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[email protected] Linked In Portfolio R E S E A R C H I NTERESTS Improvisation, play, vulnerability, life stories P ROFESSIONAL S UMMARY I’m currently a fulltime Professional Development Program lecturer, as part of the Institute for Leadership Excellence & Development (iLEAD) at University of Illinois Chicago (UIC), incorporating improvisation and communication, leadership, public speaking, business writing, vulnerability and teamwork. In 2006, I started my own freelance magazine writing company and have written for dozens of publications, including Women’s Health, Prevention and Chicago Health magazine. I have taught journalism, gerontology, business courses and improvisation at a college level, and have 13 years of experience in comedy writing and improvisation. I am interesting in people’s life stories and developing the vulnerability to share those experiences. E DUCATION NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY, MEDILL SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM, Evanston, Illinois, M.S., Journalism, 2005 UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA, Gainesville, Florida, B.S., Magazine Journalism, 2004 (minor in Gerontology) T EACHING EXPERIENCE Professional Development Program Lecturer, University of Illinois Chicago August 2019-present Full-time lecturer at the College of Business Administration at the University of Illinois Chicago Improvisation for Business: applying improvisational and communication skills to various oral communication situations. COURSES TAUGHT: BA420: PROFESSIONAL PRESENCE BA220: PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT II BA 100: INTRODUCTION TO UIC AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT Assistant Professor of Journalism, Concordia University 2009-2011 Taught undergraduates and graduates. Identified and structured required courses and developed curriculum for the new journalism major and minor. Planned lectures, labs, workshops, and administered examinations. Advised The Concordia Spectator, the on-campus newspaper, and contributed articles to Concordia’s Forester magazine.