Professor of Public Relations
Instructor
121 Communication Studies Hall
(704) 406-2055
lluedeman@gardner-webb.edu
B.A., Winthrop University, 1990 cum laude
M.A. University of South Carolina, 1994
(Received the competitive Excellence in Student Research Award for Master’s Thesis)
Ph.D. Candidate, School of Journalism/Mass Communications, University of SC
Luedeman has nearly 20 years of professional and academic communications experience—including a five-year stint as director of university communications at USC Upstate during the mid to late 1990s and the management of her own communications firm, LL Communications. Her research interests include ethics in public relations, public relations theory, communitarianism and its role in community journalism as well as media effects and the changing landscape of news delivery. Courses she has taught and/or developed include:
Mass Media Law and Ethics Newsletter Writing Practicum (Developed)
Speech for Radio and Television Investigative Reporting and Ethics (Developed)
Survey of Mass Communications The Kennedys’ Use of the Media (Developed)
Writing for the Media Introduction to Management
Organizational Communication Introduction to Marketing
Sales Strategies Media Management (Developed)
Fundamentals of Supervision Women in the Media (Developed)
Public Speaking
Luedeman has won numerous awards for her public relations and writing efforts, is involved in professional and personal community activities, and is a graduate of Leadership Spartanburg. She is also the mother of two very active sons (ages 4 and 6) and the spouse of a high school history teacher/cross country and track coach at Chesnee High School.
For more information, e-mail
lluedeman@gardner-webb.edu
or call (704) 406-2055.