My passion for both writing and creativity drives most of my research and creative work, including work on the textbook my colleagues and I produced entitled Event Planning: Communicating Theory and Practice (Kendall-Hunt, 2016). Typically, event planning sits in schools of hospitality and business; however, communication drives this field, and it’s important to connect communication theory to the practice. We are currently developing a communication theory tied to event planning. Additionally, we continue to present our research regarding this field at our communication conferences, both regionally and nationally. Finally, as a writer, I am working on research that further explores a recent paper and presentation I gave at the Eastern Communication Conference entitled Travel Writing and the Narrative Paradigm. I’m planning on continuing to pursue research in this field, as well as in the studies of creativity and leadership. On the side, I write fiction, and have three fictional books currently on the market: Inn Significant (2017), Baseball Girl (2015), and Beneath the Mimosa Tree (2012).