KATRINA PARIERA CURRICULUM VITAE

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1 KATRINA PARIERA CURRICULUM VITAE CONTACT INFORMATION Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism University of Southern California 3502 Watt Way, Suite G6 Los Angeles, CA EDUCATION Doctoral Candidate in Communication University of Southern California, Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism, Los Angeles, CA. Dissertation: "The Impact of Humor and Norms on Parent-Child Sexual Communication Chair: Sheila Murphy Anticipated defense: April 23, 2014 Master of Arts in Communication, Culture and Technology Georgetown University, Washington, D.C. Thesis: Information Literacy on the Web: How Visual and Textual Cues Contribute to Health Website Credibility Assessments Chair: Jeanine Turner High Pass, May 2009 Graduate Institute of International Studies / Institut de Hautes Etudes, 2008 Geneva, Switzerland. Summer program including lectures at the World Health Organization and International Committee of the Red Cross. Bachelor of Arts, Applied Linguistics, Magna Cum Laude, 2006 Portland State University, Portland, OR. PEER REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS Pariera, K. L., Hether, H. J., Murphy, S. M., de Castro Buffington, S., & Baezconde- Garbanati, L. (in press). Portrayals of reproductive and sexual health on primetime television. Health Communication. Pariera, K. L. (2013). Misperceived social norms about taboo sexual behavior. Electronic Journal of Human Sexuality, 16. Available from

2 Pariera, K. L. (2012). Information literacy on the Web: How college students use visual and textual cues to assess credibility on health websites. Communications in Information Literacy, 6, doi: /cil.v6i1.184 Pariera, K. L. (2008). Who benefits from telecom: Understanding the expressed values guiding the emerging telecommunications regime. Gnovis Journal, 9(1). Pariera, K. L. (2008). The usage of politeness strategies in discussions about taboo topics. Portland State University McNair Scholars Online Journal, 2( ), MANUSCRIPTS REVISED AND RESUBMITTED Pariera, K. L. (revised and resubmitted to Journal of Sex & Marital Therapy). The third-person effect of instructional pornography on the self and others. MANUSCRIPTS UNDER REVIEW Pariera, K. L. (under review at Family Communication). Parent-child sexual communication: Barriers and catalysts. Pariera, K. L. & Sangalang, A. (under review at Journal of Children and Media). The relationship between parental media consumption and parent-child sexual communication. Pariera, K. L., Murphy, S. T., Meng, J. & McLaughlin, M. L. (under review at the American Journal of Public Health). Barriers to participating in clinical trials: The role of ethnicity. MANUSCRIPTS IN PROGRESS Pariera, K. L. & Sangalang, A. The relationship between parent-child sexual communication and adolescent sexual health outcomes: A metaanalysis. Meng, J., McLaughlin, M. L., Pariera, K. L., & Murphy, S. T. Socioeconomic status, knowledge and religiosity in willingness to participate in cancer clinical trials. Pariera, K. L. Using positive deviance to understand successful parent-child sexual communication.

3 NON-PEER REVIEWED PUBLISHED WORKS Pariera, K. L. (2009) Content Analysis of Study Abroad Websites [digital story]. Gnovis Journal. Pariera, K. L. (2013). An Evaluation of An After-School Media Literacy Program [report for non-profit organization]. Available upon request. CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS Meng, J., McLaughlin, M. L., Pariera, K. L., & Murphy, S. T. Socioeconomic status, knowledge and religiosity in willingness to participate in cancer clinical trials. 141 st American Public Health Association Annual Meeting. Boston, MA. November, Pariera, K. (2013) Understanding barriers and triggers to parent-child sexual communication. The Fifth Annual USC Annenberg Graduate Fellowship Research Symposium. Los Angeles, CA. March, Pariera, K. (2013) Understanding parent-child communication about sex to promote positive teen sexual health outcomes. The D.C. Health Communication conference. Fairfax, Virginia. March, Pariera, K. (2012). Reproductive and sexual health portrayals on primetime television. The International Communication Association (ICA) 2012 meeting on Communication and Community, Phoenix, Arizona. May, Pariera, K. (2012). Reproductive and sexual health portrayals on primetime television. The University of Southern California Graduate Student Government 4th Annual Poster Symposium. Los Angeles, California. April, Pariera, K. (2011). Perceptions of educational pornography and its influence on the self and others. The Annual Meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality. Houston, Texas. November, Pariera, K. (2011). Seeking health information on the web: How visual and textual cues contribute to website credibility assessments. The Third Annual USC Annenberg Graduate Fellowship Research and Creative Project Symposium. Los Angeles, California. April, Pariera, K. (2011). Seeking health information on the web: How visual and textual cues contribute to website credibility assessments. The International Conference on Health, Wellness and Society. Berkeley, CA. January, 2011.

4 Pariera, K. (2009). Thinking within the lines: Maps and national identity in young children. The University of Szczecinʼs Us and Them - Them and Us: Constructions of the Other in Cultural Stereotypes - Perceptions, Challenges, Meanings Conference. Szczecin, Poland, May, Pariera, K. (2009). Geographic representation and national identity in young children. The University of Maryland s 7 th Annual SLLC Graduate Student Forum. College Park, Maryland. March, Pariera, K. (2006). The usage of politeness strategies in discussions about taboo topics. The Ronald E. McNair Scholars Program Summer Symposium. Portland, Oregon. August Pariera, K. (2006). Principles, controversies and trends of Brown and Levinsonsʼ Politeness Theory. McNair Undergraduate Research Conference. Portland, Oregon. June Pariera, K. (2006). Challenges for first-generation college students. The TRIO Student Leadership Conference. Eugene, Oregon. April RESEARCH EXPERIENCE Research Assistant to Dr. Sheila Murphy, 2011 to Present. University of Southern California I assist Dr. Murphy with NCI- and CDC-funded grant work, reviews, study designs, focus groups, surveys, analyses, and presentations. Competitor in Emory University s Global Health Case Competition, March University of Southern California, Institute for Global Health I worked on a semester-long team project involving researching health policies and outcomes for people in African refugee camps. Graduate Research Assistant, Georgetown University, Children s Digital Media Center I helped run experiments for a nutrition and media study, assisted with writing, and research, set up a content analysis program, and wrote press releases. Undergraduate Research Assistant, Portland State University, Department of Applied Linguistics I conducted language analysis of taped interviews with U.S. immigrants. McNair Research Scholar, Portland State University I attended lectures on writing and research, and conducted and wrote an original research project on politeness norms in communication.

5 TEACHING EXPERIENCE: INSTRUCTOR COMM204: Public Speaking, Fall University of Southern California, Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism (evaluations available on request). High School Speaker, 2012 to Present. Planned Parenthood of Los Angeles I volunteer 5-8 times a month teaching on sexuality, pregnancy, and birth control in greater Los Angeles (Compton, El Segundo, Hollywood, etc.). English Language Teacher, Sogang Language Program, Seoul, South Korea I taught six classes of English as a Foreign Language to middle- school and high-school students. TEACHING EXPERIENCE: TEACHING ASSISTANT Teaching Assistant, 2011 to present. For the following courses: COMM650: Survey Construction and Validation (graduate level class) COMM304: Interpersonal Communication COMM300: Entertainment, Communication, and Society COMM383: Sports, Communication and Culture (Spring 2012, Fall 2012) Class Trainer, 2013 to Present. Marshall School of Business, Experiential Learning Center. I teach discussion sections of about undergraduate and graduate level business students on communication topics such as intercultural communication, interpersonal communication, and strategic communication. Teaching Assistant, Georgetown University, Department of Psychology. For the following courses: PSYC151: Abnormal Psychology PSYC361: Children and Technology Teaching Assistant, Portland State University, Department of Communication. For the following course: COMM337: Gender and Communication PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Researcher, 2011 to Present TrueSpark, Santa Monica, California I conduct ongoing program evaluation with a non-profit organization that promotes media literacy.

6 Program Associate, August 2009 to June 2010 DENT Instruments, Bend, Oregon I assisted with communication projects including marketing and outreach. Freelance Writer, May 2009 to July 2009 I wrote content for medical practice groups websites. Program Associate, October 2008 to May 2009 American Bar Association, Washington, D.C. I was responsible for strategic communication, and overseeing outreach, conference planning, and volunteer training. Office Assistant, January 2006 to August 2006 Portland State University, Center for Academic Excellence I assisted in preparing diversity training workshops, brown bag lunches, and managed a teaching resource library. SERVICE High School Speaker Planned Parenthood of Los Angeles to present. Board Member Annenberg Communication Graduate Student Association Computer Services Volunteer Deschutes County Library, Bend, OR Outreach Volunteer Planned Parenthood of Southwest Oregon Student Ambassador Georgetown University, Department of Communication, Culture and Technology Visitor and Information Center Volunteer. Smithsonian Institute, National Portrait Gallery

7 SKILLS Survey Construction and Validation Focus Groups Interviews Program Evaluation Campaign Design and Evaluation Meta-Analysis Content Analysis Social Network Analysis with UCINET software Dyadic Data Analysis SPSS, STATA AWARDS AND RECOGNITION Recipient of $2500 summer research award, Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism, Recipient of Top-Rated Student Translational Research Award, 2013 DC Health Communication conference. Recipient of the Student Ambassador Award, 2011 Annual Meeting of the Society for Scientific Study of Sexuality. Recipient of the Graduate Scholar Award, 2011 International Conference on Health, Wellness and Society. Recipient of the 2011 Annenberg Graduate Fellows Symposium Award. Recipient of the USC Annenberg Graduate Fellowship, Recipient of Georgetown University Communication, Culture and Technology meritbased scholarship, Recipient of the Georgetown University Graduate School Fellowship, Awarded to the Ronald E. McNair Post-Baccalaureate Achievement Program, Portland State University, Recipient of the merit-based Oregon Laurels Scholarship,

8 PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS International Communication Association National Communication Association Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality REFERENCES Sheila Murphy, PhD Associate Professor, USC Annenberg School of Communication Mentor, Advisor, Dissertation Chair Michael Cody, PhD Professor, USC Annenberg School of Communication Dissertation committee member, supervised me as Teaching Assistant Lourdes Baezconde-Garbanati, MPH, PhD Associate Professor, USC Keck School of Medicine Dissertation committee member Larry Gross, PhD Professor, Vice Dean, Director of USC School of Communication Qualifying exams committee member