Dr. Caroline (Carrie) Fitzpatrick is an associate professor and the department chair of communication at Alvernia University in Reading, Pennsylvania. A multiple awardee for teaching and research, her professional interests include media literacy and advocacy, communication law and ethics, cultural and film studies. Carrie is a trained grant writer and has more than a decade of nonprofit board experience. She is an advocate for the arts and education, and her most recent project is an edited textbook collection Writing the Disciplines that will be made available as an open educational resource (OER) for high school and college students.