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Award-winning writer, researcher, and inquisitive social scientist engaged in all facets of developing targeted multicultural communication and media for business and education. Appreciative practices encourage high-level collaboration, improvisation, welcome diverse perspectives, and invite a team-building approach when it comes to strategy, talent development, presentation, training, and organizational change. My work echoes the shift toward intergenerational creative work teams, innovative entrepreneurship, and freelance practices. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE AND EXPERIENTIAL SKILLS • 10+ years as a media educator; expertise as a writer and producer on national accounts; versed in all facets of social imedia and technologically savvy; possess a good intuitive awareness of what’s relevant, interesting, and trending • Experienced writer and educator with a pulse on audience engagement and able to deliver accessible insights on a variety of topics in many formats (e.g. website development, PR, PSA, reports, grants, articles, marketing campaigns, radio, television, proposals, and presentations); writing style was described by a dissertation committee member as – “Genre breaking -- scholarly, artistic, practical mixed into one.” • Detailed researcher, social scientist, and observer with a critical understanding of popular, global culture; able to convey information in a professional and relatable style • Social Construction and Appreciative Inquiry leadership style for engaging team building, curriculum & training development, improvisation, and other creative processes; open to creating something new together • Qualitative researcher and social ethnographer; ability to enter many cultures and feel comfortable in diverse environments; driven by curiosity and a willingness to listen to divergent ideas • Understand the motivation that students of all ages need when it comes to lifelong learning -- a sense of purpose, passion, and play

Associate Professor @ Department of Arts and Humanities, Communications From September 2014 to Present (1 year 4 months) Adjunct Instructor in Communications @ Courses: Oral Communication (improvisation) and Persuasion, Culture & Sustainability Evaluations: High course evaluations and playful class atmosphere where students take responsibility for improvisational exercises and chapter presentations; we co-create the assignments as a group From January 2012 to May 2013 (1 year 5 months) Assistant Professor @ High Evaluations 4.4 out of 5. Nominated for a teaching excellence award 2008. Full-time from August 2005 - June 2012. Part-time while completing dissertation January - May 2013. - Teaching a variety of media courses (four per semester) - Advising 20 – 50 Mass Communication students each semester - Encouraging students to develop comprehensive portfolios - Promoting the internship, networking and practicum experience - Providing a social, cultural and personal perspective on new media - Helping students hone their critical thinking and creative skills - Reviewing multimedia portfolios and offering creative suggestions - Inviting relevant guest speakers to share their expertise - Fostering innovative curriculum development Courses: Multimedia Writing, Introduction to Mass Communications, Radio & Television News, Mass Media & Society, and Internship Online course developed for Introduction to Mass Communication Developed workshop Brains & Guts: Anatomy of Creativity -- not launched but available for the future From August 2004 to May 2013 (8 years 10 months) Self-employed @ Award-winning projects for clients: Websites through MarchFirst & Digiknow – Seneca Medical, National City Bank, Marconi Medical, Penton Publications, and Moen; Print, Proposals & Grants – State of West Virginia, Purell, KitchenAid, Gund Foundation grant, Ohio Arts Council grant, and International Children’s Games; PR through MediaFirst for Christian & Timbers, National Cash Register, Dr. Siegel and Teradata; Video & Radio Scripts – AFLAC sales, Southwood Lumber and HMI Medical (video), and KitchenAid (International Radio Festival NY finalist). Freelance was possible because prior to graduate school I worked for over a decade at agencies in a creative and administrative capacity: Wyse Advertising (traffic), Sloane Haywood Marketing (administrative/client services/writer), Griswold (writer), Harlan Advertising (writer) and Fahlgren & Swink (writer). From January 1996 to June 2004 (8 years 6 months) Instructor @ Cleveland State courses: Scriptwriting, Introduction to Film, Documentary Film, The City in Film, and Contemporary Cinema John Carroll University course: International Cinema High level of student engagement and excellent evaluations. Guest speakers included: Dan O’Shannon, executive producer Modern family, Cheers, and Frasier; Alan McElroy, screenwriter, Spawn and Halloween 4; Laura Paglin, Sundance participant and documentary filmmaker; Kasumi, experimental multimedia artist; and writer Jeffrey Jurgenson, Agent Cody Banks. From January 1998 to May 2004 (6 years 5 months)

Doctorate in Social and Behavioral Sciences, Appreciative Inquiry and Social Construction @ Universiteit van Tilburg / Tilburg University From 2009 to 2013 Master of Arts (M.A.), Film @ Ohio UniversityMaster of Arts, Telecommunications @ Ohio University Laine Goldman, Ph.D. Strategist, Educator And Innovator is skilled in: Leadership Development, Press Releases, Coaching, Higher Education, Public Speaking, Nonprofits, Creative Writing, PowerPoint, Photoshop, Editing, Multimedia, Leadership, Public Relations, Appreciative Inquiry and Social Construction, Social Ethnography