Expertise

Keywords: Health Communication, Community Engagement (CBPR), Reproductive Health, HIV/AIDS, Alcohol & Substan

Her research is in health communication with focus on HIV/AIDS in Africa and the Caribbean and health disparities in the United States.


Subject Areas:

  • Corporate, Workplace, and Organizational Communication
    • Public Relations & Communications Campaigns
  • Advocacy, Justice, and Conflict
    • Health Communication & Campaigns
  • Identity, Culture, and Relationships
    • International and Intercultural Communication
Affiliations

Professor, A.Q. Miller School of Media and Communication, College of Arts and Sciences, Kansas State University

Professor, Journalism and Mass Communication, Public Health, Human Ecology, African Studies, Women's Studies

Affiliate Professor, MPH Program, Public Health

Professor, A.Q. Miller School of Media and Communication, College of Arts and Sciences, Kansas State University

Affiliate Faculty, Women's Studies Department, Kansas State University

Associate Professor, College of Arts and Sciences, Kansas State University, African Studies Program

Past Affiliations

Associate Professor, Journalism and Mass Communications, Kansas State University

Health Communication Specialist, HIV/AIDS Response Programme

Lecturer, Caribbean Institute of Media and Communication

Associate Professor, Master of Public Health Program

Health Communication Fellow, NIOSH, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) (past)

Associate Director, A.Q. Miller School of Journalism and Mass Communications, College of Arts and Sciences, Kansas State University

Associate Professor, A.Q. Miller School of Journalism and Mass Communications, College of Arts and Sciences, Kansas State University

Communities
Journalism, Journalism, Mass Communication, Mass Communication
Degrees
PhD, University of Iowa, Communications, 2002
MA, University of Iowa, Communications, 1996
MA, University of Nairobi, Kenya, Sociology, 1994
BA, University of Nairobi, Kenya, Sociology, 1989
Keywords
africa africa, eastern journalism social sciences cultural or population studies behavioral or social studies alcohol or alcoholism communications public affairs health and medicine sexually transmitted diseases hiv/aids family health services hiv prevention development communication health communication
Languages
Creole, English, English, English, Swahili, Kikuyu (ethnic), Gikuyu, Swahili
Associations
International Communication Association, International Studies Association, APHA, IAMCR
American Association of University Women
American Public Health Association
Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication
Association of American University Women
International Association of Media and Communication Research (IAMCR)
International Communication Association