Assistant Professor of Public Policy and Communication

• Jun 2022 - Present

• Aug 2020 - Jul 2022

• Faculty advisor for the student newspaper, The Trumpet. • Monitors daily operations including hosting meetings, trainings, story assignments• Checks for AP style, inverted pyramid, accuracy and newsworthiness of content.• Management of content, social media, video/graphic design, photography• Created the following new platform Issuu, marketing videos (oversaw the storyboard/writing, production, and dissemination), participated in a Branding Kickoff meeting for The Trumpet new logo design, created new website, Trumpet Sakai page for interns/staff• created and designed news app and new page layout • Oversaw documentary production and publication for 100-years. Show less

• Aug 2018 - Jul 2022

• teach broadcasting, journalism, and communication courses. e.g. news writing and reporting, writing for radio and television (screen writing), broadcast performance, oral communication, media sales, special topics: instructional technology. • Created asynchronous remote modules on Sakai for COM 231, COM 232, and COM 312.• compose publications, present research at various conferences like ECA and OCA.• Member of the following committees: RECAP (student research), Distance Education, 100-year Trumpet publication/events• Assist with recruiting, retention, and advisor to undergraduate communication majors• Composes news releases, Associate Press style guidelines• Qualtrics/SPSS Show less

• Aug 2018 - Jul 2022

• Oversees writing, production, and talent for Newsline 14.• Monitors newsworthy stories in broadcast writing style• Assists students with packages and news briefs/readers• Monitors rundown for accuracy, total run time, and story placement• Experience working with Google Analytics

Assistant Editor, Graduate Assistant

• Aug 2018 - Aug 2020

• manages manuscript submissions • coordinates peer review process • serves as book review editor, edit accepted manuscripts for publication / APA formatting • reviews manuscripts as needed • upgrades JCMS to ECommons platform • manages manuscript submissions • coordinates peer review process • serves as book review editor, edit accepted manuscripts for publication / APA formatting • reviews manuscripts as needed • upgrades JCMS to ECommons platform

Learning/writing Specialist & instructor of writing/freshmen seminar

• Aug 2016 - Jul 2018

• Taught freshmen seminar, introductory writing courses, and summer bridge college preparation courses • Assisted students with , prewriting development, story development, and formatting MLA, APA • Provided tutoring to students focused on thesis statement, support, organization, revising, and editing. • Taught freshmen seminar, introductory writing courses, and summer bridge college preparation courses • Assisted students with , prewriting development, story development, and formatting MLA, APA • Provided tutoring to students focused on thesis statement, support, organization, revising, and editing.

• Mar 2010 - Jul 2016

• Facilitator of twelve sections of Composition 1 courses. Focused on fundamentals of rhetoric and writing academic essays: standard expository writing utilizing narrative, descriptive, evaluative, and persuasive strategies, taught in a computer-lab setting, emphasizing revising and rewriting. • Facilitator of developmental education courses in reading and writing, Interpersonal Communications, Oral Communications, Freshmen Year Experience, and Business Writing. • Implemented varied strategies and differentiated assessments in order to accommodate diverse needs of students who were transitioning from high school or working careers.• Taught continuing education credit classes to daycare workers in how to teach reading to children ages four and up using multi- sensory reading techniques. Show less

• May 2014 - Jun 2016

• Provided tutoring to students in Composition 1/developmental writing; focused on thesis statement, support, organization, revising, and editing.• Offer assistance with developing study strategies and reading skills. Perform reading assessments and Gardner's Multiple Intelligence Theory assessment.• Work with the tutee to develop a tutoring plan that fits the student’s individual needs to ensure academic development.• Experience in working with dyslexia.• Proctor and administer exams and certification testing. Show less