Pamela Rutledge, PhD, MBA

Current

Instructor at UC Irvine Extension Social Media Certificate Program
Instructor of Media Psychology at UCLA Extension
Adjunct Faculty at Fielding Graduate University

Director at Media Psychology Research Center
Partner at Rutledge Capital

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Past

Owner at Brown Design (Sole Proprietorship)

Education

Fielding Graduate University
Claremont Graduate University - Peter F. Drucker and Masatoshi Ito Graduate School of Management
Pomona College

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Industry

Public Relations and Communications

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Pamela Rutledge, PhD, MBA’s Summary

I am Director of the Media Psychology Research Center with Dr. Erik Gregory and in collaboration with Fablevision. I am also an instructor of media psychology at UCLA Extension and adjunct faculty at Fielding Graduate University. I have a background in communication design, business management, and media psychology. My current interests include understanding the role of social media in branding and entrepreneurship and applying positive psychology to media analysis and development.

I began my career designing and developing media for financial and educational institutions. I received the 1988 Gold Medal Award for Creativity from the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE).

I am also trained as a therapist. For a number of years, I worked with an eating disordered population. I also developed communications seminars for cross-cultural understanding among American administrators and Japanese teens in a residential high school setting.

I have an MBA from the Drucker School of Business at Claremont Graduate University and a MA and PhD in psychology with an emphasis on Media from Fielding Graduate University.

My recent research examined the impact of media on measures of cooperation and conflict between the U.S. and China. With Erik Gregory at MPRC, I am also working on developing an assesment approach that evaluates media from a positive psychology perspective focusing on personal strengths. MPRC also publishes the Media Psychology Review (http://www.mediapsychologyreview.com)

Pamela Rutledge, PhD, MBA’s Specialties:

The interaction of individuals and groups with media applications, visual design, social media and identity, media and national identity and branding

Pamela Rutledge, PhD, MBA’s Experience

Instructor

UC Irvine Extension Social Media Certificate Program

(Public Relations and Communications industry)

February 2009 — Present (10 months)
Instructor of Media Psychology

UCLA Extension

(Educational Institution; Education Management industry)

November 2008 — Present (1 year 1 month)

Introduction to Media Psychology
Adjunct Faculty

Fielding Graduate University

(Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

2008 — Present (1 year )

Social Media and Emerging Technologies in the Master's Degree Program for Media and Social Change
Director

Media Psychology Research Center

(Research industry)

July 2007 — Present (2 years 5 months)

Management, fundraising and project development that support the Media Psychology Research Center's goals of closing the gap between research and practice by bringing researchers together with designers, developers, and distributors of all forms of current and proposed media content and platforms to create media that supports positive change.
Partner

Rutledge Capital

(Investment Banking industry)

March 1992 — Present (17 years 9 months)
Owner
Brown Design (Sole Proprietorship)

(Sole Proprietorship; 1-10 employees; Design industry)

January 1980 — March 1992 (12 years 3 months)

Pamela Rutledge, PhD, MBA’s Education

Fielding Graduate University

PhD , Media Psychology , 2005 — 2008
Claremont Graduate University - Peter F. Drucker and Masatoshi Ito Graduate School of Management

MBA , Finance & Accounting , 1986 — 1988
Pomona College

BA , Art , 1971 — 1975

Activities and Societies:

Phi Beta Kappa