{"id":19,"date":"2017-10-09T19:26:35","date_gmt":"2017-10-09T19:26:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/alietzen\/?page_id=19"},"modified":"2017-10-09T19:26:35","modified_gmt":"2017-10-09T19:26:35","slug":"about-me","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/alietzen\/about-me\/","title":{"rendered":"About Me"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"font_7\"><strong><span class=\"color_20\">TEACHING PHILOSOPHY<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"font_7\"><span class=\"color_20\">In my courses I encourage open (respectful) dialogue about relevant topics while incorporating pop culture, current events, and social media to engage with a course topic or theory.\u00a0 Students are able to think beyond the class text and apply theories and ideas to their personal experiences, and communities.\u00a0 I believe students take ownership of their education when they are challenged to do more than show up, take notes, and turn in a paper at the end of the semester.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"font_8\">\n<p class=\"font_8\"><strong><span class=\"color_20\">PROFESSIONAL CONSULTING<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"font_8\"><span class=\"color_20\">Over the past eight\u00a0years I have taken my love of communication from the classroom and started sharing it by\u00a0consulting on job searches, best practices in recruitment and interviewing, as well as sharing insight on developing a professional presence across social media platforms.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"font_8\">\n<p class=\"font_8\"><span class=\"color_20\"><strong>PERSONAL<\/strong><br \/>\nWhile\u00a0originally from Virginia Beach, VA, I am now a resident of Seattle, WA. \u00a0I am\u00a0excited to continue teaching for Old Dominion University from a distance in support of our COMMOnline program in the Department of Communication &amp; Theatre Arts.\u00a0Travel is a huge passion of mine, and inspired me to work on my (very basic) photography skills, as I&#8217;m\u00a0attempting to capture shots from the amazing places I&#8217;m lucky enough to see.\u00a0Otherwise, when I&#8217;m not working you can find me exploring the city with my better half (and pup, Maxi!), kayaking, or trying new things (yoga! bird watching! hiking without falling down for a change!).<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TEACHING PHILOSOPHY In my courses I encourage open (respectful) dialogue about relevant topics while incorporating pop culture, current events, and social media to engage with a course topic or theory.\u00a0 Students are able to think beyond the class text and apply theories and ideas to their personal experiences, and communities.\u00a0 I believe students take ownership&#8230; <\/p>\n<div class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/alietzen\/about-me\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":5118,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/alietzen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/alietzen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/alietzen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/alietzen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5118"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/alietzen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/alietzen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/alietzen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19\/revisions\/20"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/alietzen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}