kathy fitzpatrickKathy Fitzpatrick, a tenured PR professor at Quinnipiac University who helped develop PRSA's code of ethics, has moved to Florida International University in Miami as associate dean of research and graduate programs for its school of journalism and mass communications.

Fitzpatrick, a Texas attorney who was founding director of graduate studies in PR at Quinnipiac, is also a professor of journalism and broadcasting at FIU, which has a mass communication graduate program with specialization in either global strategic communications or Spanish-language journalism.

She is a former head of PRSA's Educators Academy and led the Society's Dallas chapter as president. She also did two terms on PRSA's Board of Ethics, taking part in its task force to create the group's code of ethics.

Fitzpatrick held faculty posts at DePaul Univ., the Univ. of Florida and Southern Methodist Univ.