About Me
Bio:
Teaching: Dr. Tara is an associate professor (received her tenure at 32 years old) at California State University, Fullerton where she teaches Quantitative Research Methods, Sexual Communication, Interpersonal Communication Theories & Research, Relational Communication, and Online Communication and Personal Relationships.
Research: Dr. Tara is proficient in, both, quantitative and qualitative research methods (survey research, experimental designs, focus groups, interviews, and ethnography). Her research titled "Conceptualizing and Operationalizing Empathetic Expressions: Scale Development, Validation, and Message Evaluation," a theory and scale construction piece, won a top paper award at the national communication association convention. She has won five research-related grant awards between 2016-2019.
Service: She is the organizer of CSUF Civil Dialogue events. She hosted public forums on free speech, transgender laws, gun ownership, and immigration laws.
Dr. Tara is a passionate educator, when she's not teaching, she gives sex and relationship advice on her social media Luvbites.co (bustling with over 1 million followers) and other news media outlets (e.g., Cosmopolitan, Insider, Women's Health Magazine, Men's Health Magazine, Tusk Magazine, etc).
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California State University, Los Angeles
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