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I currently living in North Carolina where I work as an assistant professor in the School of Communication at East Carolina University, but I have lived all over the southeast for the past decade, mainly in Alabama. I earned my bachelor's degree in communication with a focus in journalism and my master's degree in communication. Then I made the move to complete my Ph.D. in mass communication at the University of Florida. Before life in Alabama, I grew up in Asheville, North Carolina where I discovered my love for the outdoors and my interest in all things related to videography and entertainment media.

It wasn't until starting a Ph.D. program that I realized my interests had truly come full circle. I went from writing my high school senior project on the "effects" of portraying cigarette smoking on screen. Little did I know that my high school interests would lead me to pursuing a Ph.D. in Mass Communication with research interests that look at the motivations, experience, and effects of exposure to entertainment media. Specifically, how those aspects of entertainment relate to social well-being and preferences for international entertainment media.