Today we catch up with Dr. Juan Meng, and associate professor of public relations at the University of Georgia and the founder of UGA's Choose China Study Abroad Program.  In today's conversation, we take a deeper look at research in the area of public relations and leadership, specifically the challenges that women and people of color face when in leadership roles and when trying to get into leadership roles in the field of public relations.  Dr. Meng’s current research focuses on leadership in public relations, talent management and leadership development, trust in reputation management, and organizational culture and employee engagement. Dr. Meng has received more than $220,000 in funding grants to support her research in the past seven years. She has published more than 35 referred journal articles in leading scholarly journals in public relations and communication management and contributed to different book chapters.
Meng is the co-editor of the scholarly book, “Public Relations Leaders as Sensemakers: A Global Study of Leadership in Public Relations and Communication Management,” published by Routledge in 2014. Meng is currently working on her new original book project, “PR Women with Influence: Breaking through the Ethical and Leadership Challenges,” selected as part of the AEJMC-Peter Lang Scholarsourcing Series.
She tells us more about her time at the University of Alabama, how she started out as a masters student not even thinking about a Ph.D. program and then found herself face to face with Dr. Jennings Bryant, welcoming her into the program.  This is such a fun conversation and it covers a topic we haven't discussed too much in this show, so you definitely don't want to miss it. 
Dr. Meng is not on Twitter but you can follow us @ICIRAlabama!

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