As the son of two high school teachers – his mom taught English, his dad history – and, as of June 2008, the director of George Washington University's masters program in strategic PR, Larry Parnell likes to say, “Those who can, do; those who care, teach.”

 

Certainly, Parnell and other GW instructors have plenty of real-world experience in PR to pass along.

 

Parnell's past includes corporate communications jobs at Ernst & Young (where he received PRWeek's Professional of the Year award in ...