Education

Ph.D., STUDENT AND ROY H. PARK FELLOW

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill,  School of Journalism and Mass Communication

    • Expected graduation date: May 2010

    • Focus: Effects of exemplification in online news presentations in priming prejudice of mental illness

    • Chair: Rhonda Gibson, Ph.D.

MASTER OF ARTS, JOURNALISM

The University of Texas at Austin,  May 1995,  School of Journalism and Mass Communication

    • Thesis: “Technology, roles and gender in the business communications environment”

    • Thesis advisor: Paula Poindexter, Ph.D.

    • Focus: Public relations and advertising

BACHELOR OF FINE ARTS, PHOTOGRAPHY  

James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Va.,  May 1993,  College of Fine Arts and Communication

    • Magna Cum Laude

    • Minor in journalism

Other education:

    • “Video for Educators” course taken at the AEJMC National Convention; Chicago, Ill., August, 2008

    • Adobe certification courses in advanced InDesign, advanced Photoshop, advanced Flash, and HTML

Academic Service

Association of Educators of Journalism and Mass Communication

    • 2009-2010 Membership Chairperson of the Visual Communication Division

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

    • I have been selected to serve on the School of Journalism and Mass Communication graduate admissions committee, January 2010

    • Lab assistant, Multimedia Bootcamp, May 2009

    • Research Roundtable Committee Member, 2008-2009

    • Judge, National Council of Farmer Cooperatives communication design contest, November 2008

    • Judge, North Carolina Scholastic Media Association’s high school newspaper contests, May 2008

    • Graduate Student Marshall, Ph.D. hooding ceremony, May 2008

The Digital Storytelling Effects Lab (DiSEL) Consortium

    • Assisted in the January 2008 planning session at the University of Minnesota for a new round of research

    • Presented eyetracking research to participants at the Society for News Design annual conference, September 2008

Virginia Wesleyan College

   • Faculty Assembly, Key to the Future Campaign

   • Unofficial advisor or The Marlin Chronicle, Virginia Wesleyan College’s student newspaper, 2005-2007

Professional Associations

   • Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC)

   • Digital Storytelling Effects Lab (DiSEL) Consortium

   • International Communication Association (ICA)