Park School of Communications with more than 15 years of teaching experience and research related to media ethics, public deliberation, community development, and the role of news in a mass-mediated democracy. She has taught at Ithaca College since 1992. Previously she has held faculty positions at the University of Georgia-Athens, University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, Roosevelt University, and the University of Chicago. She has contributed chapters to nine books, authored six refereed academic journal articles, co-authored an additional six academic articles, and presented 47 conference papers. Her work as a scholar reflects a commitment to creating an informed citizenry, fostering public deliberation, investigating socioeconomic and environmental issues from interdisciplinary approaches, cultivating critical thinking skills, and developing new rigorous research and reporting methods.