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Honors and Activities

• AEJMC Promising Professor Competition, Faculty 2nd Place, 2008
• AEJMC Best of the Web, supervised student project winners:
  • San Marcos Online, 1st Place, Journalism Category
  • Thread Austin, 3rd Place, Journalism Category
• Guest Speaker, "Trends in New Media," ASNE Reynolds High School Journalism Institute, July 22, 2008
• AEJMC Panel, "Online and Offline Social Networking: Contexts and Applications in the Academy,"Chicago, IL, August 6, 2008
• AEJMC Panel, "Lifting our lamp: Educating Minority, Immigrant and Disadvantaged Students,"Chicago, IL, August 8, 2008
• Presidential Award for Excellence in Scholarly/Creative Activities, SJMC Nominee, Junior Faculty, 2008
• Presidential Award for Excellence in Teaching, SJMC Nominee, Junior Faculty, 2008
• Presentation “Trends in Interactive Advertising,” American Advertising Federation, Jan. 25, 2008
• Presentation “Trends in Multimedia,” to Society of Professional Journalists, Nov. 29, 2007
• Texas State University Research Enhancement Grant,  A Nation of Friends:  Diffusion of Online Social Networking , Summer 2008
• Texas State University Research Enhancement Grant, User-Created Content: How Social Networking Translates to Social Capital, Summer 2007
• Presentation "Creating a Photo Slideshow in Flash," Teaching and Working in a Multimedia World, AEJMC National Convention Workshop, August 8, 2007.
• Hosted panel "The YouTube Effect: User-Generated Content and Viral Marketing," AEJMC National Convention, Washington, D.C., August 10, 2007
• Presentation at National Writer's Workshop panel, "Stories Degree Zero: Enacting Journalism in a Multimedia Environment, San Antonio, TX, May 19, 2007
• Presentation "Social Media," Round Rock campus, March 6, 2007
• Presentation to Bobcat Promotions, "Introduction to Web Design," April 13, 2007.
• Guest lecturer, Advertising Campaigns class, "Interactive Media in Advertising," TSU, April 3, 2007.
• Co-director, Best of the Web competition, AEJMC Communication Technology Division, 2006-2007
• Texas State University Research Enhancement Grant, Summer 2007
• Texas State University, School of Journalism and Mass Communication, ad hoc Ph.D committee
• Texas State University, School of Journalism and Mass Communication, Library and Technology committees
• VCU Interdisciplinary Ph.D in Media, Art, and Text committee
• VCU School of Mass Communications Technology, Internship, and Curriculum committees
• VCU Search Committee for joint appointment position in History and Media Studies to support Interdisciplinary Ph.D. program
• Guest Lecturer, Communication Technology and Global Society, November 15, 2005
• Attended Association of Internet Researchers Conference, Chicago, October 2005
• Webmaster, VCU School of Mass Communications, 2005-2006
• AEJMC Promising Professor Competition, Graduate Student 2nd Place, 2004
• Bruton Fellowship, 2004-2005
• The University of Texas Continuing Fellowship, 2003-2004
• AEJMC, Best of the Web Design Competition, Honorable Mention for Teaching Sites, 2002
• Nettie Doscher More Fellowship, 2002
• Ada Francis Miller Fellowship, 2000 and 2002
• Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award- School of Journalism, 2001
• The University of Texas Preemptive Fellowship, 1999-2000
• The University of Texas Continuing Tuition Fellowship, 2001-2002
• Reviewer, Web Wizard's Guide to Photoshop, Addison-Wesley, 2004
• Guest Lecturer, Writing and Editing for Print and Online Publishing, May 27, 2004
• Guest Lecturer, News Media Writing and Editing, “Convergence,” April 29, 2004
• Guest Lecturer, Women and News course, “Women and the Web,” April 20, 2004
• Taught “Going Online” at Interscholastic League Press Conference, April 17, 2004
• ASNE High School Journalism Institute, Web Design Presentation, Summer 2001-2004
• Taught Macromedia Flash courses at National Press Photographers Association Conference, February 2001
• Taught Macromedia Flash course at Southwest Texas State University, April 7, 2001
• Organized Symposium in Online Journalism, Spring 2001
• Kappa Tau Alpha Inductee, national honor society in Journalism and Mass Communication, Spring 2000
• Proficient in computer applications including HTML, Macromedia Dreamweaver, Flash and Fireworks, Adobe Photoshop, MS Access, Peak, iMovie, Premiere, Office applications, PHP, MySQL, JavaScript and Java Language Programming.