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Kansas City, MO, US

Lawrence, Kansas, United States

Little Rock, Arkansas, United States

Chapel Hill, NC

I have developed a mixed-methods research agenda that includes scholarship primarily in the area of media and crime from a news sociology perspective. My dissertation includes elements of community structure and the social responsibility role of news to understand the different ways that media inform and can learn from perceptions of crime in stratified.

Duluth, Minnesota Area

I taught courses (online and traditional) including Reporting and Writing I; Digital Storytelling; Editing I: Copy Editing and Layout; and Editing II: Newsroom Practicum. Additionally, I served as the Editorial Advisor for The Statesman student newspaper and website. Other responsibilities included serving on search committees, curriculum development.

Rockford, Illinois Area

I worked with local newsrooms throughout the United States to design and copy edit newspaper pages through a combine design hub. Responsibilities included laying out pages using Adobe InDesign, editing stories for grammar, punctuation, and style; and writing headlines, cutlines, and other big type.

Whitewater, Wisconsin

I developed and taught two sections (one in Fall 2012 and one in Spring 2013) of JOURNLSM 376: "Journalism for the Web."

Rockford, Illinois Area

Build sales and customer relationships through special event promotion, programming and advertising at outside entities in Rockford region.Organize demographic and user data to gain insights into the type of consumers who are using our products.Drive traffic to stores through social media and cross promotions.Create and maintain public relations program to.

Rockford, Illinois Area

Developed marketing strategy, advertising (print, television, radio and on-line) and messaging for popular and successful minor league hockey teamManaged game operations department including two full-time video services staff and 25 game-day staffDrove non-traditional ticket-sales strategies and created cross-promotional efforts with other arena assets to.

Developed marketing strategy, advertising (print, television, radio and on-line) and messaging for popular and successful minor league hockey teamManaged part-time game-day staff of 25 and led game-day video and audio production team Created cross-promotional efforts with other arena assets to grow customer base and expand into otherwise under-represented.

Led annual redesign of icehogs.com, expanding and improving interactivity, multimedia presence and navigabilityLed design of quarterly publication including story development, layout and productionPromoted team, ticket specials and promotions through regular interaction with media outlets, social media and icehogs.com

Taught JOUR 272: "Information Gathering and Reporting: Digital Storytelling and Content Development" after complete redesign of course curriculum.

Report on newsworthy events and themes in Galesburg, Illinois, and surrounding area.Led story selection and design of weekly Education section front.Was lead reporter on school closing coverage and district consolidation coverage.

Before becoming Editor of Knox College's weekly student newspaper, served as Production Manager, Layout Editor, Sports Columnist, Features Columnist, and Reporter.As Editor, oversaw moving production schedule from bi-weekly to weekly while focusing on building creative and unique audience-centric stories.

Doctor Of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Mass Communication/Media Studies

Coursework included classes in content analysis, research survey design, qualitative methods, computational methods, communication theory.

Msj, Reporting And Writing

Coursework included: sports and society, urban reporting (consumer affairs), public affairs reporting.

Ba, Chemistry, Journalism

Activities and Societies: The Knox Student, Sigma Nu Fraternity, KARES environmental clubServed as President of the Sigma Nu fraternity.