Professional Development

Serena Carpenter, Ph.D.

Experimental, Quasi-experimental and Longitudinal Research Designs, August – December 2009

• Participated in a class as a student that focuses on experimental design in psychology and philosophy of science to prepare to teach doctoral-level classes for the new doctoral program in 2010.

The Future of Journalism: A Conference of the Carnegie-Knight Task Force, Boston, MA, June
20-21, 2008

• Selected to attend a two-day conference addressing the intersection of journalism research and the practice of journalism.

WordPress blogging software training, Tempe, AZ, November 9, 2007

• Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication training event on how to use a blogging application.

Information Graphics seminar, Tempe, AZ, November 3, 2007

• ASU session focused on how to teach students to communicate visually.

Oxford Internet Institute seminar, Cambridge, MA (Harvard University), July 15-29, 2007

• Selected as one of 32 participants internationally to participate in a seminar dedicated to educating new scholars how to more effectively research technology and democracy issues.

Poynter Convergence for College Educators seminar, Tampa, FL, February 25-28, 2007

• Selected as one of 25 participants to attend a Poynter Institute seminar for professors, associate professors, and deans responsible for the development of a converged curriculum on the latest in online storytelling, the training of faculty, and education related to the understanding of online news users.

Communication Media and the Public Interest: Challenges in the Digital Age seminar, Detroit, MI, 2006

• Wayne State University selected 15 doctoral students from across the country to participate in an intensive three-day seminar on the intersection of media institutions, market forces, and social responsibilities from multiple scholarly perspectives.

Blogging and Online Journalism conference, Ohio University, Athens, OH, 2006

• Ohio University selected ten graduate students from the United States and Canada to attend a three-day workshop on online journalism and blogging.

Teaching and Research in Convergent Media five-day training seminar, Columbia, SC, 2005

• University of South Carolina’s Newsplex leaders trained educators on teaching and researching of media convergence issues.

Teaching and Learning Enhancement (TALE) Mentor/Mentee Program, August 2003- May 2004

• Bloomsburg University partnered senior faculty with newer faculty to share teaching techniques.

Learner-Centered Teaching Two-Day Workshop, Bloomsburg, PA, November 2003

• A workshop focused on the sharing of teaching strategies.

Army National Guard, May 1993 – May 1999

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