As a social science researcher, I examine how digital media is leveraged for social advocacy and raise public awareness of health and environmental issues. My research provides insights to media professionals, scholars, policymakers, and stakeholders.

My teaching career spans diverse institutional settings, including a private research university in the South (as a graduate student), a small liberal arts college in the Midwest, and a state-run public university in the Northeast. I am passionate about mentoring college students from all cultural backgrounds and preparing them for their own career success.

I have a broadcast journalism background and later shift my career focus to print journalism and digital media. Prior to my PhD program, I was an English-language journalist covering fashion and auto finance news in New York City. I have written and published approximately 120 news articles on multiple media platforms. I am proud to consider myself a one-woman band, and I enjoy being a multitasker in the newsroom.

I was the faculty advisor to The Exponent, a student-run newspaper at Baldwin Wallace University serving the campus community as well as Berea, OH. I am an executive board member at the Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) – Cleveland and the founder of SPJ – Stockton University.