Whose the nerd?
My name is Jenn,
and I’m a CTS-Certified AV Professional!
I’m an Associate in the AV discipline with Shen, Milsom & Wilke. As a consultant, I work on designing and coordinating AV systems from budgets and conceptual/schematic design through construction documentation and administration.
Although I’ve kind of fallen into audio-visual, I feel a passion for giving back to the industry. Empowering women and increasing opportunities for diverse professionals within the industry is very important to me.
You may find me most active on Twitter, LinkedIn, and Instagram. I’m also an active member of the AVIXA Diversity Council and Women’s Council.
As a passion project, many of my content initiatives are geared towards invisible diversity, as mental health advocacy is very important to me.
Certifications
Certified - In Progress - Up Next
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Core Track - Certified
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Jenn’s a very hard worker, full of imaginative, creative ideas for the projects she conceives and undertakes. She works well with colleagues and shows leadership in group efforts. Her writing skills are superb and she devotes attention to the little details that make the difference. Jenn is articulate and self–motivated; and during her summer internship at the Big Apple Circus, her job performance was exemplary.
– Phil Thurston Big Apple Circus Public Relations Manager
Jenn is smart, hard working and intellectually curious on an admirably wide range of issues. Her leadership skills are solid, and I can’t imagine her ever shirking any task or responsibility — it’s simply not in her character.
– John Guiniven JMU Media Arts and Design Professor
Making Sense of my CV…
What is Media Arts & Design?
Media arts and design is the study of human communication through various mediums.
Media arts and design strategists are concerned with how to convey a message with the right choice of tactics, design, and strategy. This may be done through the selection of a platform (social media, newsletter, film, audio, etc.), layout, color, spacing, motion, and more.
What’s Corporate Media Writing?
Corporate media writing is "writing to convey the values and goals of a company," says Kristin Espelan, the former Director of Corporate Communications for The MDNY Group.
Examples include public relations, media relations, marketing communications, or business communications for internal purposes (newsletters, in-house magazines, or email updates) or external purposes (financial statements, annual reports, opinion pieces, or policy statements).
What’s Rhetoric?
The art of effective or persuasive speaking or writing, especially the use of figures of speech and other compositional techniques.
Just promise to use your powers for good. Rhetoric gets a bad name, yet it's pivotal to marketing and communications.
What is Sociology?
First, it is not social work. Sociology is the study of society. Through qualitative and quantitative methods of research, these social scientists are interested in social order, acceptance/deviance, and social change. I’ve been very drawn to social psychology, and my studies during my masters degree focused on relationships between retail workers and customers and also the social construction of gender.
What is AV?
Audiovisual systems, in a nutshell is the technology used to help communicate and create an audio and visual experience. System designs will vary depending on the vertical (such as healthcare, education, corporate, financial, live performance, museums, etc.).
What did you study?
James Madison University - Undergraduate Work
Advanced Composition
Rhetorical Traditions
Written Argumentation
Corporate Media Writing
News Writing and Reporting
Sports Writing
Media & Politics
Group Presentation
Culture by Design
Visual Rhetoric
Principles of Advertising
Managing Corporate Media
Venture Creation
Teaching Writing
The New School for Social Research - Graduate Work
Theory Classes
Classical & Contemporary Sociological Theory
Historic Sociology
Social Interaction
Culture & Inequality
Becoming Social
Research Methods
Discourse Analysis
Logic of Inquiry
Interviewing Methods
Ethnographic Field Methods
What About Outside of Work?
In my spare time you can catch me learning something new, hiking, camping or baking!
Right now if I’m not working on content creation projects, then I’m working on helping my friend engineer a Raspberry Pi powered and automated drip irrigation system for a vegetable garden.