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Kathryn Kuttis

Senior Instructor I
Phone: 541-346-4891
Office: 310 Allen Hall
City: Eugene

Biography

Kathryn Kuttis is a senior instructor at the School of Journalism and Communication. She teaches classes on strategic business writing and PR campaigns.

Before joining the SOJC in 2013, Kathryn was a vice president with Edelman Public Relations in New York, where she advised Fortune 500 clients like Adidas-Salomon on corporate communications and media relations. She shares her professional experience as the faculty advisor for IR Futures, a student group that promotes knowledge of the capital markets and works to shape the next generation of socially conscious corporate PR leaders.

Kathryn is a University of Oregon alum with a Master’s in Landscape Architecture from the College of Design. She uses the intersection of these two disciplines to explore media and the visual display of complex information.

Education

  • MLA, University of Oregon, 2010
  • BA, Drew University, 1995

Honors and Awards:

  • UO’s Excellence in Remote Teaching Award, 2020
  • 2017 Voted Best Professor by UO students in the Daily Emerald’s Best of Campus 
  • 2016 Awarded Oregon Lacrosse Most Valuable Professor
  • 2016 Voted Best Professor by UO students in the Daily Emerald’s Best of Campus
  • 2015 Awarded Oregon Lacrosse Most Valuable Professor
  • 2015 Voted Best Professor by UO students in the Daily Emerald’s Best of Campus

Areas of Expertise:

  • Media relations
  • Business writing
  • Financial communications
  • Public relations
  • Visual representation