Professor of Practice in journalism. Digital content specialist with expertise in news and multimedia journalism. More than 25 years leadership experience with community newspapers and digital media outlets to make the best use of available and emerging technologies to engage and inform a variety of audiences.

• Dr. Ann and Charles Horak III Teaching Excellence Endowment Award (04/19/2022)

• MFA in Creative Writing , University of Texas at El Paso (2005)
• BA in Journalism, University of Texas at El Paso (1998)

• Achieving Our Professional and Personal Goals Conference "Enacting Including Excellence Through Leadership, Teaching, and Learning", El Paso, Texas, August 10-12, 2022 (2022), Kien H. Lim, Charles R. Boehmer, Kathleen A. Gannon, Eric D. Smith, Vladik Y. Kreinovich.

• Achieving Our Professional and Personal Goals (2022), Kien H. Lim, Kathleen A. Gannon, Eric D. Smith, Vladik Y. Kreinovich, Charles R. Boehmer.
• Reclaiming the Border Narrative (2022), Volume Las Vegas , Kathleen A. Gannon.

• Life along the El Paso-Juarez Border (11/01/2020 - 02/28/2022) National Association of Hispanic Journalists