Bettye A Grable
- bettye.grable@famu.edu
- PHONE
- 850-561-2601
- OFFICE
- Division Of Journalism
SJGC Bldg. Room #3034
Monday/Wednesday • 1:45 p.m. - 2:15 p.m., and 3:45 p.m. - 4:15 p.m.
Tuesday/Thursday • 12:15 p.m. - 1 p.m.
PUR 3000 Intro to Public Relations • Mon. Wed. — 12:20 p.m. - 1:35 p.m.
PUR 3000 Intro to Public Relations • Tue. Thu. — 11 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.
PUR 4500 PR Research & Strategies • Mon. Wed. — 2:30 p.m. - 3:45 p.m.
Dr. Bettye A. Grable has been an Associate Professor in the Florida A&M University
School of Journalism & Graphic Communication for 18 years. She has taught journalism
graduate courses, PR courses and Mass Media introduction courses, as well as public
relations research and strategies courses.
Dr. Grable served as a professor at Boston University from Aug. 2005- June 2006. She
also taught media writing courses at LSU while completing her PhD degree.
Dr. Grable served as Interim Dean of the FAMU School of Journalism & Graphic Communication
between March 2020 to Oct. 2021.
Her 20-year career in PR/PR-related jobs include her experience as a Journal Writer
for the Florida House of Representatives Clerk's office and as a radio actuality reporter
for the House Communication office. Grable's career also included positions serving
as a television public affairs program host, director of public information for a
community college, promotions director for a radio station in Sarasota, Fla.
Dr. Grable earned her doctorate in Mass Communication and Public Affairs in August
2005 at The LSU Manship School of Mass Communication in Baton Rouge, La. She earned
a master's degree at Florida A&M University in April of 2002. Dr. Grable earned her
undergraduate degree in Journalism from the University of Florida in 1978.
- Media Uses and Gratifications
- Intersection of Media and History
- Public Relations Skills/History
- Louisiana State University • 2005
Ph.D. in Mass Communication and Public Affairs - Florida A&M University • 2002
M.S. in Journalism - University of Florida • 1978
B.S. in Journalism
- Associate Professor • 2006 - Present
Florida A&M University (FAMU), Tallahassee, FL - Associate Professor • 2005 - 2006
Boston University (BU), Boston, MA - Instructor • 2002 - 2005
Louisiana State University (LSU), Baton Rouge, LA
- Re-elected University Faculty Senate President/Board of Trustees Member, Aug. 2017- Aug. 2019
- University Faculty Senate President/Board of Trustees Member, Aug. 2015 - Aug. 2017
- Black Entertainment Television Honors Certificate of Achievement, Spring 2012
- National Society of Collegiate Scholars (NSCS), Spring 2003
- Leadership Manatee Program Graduate, January 1986
- Public Information Award for Outstanding Service to Manatee County American Cancer Society, May 1982
scholarships
- Teaching Innovation Award Nominee, May 2014
- LSU Outstanding Teaching by a Graduate Student Award, May 2004
- Outstanding Publication Award from the Florida Association of Community Colleges, Nov. 1983
- PUR 3000 Intro to Public Relations
- PUR 3000 Intro to Public Relations
- PUR 4500 PR Research & Strategies
