
Areas of expertise
Communication and Media StudiesCurriculum and PedagogyApplied EconomicsBusiness and ManagementSociologyJournalism and Professional Writing
Education
Doctor of Philosophy, Agricultural Communication/Journalism
University of Florida, FL, United States (2014)
Master of Science, Agricultural Communication/Journalism
Oklahoma State University, OK, United States (2010)
Bachelor of Science, Agricultural Communication/Journalism
University of Florida, FL, United States (2007)
Awards and Honors
- Outstanding Research Paper (2020)
- NACTA Educator Award (2020)
- UGA Service Learning Fellow (2018)
Scholarly Works
- Interactive Infographics’ Effect on Elaboration in Agricultural Communication
- Understanding Consumer Intent to Buy Local Food: Adding Consumer Past Experience and Moral Obligation Toward Buying Local Blueberries in Florida Within the Theory of Planned Behavior, Journal of Applied Communications.
- Communication Channel Preferences: A Descriptive Audience Segmentation Evaluation, Journal of Applied Communications.
- The Message or the Channel: An Experimental Design of Consumers’ Perceptions of a Local Food Message and the Media Channels Used to Deliver the Information, Journal of Applied Communications.
- Animating science communication: Measuring U.S. consumers’ recall about genetic modification with animated infographics, Journal of Applied Communications.

