Expertise

Research Areas: Health Communication, Media Effects, Children and Media, and Sports Communication

Her primary research is conducted at the intersection of health, media, and children and specifically addresses the social effects of media in the areas of body image, health literacy, and stigmas associated with weight and obesity.

Primary Research Interests

  • Health Communication
  • Emerging Media
  • Media Effects

 

Communities
Multimedia Communication, Journalism, Film
Degrees
PhD, Syracuse University, Mass Communication, 1999
MA, Binghamton University, Educational Administration, Linguistics, and Social Science, 1996
BS, University of Florida, Magazine photojournalism, 1991
Keywords
journalism