Arhlene A. Flowers

Arhlene Flowers

Professor, Strategic Communication
School: Roy H. Park School of Communications
Phone: 607-274-3066
Office: 366 Roy H Park School of Communications, Ithaca, NY 14850
Specialty: Integrated Marketing Communications, Global Public Relations, PR Strategy, Writing, PR Case Studies
Arhlene A. Flowers

Arhlene A. Flowers joined Ithaca College in 2006 as an assistant professor and was promoted to associate professor in August 2012 and to full professor in August 2020. She teaches in the Advertising, Public Relations, and Marketing Communications Program (formerly Integrated Marketing Communications) in the Department of Strategic Communication. She received Ithaca College's Faculty Excellence Award and the Public Relations Society of America's inaugural Educator of the Year Award by the Rochester Chapter in 2022. Her students' projects also have received various awards.

Her first book, Global Writing for Public Relations, was published by Routledge, a global publisher of academic books, journals, and online resources. Her second book with co-author, Dr. Cory Young, titled Case Studies on Pandemic and Epidemic Communication Campaigns: From the 1918 Influenza to COVID-19 will be published by Routledge in March 2026. The book integrates practice and theory, featuring 25 case studies on 12 health crises that affected six continents for over a century, for practitioners and academics in the health professions and communication fields (PR, Marketing) to explore.

She has extensive public relations and marketing experience on both the agency and corporate sides. She has held management positions at leading New York City agencies, including Ruder Finn and Hill + Knowlton. On the client side, she served as corporate public relations director worldwide at Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts, based in its corporate headquarters in Toronto. 

Born in Hawaii, Arhlene holds a Bachelor of Arts from New York University and a Master of Professional Studies from the New School in New York City. Arhlene has represented clients on six continents and has traveled throughout five continents-- and hopes to visit Australia and Antarctica in the future!