Dr. Karen Leanne Conrad

“I am a Public Relations academic from Melbourne, Australia. I moved to Miri in January this year with my husband to join the PR teaching team at Curtin Malaysia, and we were loving everything about our new life in Malaysia.

“We came home for what was supposed to be a two-week trip for our daughter’s wedding and coronavirus restrictions have meant we have not been able to return to Malaysia since. Fortunately, I’m able to teach online but I am very much missing so many things about our new life in Miri like laksa, watermelon juice, the beautiful gardens on campus, and most of all, my students.

“My move to Miri came after many years of teaching Public Relations mostly in Australia and running my own PR consultancy for many years. I was very excited about our move to Malaysia and hope to be able to get back there soon.” –Dr. Karen Leanne Conrad, Senior Lecturer, Department of Marketing, Faculty of Business