Publications and Conferences

Notes: (1) Journal and conference submissions that are under review are not included in this list, nor are conference presentations that are being prepared for submission to a journal. For a complete CV that includes manuscripts that are under review, please email me at jordan.morehouse@colorado.edu; (2) If you have questions about any research methods, code books, sampling procedures, theories, concepts, etc., please email me at jordan.morehouse@colorado.edu and I’d be happy to discuss and/or share resources. Additionally, if you’d like a PDF copy of the published research, I’d be happy to send along.

PEER-REVIEWED SCHOLARLY PUBLICATIONS (20 listed, 3 not listed that are under review)

Morehouse, J., Austin, L.A., & Page, T.G. (2025). Religion in crisis communication: Examining the impact of stakeholder religiosity and religious language in organizational crises. Public Relations Review.

Yue, C.A., Zhou, A., Page, T.G., Morehouse, J., Capizzo, L.W., & Toth, E.L. (2025). The past, present, and future of internal communication in public relations: A computational review of the emerging literature. Journal of Public Relations Research. https://doi.org/10.1080/1062726X.2024.2329543

Page, T., Morehouse, J., Capizzo, L., Toth, E., & Zhou, A. (2024). To share or not to share: Examining social media in public relations scholarship. International Journal of Strategic Communication. https://doi.org/10.1080/1553118X.2024.2377989

Harrison, V., Morehouse, J., & Boatwright, B. (2024). The student as stakeholder: How the perceived altruism of university social responsibility (USR) campaigns impact student relationships. Journal of Communication Management 28(3), 498-516. https://doi.org/10.1108/JCOM-06-2023-0067

Morehouse, J. (2024). Clarifying covenants and delineating devotion: Explicating religious public relations relationship frameworks. Public Relations Review, 50(1), 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pubrev.2023.102399

Morehouse, J. & Boatwright, B. (2023). Factionalism and schisms: Analyzing network structure and characteristics of online opinion leaders in an international religious crisis. Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management. http://doi.org/10.1111/1468-5973.12512

Morehouse, J. (2023). Beyond dyadic organization–public relationships: Proposing the devotional-promotional relational engagement model. Journal of Public Relations Research. https://doi.org/10.1080/1062726X.2023.2261576

  • Honorable mention in the Outstanding Journal Article category (2024), voted by National Communication Association Public Relations Division PRIDE Committee (Innovation, Development, and Educational Achievement in Public Relations).

Morehouse, J. & Saffer, A.J. (2023). Putting stakeholders’ engagement in the equation: Proposing the integrated network engagement model. Public Relations Review, 49(1), 102291. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pubrev.2023.102291

Dong, C., Zheng, Q., & Morehouse, J. (2023). What do we know about government public relations (GPR)? Not much. A systematic review of GPR in public relations literature. Public Relations Review, 49(1) 102284. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pubrev.2022.102284

Morehouse, J., & Lemon, L. (2023). Beyond reputational and financial damage: Examining emotional and religious harm in a post-crisis case study of Hillsong Church. Public Relations Review, 49(1) 102282. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pubrev.2022.102282

Dong, C. & Morehouse, J. [equal authors] (2022). Toward a caring government: Advancing ethical government public relations with a care-based relationship cultivation model. Journal of Public Relations Research. https://doi.org/10.1080/1062726X.2022.2119978

Morehouse, J. & Austin, L.A. (2022). The impact of religion in situational crisis communication theory: An examination of religious rhetoric and religiosity. Journal of Media and Religion, 21(2), 105-123. https://doi.org/10.1080/15348423.2022.2059327

Morehouse, J. (2021). Examining devotional campaigns and stakeholder-centric relationships in public relations materials: A case study. Journal of Public Relations Research. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1062726X.2021.2011730.

Golan, G., Morehouse, J. & English, A. (2021). Building relationships with the faithful: Examining church communicators perceptions of social media influencers in their OPR strategy. Journal of Public Relations Research. https://doi.org/10.1080/1062726X.2021.2011729.

Morehouse, J. & Saffer, A.J. (2021). Promoting the faith: Examining megachurches’ audience-centric advertising strategies on social media. Journal of Advertising, 50(4), 408-422. https://doi.org/10.1080/00913367.2021.1939202.

Morehouse, J. (2020). Stakeholder-Formed organizations and crisis communication: Analyzing discourse of renewal with a non-offending organization. Journal of International Crisis and Risk Communication Research, 3(2), 243-274. https://doi.org/10.30658/jicrcr.3.2.5

Morehouse, J. & Saffer, A. J. (2020). The knowledge construction network of engagement research: Examining scholars’ star collaborators, embeddedness, and influence. Public Relations Review, 46(3), 1-18. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pubrev.2020.101924.

Morehouse, J., & Saffer, A. J. (2019). Illuminating the invisible college: An analysis of foundational and prominent publications of engagement research in public relations. Public Relations Review, 45(5), 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pubrev.2019.101836.

Saffer, A. J., Yang, A., Morehouse, J., & Qu, Y. (2019). It takes a village: A social network approach to NGOs’ international public engagement. American Behavioral Scientist, 63(12), 1708-1727. https://doi.org/10.1177/0002764219835265.

Morehouse, J., & Saffer, A. J. (2018). A bibliometric analysis of dialogue and digital dialogic research: Mapping the knowledge construction and invisible colleges in public relations research. Journal of Public Relations Research 30(3), 65-82. https://doi.org/10.1080/1062726X.2018.1498343.

INVITED FORUMS (1)

Morehouse, J., Harrison, V., & Dong, C. (2025). Advancing relationship management theory: Incorporating dialogic stewardship and ethics of care in a polarizing political environment. In C. Connolly-Ahern, “Promoting Integrity in the Face of Disruption: A Case for Expanding Communication Theory,” Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly. https://doi.org/10.1177/10776990251326540

REFEREED BOOK CHAPTERS (1)

Morehouse, J. & Spaulding, S. (2022). A review of crisis communication and religion. In Y. Jin & L.L. Austin (2nd Eds.), Social Media and Crisis Communication. (pp. 256-266). New York, NY: Routledge.

Encyclopedia Entries (1)

Morehouse, J. & Saffer, A. J. (2018). Digital strategy. In R. L. Health (Ed.), The International Encyclopedia of Strategic Communication. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons. View here.

REVIEWS OF MY WORK (1):

Browning, N., & Yang, S. U. (2022). Editor’s essay: reflecting on OPR research. Journal of Public Relations Research, 1-4. https://doi.org/10.1080/1062726X.2022.2125152

REFEREED CONFERENCE PAPERS (38 total, only 27 listed below)

Morehouse, J. (2023, November). Clarifying covenants and delineating devotion: Explicating religious public relations relationship frameworks. Presented to the Public Relations Division of the Annual Conference of the National Communication Association, National Harbor, Maryland.

Page, T., Morehouse, J., Capizzo, L., Toth, E., & Zhou, A. (2023, November). To share or not to share: Examining social media in public relations scholarship. Presented to the Public Relations Division of the Annual Conference of the National Communication Association, National Harbor, Maryland.

Morehouse, J. & Boatwright, B. (2023, May). Factionalism and schisms: Analyzing network structure and characteristics of online opinion leaders in an international religious crisis. Presented to the Public Relations Division of the Annual Conference of the International Communication Association, Toronto, Canada.

Morehouse, J. & Dong, C. (2023, March). Advancing relationship management theory: Examining the relational public relations goals of government organizations. Presented to the International Public Relations Research Conference, Orlando, FL.

Boatwright, B., Harrison, V., & Morehouse, J. (2022, November). Exploring fan responses to ACC football programs’ social advocacy: Using social network analysis and topic modeling to better understand the Twitter conversation. Presented to the Sport Communication Division of the Annual Conference of the National Communication Association, New Orleans, Louisiana.

  • Second Place, Top Faculty Paper Competition

Morehouse, J., & Lemon, L. (2022, May). Beyond physical and financial consequences: Examining Emotional and religious harm in a crisis case study. Presented to the Public Relations Division of the Annual Conference of the International Communication Association, Paris, France.

Harrison, V., Morehouse, J., & Boatwright, B. (2022, May). The student as stakeholder: How the perceived altruism of university social responsibility (USR) campaigns impact student relationships. Presented to the Public Relations Division of the Annual Conference of the International Communication Association, Paris, France.

Austin, L.L., Morehouse, J., & *Anderson, L. (2022, March). The impact of religion on leadership in organizational crises: An examination of religious rhetoric, crisis message, and religiosity. Presented to the International Public Relations Research Conference, Orlando, FL.

Morehouse, J. & Saffer, A.J. (2021, November). Proposing an integrated network model of engagement: A multi-method examination into indicators and outcomes of three forms of engagement. Presented to the Public Relations Division of the Annual Conference of the National Communication Association, Seattle, Washington.

  • Third Place, Top Faculty Paper Competition

Morehouse, J. (2021, May). Advancing devotional-promotional communication research: Examining public-centric relationships in public relations materials. Presented to the Public Relations Division of the Annual Conference of the International Communication Association, Denver, Colorado.

Morehouse, J. & Saffer, A.J. (2021, May). Promoting the faith: Examining megachurches’ audience-centric advertising strategies on social media. Presented to the Mass Communication Division of the Annual Conference of the International Communication Association, Denver, Colorado.

Morehouse, J. (2020, November). Beyond organization–public relationships: Examining a new model of relational engagement. Presented to the Public Relations Division of the National Communication Association (NCA) Convention, Indianapolis, IN.

  • First Place, Top Student Paper Competition

Austin, L.A. & Morehouse, J. (2020, August). Building theory in mass communication: Examining the impact of religiosity and religious rhetoric in organizational crises. Presented to the Mass Communication and Society Division of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, San Francisco, CA.

Morehouse, J. (2019, November). Examining lay-led Leadership Roundtable: How stakeholders utilize post-crisis Discourse of Renewal. Presented to the Public Relations Division of the National Communication Association (NCA) Convention, Baltimore, MD.

  • Third Place, Top Student Paper Competition

Morehouse, J. (2019, November). Faith and communication: Analyzing public relations within Protestant churches. Presented to the Thomas M. Carsey Graduate Student Symposium hosted by the Odum Institute, Chapel Hill, N.C.

Morehouse, J. & Austin, L. L. (2019, August). The impact of religion in Situational Crisis Communication Theory: An examination of religious rhetoric and religiosity. Presented to the Religion and Media Interest Group of the Annual Conference of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, Toronto, Canada.

  • Second Place, Open Competition Top Paper

Morehouse, J. (2019, May). Illuminating the invisible college of engagement research in public relations: A cocitation analysis. Presented to the Public Relations Division of the Annual Conference of the International Communication Association, Washington, D.C. View here.

  • Third Place, Top Student Paper Competition

Saffer, A. J., Yang, A., Morehouse, J., & Qu, Y. (2019, May). It takes a village: NGOs’ agenda building amidst the international refugee crisis. Presented to the Public Relations Division of the Annual Conference of the International Communication Association, Washington, D.C.

Barker, J. & Noar, S. M., Bell., T., Saffer, A., & Morehouse, J. (2019, May). Examining networks of perceived message effectiveness conceptualizations: A bibliometric analysis. In J. N. Cappella & S. M. Noar (chairs), New conceptualizations and research to inform message testing: Perceived message effectiveness and its alternatives. Pre-conference at the 69th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association, Washington, D.C.

Morehouse, J., & Riffe, D. (2018, August). A multi-method approach to examining online sermons from religious organizations. Presented to the Religion and Media Interest Group of the Annual Conference of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC), Washington, D.C.

Morehouse, J. (2018, May). Mapping the knowledge construction in the invisible college of dialogue research. Presented to the Public Relations Division of the Annual Conference of the International Communication Association, Prague, Czech Republic. View here.

  • First Place, Top Student Research Paper Competition

Morehouse, J., & Harker, J. L. (2018, May). Unpacking the engagement ideograph: A network analysis of engagement research in public relations. Presented to the Public Relations Division of the Annual Conference of the International Communication Association, Prague, Czech Republic. View here.

Morehouse, J. (2018, May). Examining engagement: A content analysis of engagement research in public relations. Presented to the 4th International Summer School, Münster, Germany.

  • Second Place, Top Poster Awards

Morehouse, J. (2017, November). Interaction concepts for pedagogical use of social media. Presented to the Undergraduate College and University Division of the National Communication Association (NCA) Convention, Dallas, TX.

Morehouse, J. (2017, May). Following religion: Relationship cultivation tactics on Twitter. Presented to the Public Relations Division of the Annual Conference of the International Communication Association, San Diego, California.

Morehouse, J. (2017, March). Digitizing the local church: Social media influences and protocol. Presented to the Open Division at the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication Southeast Colloquium, Fort Worth, TX.

Morehouse, J. (2016, August). Influencing the Twitterverse: Agenda setting capabilities of religious organizations. Presented to the Mass Communication and Society Division of the Annual Conference of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC), Minneapolis, MN. 

REFEREED PANELS (3 listed, 1 under review)

Morehouse, J. (2021, August). Pious advocates for social change: Intersections of religion and activism. Panel presentation submitted by Moscato, D. to the Religion and Media Interest Group and Magazine Division of the Annual Conference of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, New Orleans, LA.

Morehouse, J. (2020, August). Public Relations and religion: Nonprofit religious advocacy and media relations. Panel presentation submitted by Morehouse, J. to the Public Relations Division and the Religion and Media Interest Group of the Annual Conference of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, San Francisco, CA.

Morehouse, J., & Saffer, A. J. (2018, November). The status of dialogue research in public relations: A content analysis of scholarly articles from 1976 to 2017. Panel presentation submitted to the Public Relations Division of the National Communication Association (NCA) Convention, Salt Lake City, UT.