Rate My Professor Hannah Deuyour

Deuyour earned her Ph.D. in communication and information from the University of Tennessee and her master’s degree in public health from Virginia Tech. She is a Certified Health Education Specialist (CHES®). Her teaching portfolio encompasses principles of public relations, issue management in public relations, introduction to health communication, issues in health communication, and graduate-level health communication courses. She developed the undergraduate Pathways minor in health communication and introduced a new graduate health communication class, while actively working on a graduate certificate program in health communication. These efforts provide students with essential tools to disseminate health information across diverse settings, fostering health literacy amid heightened post-pandemic interest in the field. A first-generation college student from Wytheville, Virginia—a Southwest Virginia native—Deuyour is committed to supporting similar students. She received the PRSA Shooting Star Award in 2021 for her contributions. Additionally, she engages in higher education pedagogy, presenting at events like the Conference on Higher Education Pedagogy.