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PhD
May 2005
(Cultural) Sociology &
(Political) Communication

U. Albany, SUNY

GPA: 3.70
 

COURSEWORK: • ACOM635: Political Communication & Citizen Participation • ACOM697R: Independent Study, Rhetorical Analyses • ASOC509: Research Methods • ASOC510: Sociological Theories I • ASOC511: Sociological Theories II • ASOC522: Intermediate Statistics in Sociology • ASOC590A: Orientation to Sociology • ASOC590B: Orientation to Sociology • ASOC606: Co-teaching Internship, Public Speaking • ASOC609: Multivariate Analysis • ASOC666Q: Civil Society & the Public Sphere • ASOC666R: Interorganizational Relationships • ASOC690: Seminar in Teaching Issues • ASOC693: Studies in Specialized Areas I, Sociology of Media • ACOM697Q: Independent Study, Rhetorical Analyses • ASOC899: Doctoral Dissertation

DISSERTATION:
• Providence, Presidents, & the Press: Inaugural Rhetoric of Religion in a Historical Perspective

MA
December 2001
(Political) Communication
 

U. Albany, SUNY

GPA: 3.91
 

COURSEWORK: • ACOM503: Persuasion • ACOM517: Communication in Campaign 2000 • ACOM517: Institute in Communication • ACOM520: Theory & Research in Political Communication • ACOM523: Communication in Political Decision Making • ACOM525: Communication Research Methods • ACOM627: Lobbying • ACOM635R: Change Leadership-Communication Strategies • ACOM697: Indrpendent Study, Persuasion & Propaganda • ACOM698: Research Seminar Practicum in Communication

PRACTICUM:
• Power Plays by the Powerless: A Study of Attempted Diffusion of Innovative Reforms by the New York State Assembly Minority Conference

CAS
August 2023
Healthcare Management
 

Empire State, SUNY

GPA: 4.0

 

COURSEWORK: • HCLM6075: Managing Healthcare Systems • HCLM6080: Health Policy & Management • HCLM7005: Strategic Corporate Communication & Inter-professional Collaboration • MGMT6040: High Performance Management

BA
May 2000
Public Relations,
Journalism minor

SUNY New Paltz

GPA: 3.95
Summa Cum Laude
 

COURSEWORK: • CMM101: Media & Society • CMM221: Introduction to Advertising • CMM353: Theories of Persuasion • CMM360: Organizational Communication • CMM451: Political Communication • CMM490: Internship in Communication Media, Poughkeepsie Journal • CMM491: Internship Seminar, photojournalism • JRN230: Journalism I • JRN232: Journalism II • JRN315: Public Relations I • JRN316: Public Relations II • JRN317: P.R. Publications • JRN334: Literature of Journalism • JRN347: Media Ethics • JRN399:PageMaker for P.R. • JRN452: Mass Media Law • JRN454: Muckraking Journalism • JRN464: Press in America • JRN468: Photojournalism I • BUS325: Marketing - A.P.: Modern Europe 1500-Present -A.P.: US History Since 1865

AA
December 1998
Liberal Arts & Social Sciences, 

social science concentration

Finger Lakes CC

GPA: 3.97
Phi Theta Kappa
 

COURSEWORK: • ENG101: English I (Composition) • ENG105: English II Honors, Literature • COM110: Speech • COM111: Vocal Communication • COM123: Television Production I • THE102: Acting I • THE106: Children’s Theatre Tour • SOC100: Intro to Sociology • POL110: State & Local Government • ECO100: Survey of Economics • MAT121: Statistics I • MAT122: Statistics II • PSY100: Introduction to Psychology • PSY200: Developmental Psychology • PHL: Introduction to Philosophy • PHL103: Ethics • BIO111: Biology of Man the Organism • PE162: Tai Chi Chuan I • PE163: Tai Chi Chuan II • PE210: Defensive Tactics

NY State Regents Diploma
June 1998

Bloomfield Jr.-Sr. High School

GPA: 96%
National Honor Society
Top Ten Graduate

Graduating Students
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