University of Southern California | Los Angeles, CA
Ph.D., Communication, anticipated 2014
Primary focal track: Interpersonal and Health Communication
Secondary focal track: Media, Culture and Community
Dissertation: “A Face is Worth a Thousand Words: Using Badges to Train Teachers in Non-verbal Sensitivity and Improvisation”
Chair:
Dr. Henry Jenkins, Provost’s Professor of Communication, Cinematic Arts, Education, and Journalism
Committee:
Dr. Lynn Miller, Professor, Annenberg School for Communication & Professor, Department of Psychology
Dr. Brendesha Tynes, Associate Professor, Rossier School of Education
Dr. Virginia Kuhn, Associate Professor of Cinema Practice, School of Cinematic Arts & Associate Director, Institute for Multimedia Literacy
Dr. Susan Harris, Associate Director of Research and Academic Affairs, Dornsife Joint Educational Project & Research Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Sociology
Tufts University | Medford, MA
M.A., Child Development, 2006
Concentration: Children’s media
Applied internship with PBS Kids television show Fetch! with Ruff Ruffman at WGBH studios in Boston, MA
Thesis: “ttyl: Adolescent girls, social aggression, and Instant Messenger”
Co-Chairs: Dr. Julie Dobrow, Dr. Calvin L. Gidney
Northwestern University | Evanston, IL
B.S., Education and Social Policy, 2002
Minors: Political Science, French
Applied practicum in the office of Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan (D-NY) in Washington, D.C.
Junior year abroad at Université de la Sorbonne Nouvelle-Paris III in Paris, France
Thesis: “Education vs. care: Comparative child care practices and ideologies in the United States, France, and Norway”
Chair: Dr. Gunhild Hagestad