Dr. Angela Patterson is a media psychologist, writer and communicator who currently serves as the head writer and editor at Springtide Research Institute. Using her communications background, she also teaches organizational behavior and culture in the master’s program for Organization Development and Leadership at Fielding Graduate University. Angela earned a doctorate in media psychology from Fielding, where she studied how media and technology affect cultural institutions. Specifically, her research focuses on how digital media affects the religious and spiritual development of adolescents and young adults. Angela also holds a master’s degree in journalism from Indiana University Bloomington and a bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Southern Mississippi. Angela lives in downtown Dallas, Texas and is a proud plant mom of two.