Skills

Computerized Social Media, Organizational and Instructional Communication, Political Leadership, Group Politicization, International Relations, Political Psychology, European Union Studies 

Education                                                                                                                                                         Ph.D., Journalism and Mass Communications, University of North Carolina, 2012

Roy H. Park Doctoral Fellowship

M.A., Communication and Leadership, Gonzaga University, 2008

Graduate Honors: Summa cum laude

Thesis: “Facebooked: Groupthink in New Media”

B.A., Political Science, University of North Carolina, 2005

Certificate, European Union Studies, University of North Carolina, 2005

Awarded by the Center for European Studies/EU Center of Excellence. Areas of emphasis: Business in the EU, Transatlantic Relations, Politics in the EU. Policy Paper: “The EU Lifting the Chinese Weapons Ban – Diplomacy or Appeasement?”

Conference Papers and Presentations

"Facebooked: Groupthink in the Era of Computer Mediated Social Networking." presented at the American Political Science Association’s Preconference on Political Communication, Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government, 2008

Conference Participant at the 104th Annual meeting of American Political Science Association, “Categories and the Politics of Global Inequalities,” Boston, MA, 2008

Guest Lecturer at the Annual Conference meeting of the Coalition of Higher Education Assistance Organizations (COHEAO), “Current Strategies for Perkins Cash Management/Portfolio Management as Balances Rise and Fall,” January 2009.

Coauthor: Mckeever, R., Rosenblutt, D., (In Press), “Giving Business a FACElift: The Business Case for Digital Social Media and Online Advertising: A Collaborative Interdisciplinary Research Study” May 2009.  

Awards and Honors

Summa cum laude distinction (2008)

Roy H. Park Doctoral Fellowship (2009)

EU Consortium Certificate of Excellence (Inaugural class of recipients, 2005)

Dean’s List (2000, 2001, 2002)

Forensics and Debate: Degrees Merit, Honor, and Excellence (1999-2000)

Grants

Fit Community Grant (2006): Awarded by the Health and Wellness Trust Fund / BCBSNC, the Fit Community Grant has since garnered $30,000 annually in grant funding for the development of infrastructure supporting healthy citizen lifestyles in Durham. All grant funding allocation is coordinated under the Bike and Pedestrian Planning Committee of the DCHC-MPO/Durham Department of Transportation. Sponsor: Alison Carpenter 

Professional Affiliations

American Political Science Association

The Center for European Studies at UNC-Chapel Hill 

Eastern Communication Association

Center for Creative Leadership

University of North Carolina General Alumni Association

The John William Pope Center for higher education policy

The European Union Studies Association

The Media Ecology Association

Graduate Student Association at UNC-Chapel Hill