She attended UC Santa Barbara to obtain her masters and PhD in communication, with an emphasis in interpersonal communication. She has been working for Ohio University for a little over a year now and has done great things for the communication studies department. She developed the class COMS 3200 or officially, Communication and New Technology, that has grown in size over the past year because so many students want to take it! She is also the faculty advisor the National Communication Association Student Club (NCASC).