Academics

Welcome! A proud graduate of East Carolina University and Queens University of Charlotte, I specialize in digital communications, media studies, and ICT literacy, leveraging my jane-of-all-trades outlook to explore how technology is impacting today’s culture and new media landscape.

I have recently completed a College Teaching & Learning Certificate from the University of North Carolina at Wilmington, furthering my studies and aspiration to one day teach.

College Teaching and Learning Certificate - UNC - Wilmington

Graduate Studies - Queens University of Charlotte - Knight School of Communication

Graduate School Portfolio
Key Skills from my Graduate Experience
Thesis: The Internet Remembers
Inquiry Proposal: The Internet Remembers (COM 680)
Not-So-Secret Menu: Organizational Sense-making with Starbucks and Breastfeeding (Comprehensive Exam, COM 680)
Theories, Leaks, and Spoilers: Fandoms and the New Media’s New Battles - Short Paper #6 (COM 624)
Binge Mode: Managing Fandom Communities - Short Paper #4 (COM 624)
Community Representation with The Ringer - Short Paper #3 (COM 624)
Expectation Versus Reality - Short Paper #2 (COM 624)
Netflix’s Audience Feedback - Short Paper #1 (COM 624)
Digital Media Literacy: Understanding Self-Presentation & Self-Disclosure in Influencer Culture (COM 655)
"Always On" Book Review (COM 655)
Understanding the Relationship of Online Privacy and Social Media using #DeleteFacebook (COM 638)
Grounded Theory and Disaster Communications in the Wake of Hurricane Florence (COM 638)
Top 10 Best Practices for Communicating Organizational Identity and Brand (COM 655)
Focusing on Fandom: Participatory Media and Connectivity with Fan Communities. (COM 658)
Strategic Communications Plan 2018 (COM 613)
Youtube Changes - Video Presentation (COM 613)
Oral Presentation of Habermas & Corporate Social Responsibility (COM 613)
Engage! Book Review (COM 613)
Rising Tide's Community over Competition (COM 610)
Creativity Consultant - Reflection Blog #3 (COM 610)
Rising Tide: Textual Analysis (COM 610)
Human Resources - Reflection Blog #2 (COM 610)
Classical Management - Reflection Blog #1 (COM 610)
The Fall of Blockbuster Video - Final Presentation (COM 616)
Misinformation - Blog #7 (COM 616)
Health Interpersonal Communications - Blog #6 (COM 616)
Communication Ethics - Blog 5 (COM 616)
Narratives - Blog 2 (COM 616)
Buying In - Blog 4 (COM 616)

Undergraduate Studies - East Carolina University

Media Studies (Undergraduate Portfolio)
Case Study: Citizen Kane
Clara Bow (U.S. & International Film History)
"Hollywood East" Going South (Eng. 1200)