Publications
Published worksÌýby APRD faculty
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Adobe Animate 2022 for Creative Professionals: Implement professional techniques and create vivid animated and interactive content with Animate (2022)
Joseph Labrecque
Adobe Animate is platform-agnostic asset creation, motion design, animation, and interactivity software. Complete with explanations of essential concepts and step-by-step walkthroughs of practical examples, this book will guide you in using Adobe Animate to create immersive experiences by breaking through creative limitations across every medium.

Adobe Creative 3D Workflows: A Designer's Guide to Substance 3D and Creative Cloud Integration (2024)
Joseph Labrecque
Adobe Creative 3D WorkflowsÌýbrings a practical approach to understanding not only how to begin working with 3D assets but how each of the relevant Adobe apps interact through the creation and application of 3D materials, models, and effects across different workflows.

Adobe Creative Cloud Classroom in a Book: Design Software Foundations with Adobe Creative Cloud (2022)
Joseph Labrecque
Your Adobe Creative Cloud subscription delivers a breathtaking collection of state-of-the-art creativity tools―for web, print, video, interactive, digital marketing, UX/UI design, and more. With so much power, where do you start? If you're familiar with one or two of Adobe's tools, how do you extend your knowledge to make the most of the entire Creative Cloud, choose the right tool for each job, and do amazing work? Start right here, with the only classroom-proven guide to the entireÌýAdobe Creative Cloud suite: Adobe Creative Cloud Classroom in a Book.

Agenda Melding News, Social Media, Audiences and Civic Community (2019)
Donald L. Shaw,ÌýMilad Minooie,ÌýDeb AikatÌýand Chris J. Vargo
Built on the premise that people construct civic community from the information used to trace the processes by which we mix, or meld, agendas from various sources into a coherent picture of the civic community in which we live.Ìý

Cases in Public Relations Strategy (2018)
Edited by Burton St. John, Diana K. Martinelli, Robert S. Pritchard, Cylor Spaulding
Draws on original, real-world case studies to provide students with a strategic approach to meeting the needs of a client before, during, and beyond a campaign. This practical, client-oriented text shows students how to systematically evaluate and adapt to the needs of a particular client—whether big or small, global or local, for-profit or nonprofit—in order to launch the most effective campaign.

Communicating Climate Change (2022)
Juita-Elena (Wie) Yusuf, Burton St. John III
This edited collection focuses on theoretical and applied research-based observations concerning how experts, advocates, and institutions make climate change information accessible to different audiences.

The Global Foundations of Public Relations, Humanism, China and the West (2021)
Edited by Robert E. Brown, Burton St. John, Jenny Zhengye Hou
Explores the growing humanistic turn in public relations processes and proposes that this has compelling parallels in the roots of Chinese philosophies.

The Global Public Relations Handbook: Theory, Research and Practice (2020)
Edited by Krishnamurthy Sriramesh and Dejan Vercic (2020)
Offers state-of-the-art discussions of the global public relations industry, blending research-based theory with practice, and presented in essays from both academics and practitioners.Ìý

A Guide to UX Design and Development (2023)
Joseph Labrecque
Gain a thorough understanding of the two pillars of any User Experience project: the mission and the process. The mission is to keep the user in mind at each step or milestone as the developer progresses through the project. The process is how that mission is accomplished through collaboration and the use of research, design and development technologies. This book walks you through a developer's journey through the UX process, from start to finish.

The JavaScript Workshop: Learn to develop interactive web applications with clean and maintainable JavaScript code (2019)
Joseph Labrecque, Jahred Love, Daniel Rosenbaum, Nick Turner, Gaurav Mehla, Alonzo L. Hosford, Florian Sloot, Philip Kirkbride
If you're looking for a programming language to develop flexible andÌý efficient apps, JavaScript is a great choice. However, while offering real benefits, the complexity of the entire JavaScript ecosystem can be overwhelming. This Workshop is a smarter way to learn JavaScript. It is specifically designed to cut through the noise and help build your JavaScript skills from scratch, while sparking your interest with engaging activities and clear explanations.

Mastering Adobe Animate 2021 (2021)
Joseph Labrecque
Step into the world of animation and go beyond the fundamentals of Adobe Animate to bring experiences to life through expert-led content.

Mastering Adobe Animate 2023 (2023)
Joseph Labrecque
A comprehensive guide to designing modern, animated, and interactive content using Animate.

Media and Religion: The Global View (2021)
Edited byÌýStewart Hoover and Nabil Echchaibi
This volume of Media and Religion considers the mediation of religion in the context of global relations of power, culture, and communication.
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