Ronda L. Menke, APR, Associate Professor. MA, Drake University, 1990.

Professor Menke teaches courses in public relations principles, collateral materials, publicity and the senior capstone course, PR Campaigns, in which students work in "agencies" for a real-world client who pays for the students' work.

Menke's professional PR experience includes corporate, non-profit and political. Just prior to joining the Drake faculty, she was executive director of the Iowa GOP, working with presidential campaigns and national and international media through the Iowa caucuses. Her research interests include politics and employee relations. She is published in the Presidential Archives at the Hoover Library.

Menke is accredited by the Public Relations Society of America and is also a member of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication.