My name is Heidi Segona, and I am a full-time Master’s student in the Department of Communication. I am originally from Melbourne, FL  but moved to Knoxville, TN in 1996, and then to Memphis in 2001.  I have an 11 year old son who is amazing and always fun to be around. We also have the cutest 7 month old puppy named Thea.

Last semester I had the pleasure of being a teaching and research assistant for Dr. Gretchen Holmes.  I helped Dr. Holmes with research on the Theoretical Model of Medical Rapport in Medical Students.  I also assisted with 1780 (intro to communication) and taught 2 labs.  This semester our research is dealing with illness narratives and understanding illness.  This research is to help Dr. Holmes write a chapter for an upcoming Health Communication textbook.

I have done research on Computer Mediated Communication in relationships while in undergraduate and graduate classes.  I am very interested about the topic, and the dynamic that CMC plays specifically with long distance and face to face relationships.

I have had a long break like most of you, and I am ready to get to work.  I look forward to interacting with the class.

Good luck this semester!

Heidi