Dr. Shannon A. Bowen, PhD, (full Professor, University of South Carolina) is an applied ethicist. She studies ethics in corporate public relations, NGOs, and governmental settings, and also conducts ethics training in these venues. She earned her PhD from the University of Maryland after working in research-polling. Her work can be found in numerous top-tier journals, scholarly books, and textbooks. Dr. Bowen is in the PR News Measurement Hall of Fame, has held numerous grants, and has won many awards.