Teaching is not a lost art, but the regard for it is a lost tradition.”
― Jacques Barzun
TEACHING
Virginia Commonwealth University, Instructor of record
MASC336, Social Media in PR – Fall 2017 (Service-Learning Course, course newly developed), Spring 2018, Summer 2018, Fall 2018, Spring 2019, Summer 2019, Fall 2019, Spring 2020
MASC672, Strategic PR and Evaluation – Fall 2017 (Service-Learning Course, course newly developed in 2017)
MASC425, Public Relations Research – Fall 2016, Spring 2017, Fall 2019, Summer 2020 (Service-Learning Course, course newly developed in 2019)
MASC488, Strategic Communication of Health and Medicine – Spring 2018 (Service-Learning Course, new course in 2017)
MASC694, Strategic PR Campaign Design (Service-Learning Course, course newly developed, capstone) – Spring 2018
MASC151, Global Communication – Spring 2019, Summer 2019, Fall 2019
MASC492, Digital Communication Strategies for the COVID-19 Crisis – Spring 2020, Summer 2020, Fall 2020 (Service-Learning Course, new course in 2020)
MASC654, Persuasion – Fall 2020 (Service-Learning Course, new course in 2020)
Virginia Commonwealth University, Teaching Assistant:
SBHD605, Introduction to Social and Behavioral Health – Spring 2017
MASC151, Global Communication – Spring and Summer 2016
MASC291, Global Health and Social Media – Fall 2014 and Fall 2015
MASC691, Social Media Research – Spring 2015
IYLEP/MASC491/691: Social Media Leadership – Summer 2015 and Summer 2016
Guest Lectures, VCU
Health Behavior Theory and Social Media – SBHD605 – Fall 2019
Content Analysis – SBHD692 – Spring 2019
Visual Social Media Tools – SBHD605 – Intro to Social and Behavioral Health, Spring 2018
Content Analysis – MASC425, Public Relations Research – Fall 2014, Fall 2015
Global Health and Social Media – MASC491/691, Social Media Leadership, Summer 2015, Summer 2016
Visual Social Media – MASC491/691, Social Media Leadership, Summer 2014, Summer 2015
Visual Social Media – MASC291, Global Health and Social Media – Fall 2014, Fall 2015
Guest Lectures, Other
Content Analysis and Visual Social Media – for Dr. Emily Vraga’s Content Analysis course – University of Minnesota – Fall 2019
Visual social media – for Dr. Shana Meganck’s Research Methods Course at James Madison University – Fall 2019
Visual Social Media – COMM4413, Social Media and Advocacy, University of Texas at San Antonio, Fall 2015
Visual Social Media – #refugees(not)welcome on Instagram and Pinterest – Grady School of Journalism Study Abroad at Oxford University, Summer 2016
Invited presentations – Other
Health Literacy: Words Matter – Encore – Society for Public Health Education (SOPHE) – February 2021
National Vaccine Advisory Committee (NVAC, HHS) – Barriers to getting the COVID-19 vaccine – February 2021
Overcoming Resistance: Targeted Communications to Promote COVID-19 Vaccine Acceptance – Strategic Healthcare Marketing – February 2021
Navigating Vaccine Hesitancy – VCU COVID-19 BOLUS – February 2021
Communicating COVID Panel – VCU Tompkins McCaw Library – October 2020
Health Literacy: Words Matter – Society for Public Health Education (SOPHE) – October 2020
Vaccine Confidence Summit – Dept of Health and Human Services – September 2020
HPV vaccination Taskforce Virginia – Webinar on COVID-19 misinformation – April 2020
Facebook Live: COVID-19 and Cancer – April 2020
SOPHE – national webinar – Visual social media and misinformation – Fall 2019
VCU School of Medicine Lunchtime Learning – Fall 2019
Fake News or Real Revolution: Social Media Platforms in Health Communication – VCU School of Medicine Lunchtime Learning – Fall 2017
Effective Use of Social Media – Seminar for the Division of Epidemiology Summer Workshops for Public Health Professionals, Students, & Stakeholders, VCU, Summer 2017
Vaccines on Pinterest – Webinar for Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Spring 2016
Think Tank/Round Table invited presentations
Trust & Misinformation in the Age of Social Media – NCI, August 23-24, 2018
CSIS Global Health Policy Roundtable on Social Media and Vaccine Misinformation – CSIS, May 13, 2019
Digital Health Promotion Executive Leadership Summit – George Washington University, June 3-4, 2019
Digital Health Promotion Executive Leadership Summit – George Washington University, June 1-3, 2020