College of Information and Communications
Faculty and Staff
Damion Waymer, Ph.D.
Title: | Director, School of Journalism and Mass Communications Professor |
College of Information and Communications | |
Email: | dwaymer@mailbox.sc.edu |
Phone: | 803-777-4979 |
Office: | School of Journalism and Mass Communications 800 Sumter Street, Room 332 Columbia, SC 29208 |
Education
B.A., Corporate Communication, College of Charleston (SC)
M.A., Communication (Public Relations), Purdue University
Ph.D. Communication (Public Relations), Purdue University
Awards
President’s Faculty Research Award: Senior Scholar Category Arts and Humanities. The University of Alabama (April 2023).
PRIDE Contribution to Public Relations Education Award for Outstanding Innovation,
Development, and Educational Achievement in Public Relations. National Communication
Association (NCA) Public Relations Division (2013).
Inez Kaiser Student of Color Award. Association for Education in Journalism and Mass
Communication (AEJMC) Public Relations Division (2006).
Research
Damion Waymer is a seasoned communication researcher who has conducted, for nearly two decades, high quality, internationally respected research in the contexts of diversity, equity and inclusion, organizational rhetoric, public relations, crisis communication, corporate social responsibility, corporate social advocacy, branding and strategic communication
Teaching
“I expect to pass through life but once. If therefore, there be any kindness I can
show, or good thing I can do to any fellow being, let me do it now, and not defer
or neglect it, as I shall not pass this way again.”
Waymer has adopted this philosophy of life to his approach to teaching. Although he
does not expect students to share his fervor for outreach, he does expect them to
develop an increased ability to focus on problems that are meaningful to their lives
and our world.
Recent Publications
Waymer, D., & Hill, T.E., (2024) Arts promotion and Black urban displacement: Exploring the paradox of the positive in government public relations and urban renewal discourse. Public Relations Review, 50(2).
Waymer, D., Brown, K. A., & Jackson, J. (2023). Researcher responsibility to diversity
and inclusion in public relations and social scientific research: A call for more
inclusive research and researcher participation. Journal of Public Relations Research, 35.
Waymer, D., & Hill, T. E. (2023). A conceptual update to image restoration theory
(IRT) via the vice-presidential campaign of Kamala Harris. Public Relations Review, 49(2), 1-10.
Waymer, D., & Heath, R. L. (2023). Explicating the public memory dialectic in public
relations: The case of Donald Trump, The Oath Keepers, and January 6, 2021. Public Relations Review, 49(1), 1-10.
Waymer, D. (Ed.). (2012). Culture, social class, and race in public relations: Perspectives
and applications. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books.
Heath, R. L., Toth, E. L., & Waymer, D. (Eds.). (2009). Rhetorical and critical approaches
to public relations II. New York: Routledge.