Dr. Steve Iseman, APR, Fellow PRSA - Public Relations Society of ...

Dr. Steve Iseman, APR, Fellow PRSA is an Emeritus Professor of Communication
Arts/Public Relations and Director of the Public Relations Program at Ohio
Northern University. He was the faculty advisor for Ohio Northern’s award
winning PRSSA chapter for 18 years. In 2003 and 2009 he helped guide ONU’s
public relations program to recognition with PRSA “Certified for Education in
Public Relations” (CEPR) status. Under his direction in 2008 the ONU PRSSA
chapter’s firm, Vision Communications, joined PRSSA’s list of Nationally
Affiliated Student Run Firms.
Iseman has served on numerous Central Ohio PRSA committees and is a past
president of the chapter. In addition he has been an ex officio member of the
National PRSA Educators Academy Board of Directors, a reviewer for PRSA’s
Certification for Education in Public Relations program, the National Faculty
Advisor for the Public Relations Students Society of America and a past National
Co-Chair of PRSA’s Educational Affairs Committee. Since 2004 he has
represented PRSA on the Commission on Public Relations Education and was a
contributor to the Commission’s 2006 report, “The Professional Bond” and is
author of a chapter for the upcoming Commission report of graduate education
in public relations. He is currently a member of the National Board of Directors
of the PRSA. He has served as the PRSA Board Liaison with the PRSSA National
Committee and the Commission on Public Relations Education and currently
serves as the PRSA Board Liaison with the College of Fellows and the
Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism and Mass Communication
(ACEJMC).
In 2004 he was awarded the “Walt Seifert Award for Outstanding Service to
PRSA, in 2006 Ohio Magazine recognized him with an “Excellence in Education
Award,” and in 2008 he was honored with the “Tom Poling Practitioner of the
Year Award.” In 2009 he received the Outstanding Educator Award from PRSA.
In 2011 he was honored with the East Central District Platinum Award in