Assistant Professor of Professional Practice
Heidi Carr is the director of the undergraduate public relations program, and teaches courses specializing in Writing, Media Relations, Communication Literacy, Travel and Tourism, Political Messaging, Women in Communication and Message Development. She also oversees the PR internship for credit program, helping students get practical experience outside the classroom.
In 2020, she was the winner of the Robert and Christine Staub Faculty Excellence Award for Outstanding Achievement in Effective Teaching, and in 2024-25, was a cohort in the Civic Engagement Fellowship Program. She is a co-writer of “The Public Relations Writer’s Handbook” and a frequent speaker throughout South Florida on creating the “perfect pitch.”
Carr came to the School of Communication after a 25-year career in journalism, most of which was spent as an editor with The Miami Herald.