::about my academic interests::

  I:

  -- received my ABJ in Public Relations and
     Publication Management from the University of
     Georgia and my MS in Public Relations from
     Syracuse University.

  -- will soon be starting my doctoral studies at the
     University of Florida.

  -- wrote my undergradate honors thesis on "The
     Ethics of Fund Raising."

  -- wrote my master's thesis on "Social Distance
     and the Third Person Effect's Influence on
     Fund-Raising Communication."

  -- have four main research interests:  Fund
     Raising, AIDS communication strategies, the
     Third Person Effect, and sociological changes
     in Disney's animated films.

  -- have presented research papers at the
     Association for the Education of Journalism and
     Mass Communication, the Popular Culture
     Association, the American Communication
     Association, the International Society for the
     Scientific Study of Subjectivity, and the
     American Anthropological Association.

  -- have published in
American Anthropologist.

  -- desire to write a textbook on market research
     strategies and techniques for public relations
     students.

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