<p style='mso-style-unhide:no; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:1.0E-4pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12pt; font-family:"Times New Roman", "serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; '><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-style-unhide:no; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:1.0E-4pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; '> </span></p>
<p style='mso-style-unhide:no; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:1.0E-4pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12pt; font-family:"Times New Roman", "serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; '><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-style-unhide:no; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:1.0E-4pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; '>Dr. VanSlette lives with her husband, son, and dog in West St. Louis County, close to many of their family and friends. Her perfect Saturday includes breakfast at First Watch, a walk in the park with her family, and taking a kickboxing class at the gym.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes;mso-style-unhide:no; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:1.0E-4pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12pt; font-family:"Times New Roman", "serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; '> </span> She used to thoroughly enjoy traveling internationally, but since welcoming her son, has sadly realized that traveling with young children is not nearly as fun.</span></p>
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