Marie Hardin
Director, Arthur W. Page Center
814-865-1395

Marie Hardin is associate professor of journalism and associate dean for graduate studies and research in the College of Communications.  A former journalist, freelance writer and newsroom consultant, she has taught a variety of undergraduate and graduate classes and has been actively involved in three Centers in the College, all of which focus on linking the academy with the communications professions.

Cinda Kostyak
Associate Director, Arthur W. Page Center
814-863-6307

Cinda Kostyak, director of research administration and special projects, and associate director of the Page Center, joined Penn State's College of Communications undergraduate advising staff in 1989. She became Director of Academic Services before moving into her current position.

Lee Ahern
Senior Research Fellow, Arthur W. Page Center
Assistant Professor of Advertising and co-director of the Environmental Communications Project

Lee Ahern joined the faculty at Penn State in 2008 as an assistant professor, after a 20-year career in industry. Most recently he was marketing manager for an international custom publishing company, where he also oversaw development and implementation of all new media products. His Ph.D. and current research focus on environmental communications, applying empirical research and communications theory in the areas of persuasion, advertising, public relations and ethics. In particular, he has explored psychological effects and cognitive processing implications of different environmental message factors. In an international context, Ahern also studies the roles of culture and media system development on environmental attitudes and behaviors. In 2007, Ahern received the Betsy Plank Graduate Student Research Award, which is presented annually at the Public Relations Society of America International Conference. He has presented multiple papers at the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication annual conference.

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Denise Bortree
Senior Research Fellow, Arthur W. Page Center
Assistant Professor of Public Relations and co-director of the Environmental Communications Project

Denise Bortree is an assistant professor in the department of advertising and public relations in the College of Communications at Penn State University.  Her research explores ethical implications of organizational communication and behavior toward key audiences in two applied areas, environmental communication and volunteer communication.  Her research has been published in over a dozen peer-reviewed journal articles and has been designated a top-three paper multiple times at international conferences.  As a co-director for the Project on the Environment funded by The Arthur W. Page Center, she is engaged in a number of research projects that address integrity in environmental communication.  She was instrumental in developing the Page Center's 2008-2009 call for proposals on ethical dimensions of environmental communication, the results of which will be shared in book format.  In 2010 she co-wrote the call on social media and ethics in the practice of public relations.

  
Marcia Distaso
Assistant Professor of Public Relations

Marcia W. DiStaso brings a mix of professional and teaching experience to her position as a 2010/2011 Page Legacy Scholar.  Her research focuses on investor relations and   other public relations topics such as the influence of social media on ethical public relations practice.  DiStaso sits on the advisory board for the International Public Relations Research Conference and is an executive board member for the PRSA Educators Academy and PRSA Financial Communications Section.  She has won three top paper awards along with other teaching and scholarship awards and her work is published (or accepted for publication) in various outlets including the Journal of Public Relations Research, Public Relastions Review, and the Public Relations Journal.

Russell Frank
Associate Professor of Communications 

Russell Frank joined the College of Communications' journalism faculty in 1998 after a 12-year career as a reporter and editor  at newspapers in California and Pennsylvania. His writings on journalism ethics have been published in Media Ethics and the Journal of  Mass Media Ethics. He also publishes research on literary journalism and a phenomenon he calls newslore: jokes, legends and media  parodies inspired by the news. Frank's academic training as a folklorist has led to his being hired by the Library of Congress to conduct several oral history projects, including an ongoing project that explores the life and work of the great political cartoonist, Herblock. He maintains his connection to the world of journalism as a columnist for the website Statecollege.com.

 
Eun Go
Graduate Assistant, Page Center's Environmental Communications Project

Eun is a Page Center Graduate Assistant and a second-year doctoral student in the mass communications program.  Eun is working with Lee Ahern and Denise Bortree on the Environmental Communications Project. Eun received a master's degree in Public Relations from the University of Florida in May 2010.

Eun Hwa Jung
Graduate Assistant, Page Center's Ethics of Social Media in Public Relations Practice Project

Jun-Hwa is a Page Center Graduate Assistant and a second year doctoral student in the mass communications program.  She will be working  with Denise Bortree and Marcia DiStaso on the Center's Social Media Project. 

Caitlin Keller
Page Legacy Intern

Caitlin is a senior undergraduate student majoring in Film and Video.  As the Center's intern, Caitlin is responsible for organizing, editing and uploading all recent public relations and journalism oral history interviews to the website.