Faculty member in the Agricultural and Environmental Sciences Communication Program Agricultural Leadership, Education, and Communication DepartmentCollege of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources Director of student-written annual Strategic Discussions for Nebraska publication (https://sdn.unl.edu/) Academic Advisor

Public relations faculty member in the Mass Media DepartmentSocial scientific researcher focused on crisis management and disaster preparednessAdvisor for the public relations campaign workshopAcademic Advisor

Public Relations faculty member in the Strategic Communication Department in the College of CommunicationSocial scientific researcher on organizational change management, employee engagement, crisis communication, risk communication, and strategic planningAcademic Advisor for Strategic Communication MajorsConference on Ethics and Public Argumentation Committee Member (College Level)Professional Standards Committee Member (College Level)

Instructor of Record for various communication courses (i.e., Organizational Communication, Interpersonal Communication, Business and Writing Tactics).Undergraduate Apprentice MentorEditorial Assistant, Communication Yearbook, International Communication Association (Editor: Elisia Cohen)Research Fellow, Division of Risk Sciences Graduate Research Assistant, Division of Risk Sciences (i.e., Environmental Protection Agency)

My InnerView's Mission:To provide senior care leaders evidence-based management tools to better achieve their organization's goalsGuiding senior care operational improvementFor thousands of providers and millions of consumers and employees throughout the senior care profession, when it comes to knowing what to improve and how to improve a senior care operation, managers, administrators and executives turn to My InnerView for guidance.Results based on knowing more about what matters mostIf knowing more matters to consumers and family, then knowing more matters most to the people who work in the senior care profession.One-of-a-kind senior care benchmarking capabilitiesExecutives and managers of senior care organizations find tremendous value in comparing their performance achievements with their peers. Effective benchmarking can be accomplished with My InnerView, using the profession's largest database of satisfaction and quality metrics available. Using these metrics, My InnerView publishes the National Survey of Consumer and Workforce Satisfaction in Nursing Homes — the most anticipated annual report of its kind in the country.

Completed a quantitative master's thesis along with required coursework for degree

Change and Employee EngagementCompiled global research for a worldview on employee engagementCreated proposals for new business deals on change management and employee engagementDesigned best practice material for clients on mergers and acquisitions, integration methods and changeCrafted client memos summarizing how Edelman caters to specific needs in change managementConstructed blog entries for management discussion on the team's social media siteFirsthand assistant to team members in conducting interviews and focus groups to gain deeper insight from each

Assigned to a project with Everest College as an administrative assistant in the student accounts officePerformed basic secretarial duties including filing, copying, updating spreadsheets, printing reports, etc. Carefully handled confidential student financial informationCompleted a variety of projects for the director of student accounts as neededContacted students by phone for collection of past due payment

Assisted in tuition management and grant and aid assessments for private educational institutions Reviewed data for trends in customer concerns to gauge customer satisfaction Managed phone calls from clients answering questions regarding applications for financial aid Trained incoming representatives in practices and procedures Welcomed and introduced new prospective families and schools to the company Handled numerous incoming customer complaints professionally

Assisted in hiring and retention of productive workers for each client Compared data between companies to find patterns within various applicant pools Compiled data to complete applicant reviews for various companies Extracted data from online source to complete business reviews Gained in-depth knowledge of Microsoft Office, specifically Microsoft Excel