Course Syllabi Office Hours Education & Training Publications Frequently Taught Courses Research & Creative Interests Professional Affiliations Languages Spoken

Dr. Anna Kochigina

Assistant Professor Email: akochigina@eiu.edu

Fall 2026 COURSE SYLLABI

CMN 4921K

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Office Hours

Fall 2026:

Mondays from12:25 to 12:50 p.m. / Tuesdays from 12:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. / Wednesdays from 12:25 to 12:50 p.m. and from 2:00 to 3:10 pm/ or by appt

Education & Training

Ph.D., Communication and Information, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
M.A., Strategic Communication, University of Oklahoma, Norman
B.A., Public Relations with minor in Business Administration, University of Central Oklahoma, Edmond

Publications

Xu, S., & Kochigina, A. (2021). Engaging through stories: Effects of narratives on individuals’ skepticism toward corporate social responsibility efforts. Public Relations Review.

Kochigina, A., Tsetsura, K., & Taylor, M. (2021). Together in crisis: A comparison of organizational and faith-holders’ crisis communication. Public Relations Review.

Kochigina, A. (2020). The parallel power in organizations’ defense: Exploring faith-holders and their crisis communication. Public Relations Review, 46(4). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pubrev.2020.101950

Holland, D., Seltzer, T., & Kochigina, A. (2020). Practicing transparency in a crisis: Examining the combined effects of crisis type, response, and message transparency on organizational perceptions. Public Relations Review.

Kochigina, A., & Taylor, M. (forthcoming). Towards a Conceptual Refinement of Engagement and Involvement. Public Relations Review.

Frequently Taught Courses

CMN 4921: Public Relations Seminar in Digital Analysis and Social Media Analytics

CMN 3965: Advanced Public Relations Writing & Production

CMN 4919: Principles and Practices of Public Relations Campaigns

CMN 3020: Public Relations Research, Evaluation, and Measurement

Research & Creative Interests

Engagement

Social Media

Community

Network Ecology

Crisis Communication

Global Public Relations

Professional Affiliations

National Communication Association (NCA)

International Communication Association (ICA)

Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC)

Languages Spoken

English, Russian