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With more than 17 years of experience in public relations, Wilks delivers a solid background in nonprofit and organizational communication. She shares her experience with clients and students, teaching them essential skills and developing practical solutions for common public relations challenges. Her strengths include strategic planning, advocacy, website and social media management, special event planning, volunteer recruitment and fundraising. Over the years, Wilks has worked in health care and insurance, arts, environmental and natural resources industries, for both nonprofit and governmental agencies. She joined the LSU Manship School of Communication as an instructor in August 2015.

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Wilks completed her B.A. in mass communication at the LSU Manship School of Mass Communication in 1998. She achieved her accreditation in public relations (APR) in 2009 by the Universal Accreditation Board and the Public Relations Society of America. She was honored with the First Circle Award from the Baton Rouge Chapter of the Public Relations Association of Louisiana in 2012, and the Senior Practitioner Award from the Southern Public Relations Federation in 2013.