| Employment | 2005 - present | Assistant Professor, Department of Communication, Florida State University | | 2002 - 2005 | Assistant Professor, Department of Communication, Rutgers University | | 1998 - 2002 | Graduate Teaching Assistant, Communication Studies, University of Kansas | | 1997 - 1998 | Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Communication, University of South Alabama | | 1995 - 1997 | Undergraduate Computer Lab Supervisor, Department of Communication, University of South Alabama | Education | Ph.D., 2002 - Communication Technology & Organizational Communication, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS | | Dissertation: | Usability and gratifications: Effective website communication through a user-centered website analysis model | | Advisor: | Howard E. Sypher | | d | d | d | | 1999 | School of Management and Communication, Waikato University, Hamilton, New Zealand | | d | d | d | | M.A., 1998 - Corporate & Public Communication, University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL | | Thesis: | An international communications perspective on professional Internet usage: A survey of public relations practitioners' usage of the Internet in Australia, Belgium, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden and the United Kingdom with comparisons to the United States | | Advisor: | Donald K. Wright | | d | d | d | | B.A., 1997 - Communication, University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL | | d | d | d | | 1992-1995 | Institute of Publicism and Communication, Westfaehlische Wilhelms Universitaet, Muenster, Germany | | d | d | d | | Abitur, 1992 - German School of Brussels, Brussels, Belgium | |