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MEDIA RESEARCHER & EDUCATOR

I'm an associate professor in the School of Communication at the University of Nebraska Omaha. I earned a Ph.D. in mass communication from the University of Iowa and a M.S. in journalism with a graduate certificate in gender, women's and sexuality studies from Iowa State University. My professional experience was built in news and features reporting; PR and advertising firm work; nonprofit programming; AmeriCorps national service; and medical research coordination.

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RESEARCH

I research digital media / strategic communication, gender, and the body. My areas of interest include health, popular culture, and philanthropy / entrepreneurial communication.

August 2023, Convergence

BEAUTYTUBE

Postfeminism on the YouTube MCN ICON 2015-2016

May 2023, Metropolitan Universities Journal

PROMOTING SERVICE LEARNING ON A METROPOLITAN CAMPUS

Interdisciplinary and decentralized faculty fellows

December 2021, Sustainability

CONTEXTUALIZING MOTIVATING LANGUAGE TO CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY

How leaders’ motivating language affects employees’ CSR engagement and employee-organization relationships

November 2021, eJournal of Public Affairs

ASSESSING AND IMPROVING POLITICAL LEARNING AND ENGAGEMENT ON COLLEGE CAMPUSES

Planning for focus groups

October 2021, Cogent Social Sciences

PINNING BEAUTY

Standards promoted and behaviors encouraged within Pinterest's healthy makeup content

August 2020, Southern Communication Journal

TRYING TO SAVE THE GAME(R)

Understanding the self-disclosure of YouTube subscribers surrounding mental health in video game vlog comments

June 2020, Critical Public Health

#NOTOKAY

Challenging sexual violence through digital health activism on Twitter

September 2019, Journal of Community Engagement & Higher Education

FOCUS ENGAGEMENT

Lessons learned from a university's political and civic learning and engagement focus groups

January 2018, Critical Public Health

STATE OF INTERVENTION

An analysis of Iowa community leaders’ discourse, governmentality, and the battleground for the “real” childbearing teen body

April 2017, Journal of Women & Aging

"YOU GET OLD, YOU GET INVISIBLE"

Social isolation and non-profits' challenge in communication with older female clients.

March 2016, Journal of Intercultural Communication Research

CULTURE TRENDS OF AUDIENCES’ ONLINE INTERACTIONS WITH VOCAL TALENT SHOWS

A comparative study between China and the U.S.

January 2015, Northwest Journal of Communication

“I WISH A WHOLE NEW WORD WAS USED FOR IT.”

“Pro-ED” blogging and online identity

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TEACHING

I teach courses in media and strategic communication and qualitative research methodology. I also advise undergraduate students and master's student thesis research and professional projects.

Fall 2022

STRATEGIC COMMUNICATION FOR BUSINESS, NONPROFIT, & GOVERNMENT SECTORS

Spring 2019 - Present

INTRODUCTION TO JOURNALISM & MEDIA COMMUNICATION

Fall 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018

QUALITATIVE RESEARCH METHODS

Spring 2020

FOUNDATIONS OF MASS COMMUNICATION SEMINAR

Fall 2017 - Spring 2020

PR & ADVERTISING CAPSTONE

Spring 2018, Fall 2017

INTERNSHIP & CAREER PREPARATION SEMINAR

Spring 2017

COMMUNICATING SCIENCE

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GLOBAL CURRICULUM DESIGN

I facilitate curriculum in communication studies for offshore education grants through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).

SEPTEMBER 2018 (DUBAI, UAE)

Kabul University and Balkh University

Collaborated with Balkh journalism professors and Kabul English professors to design a Bachelor of Science degree in communication studies. Assisted in localizing the following courses for Afghan university cultural contexts:

  • Computer Mediated Communication

  • Internship Experience

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JUNE 2018 (MUMBAI, INDIA)

Kabul University (Kabul, Afghanistan)

Collaborated with Kabul University English professors to design a Bachelor of Science degree in communication studies. Assisted in localizing the following courses for Afghan university cultural contexts:

  • Communication Theory

  • Research Methods

  • Health Communication

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MARCH 2018 (MUMBAI, INDIA)

Balkh University (Balkh, Afghanistan)

Collaborated with Balkh University journalism professors to design a Bachelor of Science degree in communication studies. Assisted in localizing the following courses for Afghan university cultural contexts:  

  • Media Literacy

  • Health Communication

  • Internship and Career Preparation Seminar

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LOCAL MEDIA LITERACY

I offer media literacy classroom visits for kindergarteners in Title 1-designated elementary schools in OPS (Omaha Public Schools), the largest district in the state of Nebraska.

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CONTEXT CLUES

  • Facial expression

  • Posture

  • Emotion

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MEDIA TECHNOLOGIES

  • Cameras 

  • Computers

  • Websites

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MEDIA PRODUCTION

  • Newspapers

  • Sports photojournalism

  • Photo captions

CONTACT

School of Communication
107R Arts & Sciences Hall
6001 Dodge Street, Omaha, Nebraska 68182

aweare@unomaha.edu

402-554-5934 (Office)

ORCHID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9208-1455

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