Rate My Professor Penni Pier

Dr. Penni Pier serves as the Grant L. Price Endowed Department Chair and Professor of Journalism and Communication in the Department of Journalism and Communication at Wartburg College, where she joined the faculty in 2000. She earned her B.A. in Speech Communication from Minnesota State University-Moorhead in 1993, M.A. in Communication from Missouri State University in 1995, and Ph.D. in Communication from the University of Missouri-Columbia in 2000. In her teaching role, Pier offers a variety of communication courses with a particular emphasis on public relations courses and the departmental capstone. She coordinates the oral communication course in the THRIVE general education plan and the Oral Communication Across the Curriculum component of the Essential Education Plan. Additionally, she directs the women’s and gender studies program and acts as the executive director of Knight Vision streaming. Pier advises the Public Relations Student Society of America chapter and the Tower Agency, a student-run public relations firm, fostering practical experience for students.