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Dr. Lance Porter joins WOMMA Advisory Board
Assistant Professor
Louisiana State University
Manship School of Mass Communication
Laboratory for Creative Arts and Technology
Porter has more than 12 years of marketing experience in the entertainment, biotech, hospitality, banking and insurance industries. He has focused on new media since 1995, when he built his first commercial Web site.
Prior to starting New Media Mind, Porter spent four years as executive director of Internet marketing for Disney, formulating the creative and media strategies for more than 80 films released under Touchstone and Disney Pictures. In 2002, he won both a Clio and a Key Art Award for his work as a producer on the official movie site for "The Royal Tenenbaums." At the University of Georgia, Porter helped start the New Media Institute.
Porter holds a Ph.D. in mass communication with an emphasis in new media from the University of Georgia. He currently serves as an assistant professor of advertising and public relations in the Manship School of Mass Communication at Louisiana State University. He holds a joint appointment with the Laboratory for Creative Arts and Technology (LCAT), where he heads an interdisciplinary project conducting research on the uses and applications of online media.