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
Hi Heidi! We are definitely going to be talking about relationships this semester, so I think you will find this class right up your alley. Welcome aboard!
Hi Heidi! Your name sounds very familiar, so I think we have taken an online class together before. I took Dr. Holmes last semester and she was a fantastic professor in terms of caring for her students and wanting her students to do well. I’m sure you had a great experience being her assistant. Like you, I will be interested in learning more about the relationship between CMC and long-distance vs. face-to-face communication. Right now, I feel as though technology has decreased the value of face-to-face communication but has greatly enhanced long-distance communication.