Florida State College advertising professor Maura Scotta pioneer in her discipline and a scholarly champion of the underserved, finds herself reflecting on the legacy of Persis Rockwood — the late FSU advertising professor who established so many firsts that she would possibly as effectively have trademarked the phrase.
Rockwood grew to become the primary girl to earn a doctorate in advertising from Stanford College, the primary girl to realize the standing of full professor of promoting at FSU and the primary girl elected as president of the Southern Advertising Affiliation, now the Society for Advertising Advances.
“Precisely E. Rockwood stays an inspiring trailblazer with many ‘firsts’ to her title,” Scott mentioned. “I can think about the challenges, in addition to the sense of accomplishment, Dr. Rockwood should have skilled as she trailblazed in her occupation, leaving a path for these coming after her.”
Scott, the primary African American girl to change into a full professor of promoting at FSU, intends to remain that course because the FSU Faculty of Enterprise’ new Dr. Precisely E. and Dr. Charles E. Rockwood Eminent Scholar in Advertising.
She joins six different enterprise college members to carry the standing of eminent scholar. FSU established the eminent scholar chairs to draw excellent college members and to offer excellence in instructing and analysis in designated scholarly fields.
Rockwood, who died final yr at