Selfie taken at sunset at Hopi Point, Grand Canyon National Park.
Most recently my research has focused on verbal as well as physical aggression in the media. Recent projects include a content analysis and effects of TV police dramas.
I received a doctorate in Mass Media from Michigan State University in 1996. I also have a master's degree in journalism from the University of Missouri. My undergraduate degree is a BBA in economics from St. Mary's University in San Antonio, Texas.
While a graduate student at Michigan State I was awarded a Fullbright Scholarship to study and do research in Canada. Although just across the northern border, Canada was an enlightening experience in a number of ways with universal health care, a ban on handguns and legislation outlawing hate speech -- and of course the use of the word "eh" after almost every sentence :)
