+ Serving as the primary contact for undergraduate student issues and communication in the ISC Department;+ Working with the faculty and chair of the ISC Department to determine and communicate the most pressing needs in undergraduate programs across the department;+ Serving on the ISC department Curriculum Committee;+ Serving on College and University committees related to undergraduate programs on behalf of the department;+ Serving on the Retention and Progress committee for the College of Communication and Information;+ Overseeing schedule building each semester for undergraduate classes across the department;+ Program assessment: Overseeing Program Student Learning Outcomes (PSLO) assessment for the department;+ Serving as the communication contact for student affairs officers and instructors regarding issues of student advising, degree progress, textbooks, resources, and student issues and needs;+ Working with the recruitment team to recruit students into undergraduate programs in the department;+ Overseeing graduate teaching assistant (GTA) assignments for the ISC Department each semester;+ Coordinating GTA administrative leadership and communication for the ISC Department;+ Offering teaching and advising resources to the faculty and instructors in the ISC Department

Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication, Media, and Languages, teaching communication courses for the department and advising students in the program of Strategic Communication.

Ph.D., doctoral fellowship recipient, instructor, and graduate teaching assistant for the University of Kentucky, College of Communication and Information.Instructor of Record: COM 252 Interpersonal Communication (FS17)COM 287 Persuasive Speaking (FS16, SP17)COM 313 Close Interpersonal Relationships (SU19 online)COM 325 Introduction to Organizational Communication (FS17, SP18, FS18)COM 325 Introduction to Organizational Communication (SU18 online)COM 352 Interpersonal Communication and Social Media (FS18, SP19)COM 471 Introduction to Health Communication (SP19)Graduate teaching assistant: COM 313 Close Interpersonal Relationships (FS16)COM 287 Persuasive Speaking (SU17)

Reviewing and rating students' use of reading, analysis, and writing skills in explaining how an author uses evidence, reasoning, and stylistic and persuasive elements.

- Collaborated with entrepreneurial team to develop business strategy from conception- Established creative direction for visual communication- Supervised development and visual design of website creation- Image curation, web administration, order fulfillment, customer service liaison- Public relations, content marketing, digital marketing, SEO, statistical analysis, inbound marketing, content marketing, Google Analytics

Instructor of Media Editing and Design, COMM 333

Instructor of Writing for Public Relations, COMM 576

Department of Communication graduate teaching assistant for Public Relations professor. Assisted with Introduction to Public Relations and Writing for Public Relations courses. Lecture preparation, assignment and examination assessment, examination proctoring, student communication, attendance evaluation. Acted as communication faculty liaison.

- Instructor of introductory and advanced photo communication and speech courses- Developed course instruction materials, structure and grading rubrics- Developed course assignments, grading structure, providing feedback to students- Assisted students at learning levels tailored to special needs

- Rebecca Blair Hughes and Joplin Globe Journalism Award recipient.- Joplin Globe internship, MSSU Spring 2014 semester.- Special supplement photographer, copy editor and design team member.- Feature and event photojournalism for assignments.

- Developed weekly photo budget structure, weekly photo assignments for staff of six photographers- Led, challenged and motivated photo staff to be stronger photojournalists- Developed photo archive structure and consistent cutline storage system, streamlined image specifications- Collaborated with fellow leadership team on Chart operations- Feature, portrait, event and news photography and illustrations, news and editorial columns

- Feature, portrait, event and news photography and illustration design- Event and international study reporting- Copy editing and design proofing- Fall 2013 cover photo assignment