Social media and engagement, public relations, writing in the digital age.

Suzanne Lowery Mims is a communication professional with experience ranging from Capitol Hill to the board room.  Her career includes positions as a US Senate press secretary, a federal agency public information officer, and as a senior executive in advertising and public relations agencies.  The best job she has ever had, however, is the one she has now: helping to launch careers.  Suzanne earned a Master of Arts degree in strategic communication at GMU with a focus on how social media have altered public relations as it has been practiced for the past 100 years.    You can find her on Twitter @mimsPR. 

Suzanne also serves as the academic director for the International Public Relations Study Abroad Program in London during winter break. Students earn three credits during an intensive two-week immersion in global PR through interaction with leading PR professionals in agencies, corporations, government and nonprofits. The program is sponsored by Mason Study Abroad.