Biography
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Curriculum Vitae Highlights

Education
Ph.D., Communication, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL. August 1998.
Dissertation: “Agency and ambivalence: Women's narratives of father-absence"

M.A., Secondary Social Science Education, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL.
August 1993.

M.A., Cinema Studies, New York University, New York, NY. January 1993.
B.A., Anthropology, Smith College, Northampton, MA. May 1981.
Dean's List 1978-1979.
Twelve College Exchange Program, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH. 1979 to 1980.

Awards and Fellowships
Teaching Excellence Award (click here for full article)
University of New Hampshire at Manchester, Manchester, NH. May 2004.

Graduate School Summer Faculty Fellowship
University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH. May 1999.

International Communication Association Teaching Award
Department of Communication, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL. May 1998.

Provost's Graduate Student Teaching Award
University of South Florida, Tampa, FL. May 1998.

Professional Memberships
National Communication Association (NCA)
International Association of Qualitative Inquiry (IAQI)
Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction (SSSI)
UNH Chapter of the American Association of University Professors