Russell Dorn joined DePaul University's Marketing and Communications division in November 2016 as a manager of news & integrated content. In this role, Dorn works to promote DePaul University by sharing its special story to both internal and external entities.
Since graduating from Furman University in 2008 with a bachelor’s degree in history, Dorn has worked on a college campus in public relations for almost a decade. He came to DePaul after five years as an athletics communications assistant director at the University of Notre Dame. At Notre Dame, Dorn led media relations efforts for a wide variety of the university’s athletics programs.
A native of Greenwood, South Carolina, Dorn earned a master’s degree in sports administration from Georgia State University in 2011 after working in the university’s athletics communications office for two years as a graduate assistant. He lives in Roscoe Village with his fiancé, Erin, and their dog, Reese.