Shawna Kelly is a Ph.D. student at the USC Annenberg School for Communication. Shawna’s research centers on the interactions between new communication technologies and culture, and she is currently the editorial assistant of Media Psychology. Shawna’s previous academic work includes a B.A. with a double major in Communication and Linguistics from Western Washington University. Her minors included Teaching English as a Second Language, Latin, and African History. In the private sector, Shawna has held such diverse jobs as grant editor for a biomedical research company, office manager for an environmental consulting firm, and technical support representative for a software company. She enjoys videogames both as a hobby and as an ever-changing research subject.