Associate Professor, Journalism and Digital Media at Roger Williams University .
I specialize in digital inclusion, digital media convergence, and multimedia production. My research focuses on the adoption of information and communication technologies for development (ICT4D) in Latin America. My writing examines the role of community informatics for social change, media diversity, and the impact of the Internet on gender roles in Latin America. My research in the region also examines the social construction of environmental risk. In April 2017, Palgrave published Environmental News in
My teaching extends beyond Bristol to fair trade community engagement in neighboring communities and abroad. Along with Leonardo Ferreira, Ph.D., I co-founded the Community Communicators journalism and multimedia workshop program, which trains community reporters in under-privileged rural areas in that region.