Fielding Graduate University

Areas of Instruction:

• Media and Political Psychology: Propaganda and Persuasion
• Cognitive Psychology and the Display of Information

Honors and Awards:

• IMA 2011 Best Webinar Content Award Transmedia Storytelling (co-authored)

Publications:

• Buckner, B. & Rutledge, P.B. (2011) Transmedia Storytelling: Putting Story Power to Work for Effective Marketing Campaigns. (February) Adcrafter: The Voice of Advertising in Detroit.
• Buckner, B., & Rutledge, P. B. (2011). Transmedia Storytelling: Putting Story to Work in the Hispanic Marketplace. Hispanic Marketing and Public Relations (HMPR), (January 30).
• Buckner, B., & Rutledge, P. B. (2011). Transmedia Storytelling: Putting Story Power to Work for Effective Marketing Campaigns. Adcrafter: The Voice of Advertising in Detroit,  (February 11), 7. www.adcraft.org.
• Buckner, B., & Rutledge, P. B. (2011). The Power of Transmedia Storytelling. Happi (January 28), The Expert's Corner. www.happi.com.
• Cognitive Psychology and Producing for the Small Screen; Media Psychology Review Spring/Summer 2008.

Presentations:

• Collaboration and Community - Immersive Organizations; Immersive Tech Summit, 2010, panelist.
• Creating Trends; Washington, DC lobby group private invitation workshop 2010.
• Creativity in Tough Times; Los Angeles Mayor’s Office Community Beautification Grant 2010 Award Recipients workshop.
• Using AR for Social Impact; Immersive Tech Summit; 2010 speaker.
• Cognitive Psychology and Producing for the Small Screen; Broadcast Educators Association April 2008 panel presentation.
• Micro-Targeting Political Advertising; American Association of Political Consultants Fall 2007 panel presentation.

Professional Experience:

• Adjuct Faculty, School of Psychology, Fielding Graduate University.

Other Professional Activities:

• Lecturer, University of California, Irvine Extension
• Co-founder of A Think Lab
• Founder and CEO of MicroFocus Media
• Group workshop facilitator at the School of Images in New York