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About ​Me
I am an assistant professor of strategic communication within the Department of Journalism and Mass Communications at Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Virginia. To my teaching, research, and service, I bring over a dozen years of professional strategic communication experience across the public, private, and social sectors. I was a gender equity/health educator with the U.S. Peace Corps in Togo, West Africa; a health communicator for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration; and a multi-national media consultant.

​While earning my doctorate, I worked as a wildland firefighter for the U.S. Forest Service, which motivated my dissertation on visual communication of wildfire recovery as informed by those who fight fire. I enjoy the outdoors and walked the Appalachian, Pacific Crest, Long, and Wonderland trails. I also bike-packed the Great Divide Mountain Bike Route.
Teaching Areas: Persuasive Writing; Public Relations Campaigns; Communication Strategy; Health and Environmental Communication; Media and Communication Theory and Methods
Research Areas: Visual Communication, Framing; Environmental Communication; Journalism; Climate Change and Wildfire
View my curriculum vitae to learn more about my academic and professional background (PDF).
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