Researcher
2000-2005 Ph.D. researcher of mass communication, cognitive psychology, and
information processing, University of Wisconsin-Madison
2005-2008 Assistant Professor, University of Utah, Dept. of Communications
2008-2017 Assistant Professor, Merrill Journalism College, University of Maryland
2017- Associate Professor, Digital Engagement, Lab, University of Maryland
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Corporate President
1988-2000 Producer and distributor of science and health materials to more
than three million students through 120 local television newsrooms.
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Received $100,000 National Science Foundation Small Business
Innovative Research (SBIR) grant.
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Meteorologist / Science Reporter
1970-1975 Student weathercaster, WXOX Radio, Bay City, Michigan
(Featured in national school publication Current Science.)
1975-1977 News reporter, WSGW Radio, Saginaw, Michigan.
1977-1980 University of Wisconsin-Madison (combined communication and meteorology)
Capital radio reporter, WISM, Madison, Wisconsin.
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1980-1982 Chief Meteorologist, WMTV-TV, Madison, Wisconsin.
1982-1988 Chief Meteorologist, KTVI-TV, St. Louis, Missouri.
Seals of Approval from the American Meteorological Society and
National Weather Association with three Emmy awards