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Academic Service
For the last two years I have served on the Annenberg Communication Graduate Student Association (ACGSA) board, first as the vice president and currently as the post-quals representative. In my roles there, I have tried to improve our ability to collaborate and navigate our PhD program by creating community websites to share information about student, research, teaching, and professional resources. Last year, I also served as the Annenberg senator for the USC Graduate and Professional Student Senate (GPSS). This year, I am leading the organization of a regular round table on pedagogy.
Community Service
For several years, I have been working with Community Health Councils, Inc., a non-profit based in South Los Angeles, on an evaluation using social network analytic techniques. We aim to create a strong academic community partnership that creates good research while providing fast and pertinent feedback to the community.
I'm also assisting the BBC World Service Trust, the charity established by the BBC, in using structural equation models to test the efficacy of their public communication campaigns. In particular, I have examined the Jasoos Vijay and Condom Normalization campaigns in India. This summer, I traveled to London and Kampala, Uganda to teach social network analysis and structural equation modeling to members of their Research & Learning Group during the annual workshop. I also returned to London this fall to continue consulting on projects using these techniques.
Professional Affiliations
I am currently a member of four professional and academic associations: