Resume

• 2015

  Flatland StratComm

  LLC

  Lubbock

  Texas

  My research focuses on children and media. I am specifically interested in parental mediation and why/how parent-child conversations about the media influence children at different developmental stages in various ways. I am currently working on several projects investigating the effects of active mediation within a persuasion framework. I have authored or co-authored articles that have appeared in academic publications such as Journal of Communication

  Communication Yearbook 37

  Journal of Health Communication

  Family Relations and Human Communication Research. My research has also been presented at conferences for the Society for Research in Child Development

  Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication

  International Communication Association

  and International Public Relations Research Conference.\n\nI have worked professionally in various public relations settings

  including corporate

  agency

  non-profit

  education

  and small business. I previously taught communications courses at The Ohio State University and Brigham Young University. \n

  Assistant Professor of Public Relations

  College of Media & Communication

  Texas Tech University

  Lubbock

  TX

  Flatland StratComm

  LLC was conceived in order to meet the growing demand for market research and strategic message creation for organizations nationwide. Located in Lubbock

  Texas

  Flatland has grown into one of the country's top market research and strategic communication labs in the country. \n\nI lead our research and outreach teams with a multi-method approach to solving research problems. I specializes in media effects research

  quantitative statistical analysis

  and message testing and optimization. Clients near and far enlist us to manage focus groups and complex survey research. As an experienced educator

  I also runs our workshops and market research training initiatives.

  Owner

  Flatland StratComm

  LLC

• 2009

  International Communication Association

  Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)

  Mass Communication/Media Studies

• Rasmussen

  College of Media & Communication

  Texas Tech University