She teaches courses in public relations, research methodology, social/new media, science communication and government relations. She earned a Ph.D. in Communication from The Ohio University’s E.W. Scripts College of Communication in 2007. As a Guggenheim Fellow at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Air and Space Museum in 2004, she was able to advance the research for her dissertation pertaining to the Apollo program. Her research interests examine how issues and stories of science and technology are communicated to the public, and the role of public relations in those discourses. She has published articles pertaining to public relations, pedagogy, public opinion, presidential rhetoric, and representations of scientists in popular culture.