My career includes experience in both the academic and corporate worlds, including working as a research analyst at a PR agency, as a lobbyist, a political campaign manager, a pharmaceutical sales rep for Bayer, and a medical equipment sales executive for Toshiba.

Currently, I teach communication and public relations classes in the School of Communication & the Arts at Marist College in Poughkeepsie, New York.
I serve as:

• Public Speaking Across the Curriculum Coordinator

• First-Year Seminar "Power Presenting" Workshop Director

My interests include public speaking across the curriculum, crisis communication, spokesperson training, interactive technology, online learning, community-based learning, applied research and analytics, public relations history, deceptive communication, and science communication.

Check out my presentation for the first Kahoot! Higher Ed Meetup:

Uncommon Kahoot!s - Have you ever...? - March 23, 2023

Mid-Hudson Regional Business Plan Competition
Power Pitching Workshop VIDEO & SLIDES - Feb. 9, 2022

P O W E R   P I T C H I N G   W O R K S H O P

BEA RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM - ACTIVE LEARNING & ANALYTICS

ATLAS Teaching Online Award Interview - Apereo Foundation

C O U R S E S   T A U G H T

I have been teaching college communication courses since 1994 and online classes since 2010. I am Quality Matters trained. Courses I have taught include:

• communication campaign management (Community-Based Learning)
• crisis communication & deceptive communication special topics classes
• applied research & analytics, communication research methods
• introduction to PR, PR writing, and PR cases
• integrated strategic communication
• persuasion, public speaking, and advanced public presentation
• leadership, business & professional communication
• small group and interpersonal communication, intro. to communication
• senior capstone course for PR, advertising, journalism, and sports communication majors