Why Teaching?
I chose this profession because I am passionate about both teaching and continuous learning. In the classroom, I have the privilege of guiding students as they learn and find their own interests and voices. At the same time, I learn from them which keeps teaching deeply rewarding. As my research area is the persuasive impact of stories, I try to implement learning how to tell stories to engage with audiences on a deeper level.
Business at Mount Union
I love how Mount is a small campus, it really feels like all the faculty are a small family here to support each other and the students. My favorite part of my job is interacting with students!
Research available on ProQuest:
- Dissertation: Walk a mile in her shoes: Priming narrative involvement to reduce rape myth acceptance. Kent State University, 2025.
- Master's Thesis: Suspenseful narratives and transportation; Explorations of individual difference factors and transportation as predictors of story consistent attitudes. Cleveland State University, 2017