Experience

Moody College of Communication

• United States
• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director of Faculty Affairs

  • Sep 2021 - Present

  -Manage and support faculty recruitment and retention for the college and Dean’s Office, including selected HR processes and drafting and editing of offer letters. Serve as the liaison to the Provost’s Office on faculty affairs issues related to recruitment, retention, appointment, promotion, tenure, and evaluations. -Coordinate all aspects of the college's Promotion and Tenure processes. Support the faculty and departments/schools with preparing candidate dossiers and ensure that all university and college policies are followed. Support the college’s Promotion and Tenure committee. Support the Dean in preparation for the President's Committee on Promotion. -Coordinate all aspects of college faculty reviews, including the Third-Year Review process, Associate Professor post-tenure reviews, Annual Reviews and Comprehensive Periodic Reviews for all appropriate faculty members. Track faculty outcomes for all reviews. Coordinate the college's peer review of teaching process. -Coordinate selected UT System, university, and college award nominations and applications. Coordinate Dean's Fellowships and Faculty Research Awards and Summer Research Awards with Associate Deans. Support the college's award committees and selected workgroups and task forces. -Maintain database to track faculty endowment holders and fellows. Assist with annual endowment faculty letter process, ensuring accuracy of information and cross checking with Development and Business Services. Prepare and send letters as requested by the Dean to new holders and fellows. Coordinate selection, engagement, and annual requirements of professor emeriti. -Plan and organize recognitions and activities for faculty achievements such as promotions, awards, and other accomplishments. -Write and maintain faculty policies and procedures on college website and/or intranet, including college and department/school governance. Show less



School of Journalism

• Canada
• Higher Education

• Administrative Manager

  • Jan 2016 - Aug 2021

  -Manage and oversee all administrative aspects related to the operations of the School, including management of administrative staff and other employees-Provide support and guidance to the director and associate director of the School-Responsible for all financial oversight, including accounts payable, transfers, donations, scholarships, and other line items-Oversee faculty evaluation and advancement, including promotion and tenure, peer observations, reviews (annual, third year and CPR) in line with Provost guidelines-Coordinate and execute HR business processes for the School, including hiring, data changes, costings, terminations and retirements, faculty contracts and FRLs, and PARs-Oversee curricular and course scheduling processes, including inventory, classroom schedules, catalog updates, flags, final exams, textbook orders and curricular changes-Organize events for the School, from large annual distinguished lectures to smaller guest speakers, including room reservations, travel and lodging, honorariums, receptions, facilities requests, etc.-Serve on committees for the Moody College of Communication, such as the Staff Excellence Committee, Global Engagement Committee and Course Scheduling Committee Show less

• Program Coordinator

  • Sep 2015 - Dec 2015

  Serve as the program coordinator for the Knight Center, a non-profit organization housed in the Journalism School at the University of Texas at Austin. Responsible for maintaining daily operations, such as staff and student appointments, purchasing, and overseeing all finances for the Center. Organize large-scale conferences on campus, specifically the International Symposium on Online Journalism, a conference that brings more than 450 people to Austin for three days of panels, lectures and demonstrations on new trends in journalism. Responsible for all of the logistics for the event. This includes arranging speaker travel, reserving area hotels for participants, finding a venue, renting equipment, hiring A/V support, ordering food and even printing name tags. Seek out new funding opportunities and write grant proposals for major U.S. and international foundations and partners, including the Knight Foundation, Omidyar Network, Google, Open Society Foundations, The Dallas Morning News, Scripps Howard Foundation, Univision and Ford Foundation. Once a grant is received, maintain finances and report out on the deliverables of the grant. Show less

• Senior Administrative Associate

  • Sep 2014 - Aug 2015

• Administrative Associate

  • Dec 2011 - Aug 2014



Salzburg Global Seminar

• Public Policy Offices
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Program Coordinator

  • Dec 2009 - Aug 2011

  Served as the coordinator of the Seminar’s media initiative, including the Salzburg Academy on Media & Global Change. This 3-week summer study abroad program in Salzburg, Austria, brought more than 65 students and faculty together from 17 countries to discuss media’s influence around the world. Responsible for all the program logistics, including travel arrangements, securing passport visas, providing on-site housing, issuing payment invoices, creating and maintaining a budget, and organizing group activities and outings. Also responsible for coordinating transferable academic credit from the U.S.-based host institution, University of Maryland, to 11 other international universities. Oversaw and maintained the program’s website, social media presence and a student blog. Show less



University of Maryland

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Academic Advisor/Instructor, College of Journalism

  • Sep 2009 - Jan 2011

  Assisted undergraduate students with four-year plans, course schedules, issues of academic dishonesty and probation, and other academic concerns. Worked with Associate Dean and Assistant Dean to develop new advising protocols. Taught multiple sections of UNIV100, a general introduction to the university limited to incoming freshman journalism majors. Responsible for creating lesson plans, assignments, activities and providing guidance and information to incoming freshmen. Was also responsible for coordinating the College's recruitment efforts for prospective journalism students, including 6-8 open houses per semester, private tours, and designing recruitment materials given to prospective students. Show less

• Program Intern

  • Jun 2009 - Sep 2009

  Interned at the Salzburg, Austria offices of this American non-profit for three months. Assisted staff with preparations for various seminars, including gathering and organizing materials, providing A/V support for presentations, contacting potential Seminar attendees, and many other tasks. Required organizational and data gathering skills. Was the single intern assigned to the Salzburg Academy, a three-week program, and was responsible for most of the necessary behind-the-scenes preparations. Interned at the Salzburg, Austria offices of this American non-profit for three months. Assisted staff with preparations for various seminars, including gathering and organizing materials, providing A/V support for presentations, contacting potential Seminar attendees, and many other tasks. Required organizational and data gathering skills. Was the single intern assigned to the Salzburg Academy, a three-week program, and was responsible for most of the necessary behind-the-scenes preparations.

• Office Assistant, Student Services Office, College of Journalism

  • May 2006 - May 2009

  Throughout the school year and summer, assisted callers and visitors, performed basic administrative duties, worked with the College's faculty and staff, assisted Associate and Assistant Deans in redesigning advising protocol. Was also in charge of speaking with prospective students and their families interested in the College of Journalism and redesigning the College's recruitment materials.

• Teaching Assistant, College of Journalism

  • Aug 2007 - Dec 2008

  Served as Associate Dean Olive Reid’s liaison with the students, grading all their work and providing them with feedback in the course UNIV100. Responsible for all the organization and preparation for each weekly meeting. Present in the classroom for every session, and led two classes when Dean Reid was unable to attend.



The Gazette

• United Kingdom
• Newspaper Publishing

• Freelance Reporter

  • Sep 2007 - Apr 2008

  Freelanced for this D.C.-based chain of newspapers owned by The Washington Post Company. Wrote hard news, feature and sports stories for the weekly publication, and for online content updated daily. Freelanced for this D.C.-based chain of newspapers owned by The Washington Post Company. Wrote hard news, feature and sports stories for the weekly publication, and for online content updated daily.