Faculty Member, Journalism and Communication
Associate Professor
About
I am an Associate Professor of Communication Studies at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada. I am also cross-appointed to the Department of Sociology and Anthropology and am a research associate with the Emergency Communication Research Unit.
I have a PhD in Sociology (McMaster University) and was a SSHRC Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the School of Public Policy and Administration at Carleton.
Areas of research and teaching activity include:
* Public relations (issues/crisis/risk communication)
* Nonprofits and social movements
* Communication & public health
* Environmental communication
* Public engagement/dialogue
* Media representation of social problems
* Social media
* Surveillance
* Qualitative methods







