September 2023 - Present | Professor, Sacred Heart University ‐ School of Communication, Media & The Arts | |
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September 2018 - August 2023 | Associate Professor Communication & Media Arts, Director of MLDC Graduate Program, Sacred Heart University ‐ School of Communication, Media & the Arts | |
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2015 - August 2018 | Assistant Professor, Director of MLDC Graduate Program, Sacred Heart University ‐ School of Communication & Media Arts | |
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2014 - 2015 | Full-Time Faculty, Central Connecticut State University ‐ Department of Communication | |
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2011 - 2013 | Full-Time Faculty, Eastern Connecticut State University ‐ Department of Communications | |
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1998 - 2013 | Graduate Teaching, Adjunct, and Visiting Lecturer, University of Massachusets, Amherst ‐ Communication Department | |
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2008 - 2009 | Graduate Teaching, Adjunct, and Visiting Lecturer, Babson College ‐ History and Society Division | |
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2006 - 2008 | Full-Time Faculty, Central Connecticut State University ‐ Department of Communication | |
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2004 - 2005 | Full-Time Faculty, Suffolk University ‐ Department of Communication | |
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1995 - 2004 | Graduate Teaching, Adjunct, and Visiting Lecturer, University of Hartford ‐ School of Communication | |
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Disciplines
Research Interests
Media Studies, Theory, Ethics & Literacy, Popular Culture, Race and Representation, Film and Television Studies, Criticism & History, Film and Politics, Gender and Communication, Research Methods, Communication Technologies, Communication and Social Change, Visual Culture, and Analysis of Popular Culture
Grants
2019 - 2020 | University Research and Creative Grant (URCG) |
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Honors and Awards
- First-Year Experience Student Choice Award, UMASSS-Amherst, 2011
- Nominated for Distinguished Teaching Award, UMASS-Amherst, 2010
- Excellence in Teaching Honor Roll, Central Connecticut State University, 2008
- Recipient, Top Competitive Paper Awards from Eastern Connecticut Communication Association Annual Convention, 1999, 2000, 2001
- Recipient, Commendation for Outstanding Teaching, University of Massachusettes, Amherst, Department of Communication, 1999
- Board member The Global Critical Media Literacy Project
- Tenure and Promotion 2018/2019 AY
- Tenure and Promotion 2023/2024 AY
- 2024 URCG Award for “The Culture Wars Are Back (They Never Really Went Away): Political Communication and the Ongoing Battle Over Cultural Issues”
Courses
- Foundations of Media Literacy
- Race and Representation
- Media Ethics
1998 - 2004 | Ph.D. Media Studies, University of Massachusetts, Amherst ‐ Media Studies | |
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1999 | MA, University of Hartford ‐ School of Communication | |
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1995 | BA, Charter Oak State College ‐ Journalism | |
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Links
Contact Information
School of Communication, Media & The Arts
Martire Center W220
College of Arts and Sciences
203-396-8085
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