Education
Ph.D., Journalism (Strategic Communication), 2010, University of Missouri at Columbia
- Dissertation: “The role of narrative and other-referencing in attenuating psychological reactance to persuasive diabetes messages” (recipient of the 2010 International and National Communication Associations' Health Communication Dissertation of the Year Award) Adviser: Glenn M. Leshner, Ph.D.
M.A., Journalism, 2007, University of Texas at Austin
- Thesis: “Boys will be boys: Feminist and patriarchal perspectives on sexual violence and masculinity in coverage of the Duke lacrosse rape scandal” Adviser: Dustin M. Harp, Ph.D.
B.A., Journalism & Mass Communication (Public Relations emphasis), 2002, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
University of Cambridge Natural Science Summer Program, 1999, Cambridge, UK
Academic Appointments
Assistant Professor of Public Relations (tenure-track), Texas Tech University, College of Media & Communication, Department of Public Relations, September 2010 – May 2015
Instructor, University of Missouri, School of Journalism, Department of Strategic Communication, January 2009 – May 2010
Research Assistant, University of Missouri, School of Journalism, Department of Strategic Communication, August 2007 – May 2010
Teaching Assistant, University of Missouri, School of Journalism, Department of Strategic Communication, August – December 2008
Research Assistant, University of Texas, College of Communication, School of Journalism, January 2006 – August 2007