UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION
Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware, Ohio
❏ Bachelor of Arts, Journalism
❏ Bachelor of Arts, Religion
Received December 2011

POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION
Ohio University – Athens, Ohio
and University of Leipzig – Leipzig, Saxony, Germany (double degree)
❏ Master of Science, Journalism
❏ Master of Arts, Global Mass Communication
Received December 2020
Thesis topic: The Influence of Shareability, Virality, and Metrics in Journalistic Decisionmaking
Thesis chair: Dr. Hans Meyer

Courses taken include: Magazine Feature Writing; Journalism Historiography; Mass Media Theory; Communication Law; Ethics, Internet, and Society; Research Methods; International Media Systems; The Art of Brevity; Intercultural Communication; and Body, Nation, Citizenship.

HONORS AND AWARDS
Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, History
Division
❏ Diversity Award
❏ Student Research Award, Third Place
Presented at AEJMC National Conference, August 2019

PRESENTATIONS AT PROFESSIONAL CONFERENCES
Paper title: “Cultural Hegemony in New York Press Coverage of the 1969 Stonewall Riots”
❏ Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, Regional
Conference, March 2019
❏ Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, National
Conference, August 2019

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
❏ Investigative Reporters and Editors
❏ Society of Professional Journalists