PRSSA Chapter at UVU

I am an assistant professor of strategic communication at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah. I teach public relations writing, communication research methods and social media content creation. I have a Ph.D. from Purdue University majoring in organizational communication. Overall, I have 11 years of professional experience in strategic communication, M & E approaches, and research methodologies across for-profit, nonprofit sectors, and academia. My dissertation focused on collaborations in public health, specifically the role of communication in building trust and sharing knowledge in organizational networks. I have collaborated on data collection and impact evaluation of locally led peacebuilding efforts in West Africa and have led research projects to evaluate stakeholder relationships of nonprofit organizations and menstrual health education in India. I have also collaborated on interdisciplinary and multi university projects to examine local resource networks in Indiana during COVID-19, and the impact of free menstrual management products on cultural taboos of menstrual health. I have experience in managing an online masters program in strategic communication at Purdue University and I have designed and taught a global CSR ethics class in Bogota, Colombia. My goal is to advance community based research and bring in global and diverse perspectives in the classroom as an educator.