Dr. Stephanie A. Longo received her Doctorate of Strategic Communication (DSC) from Regent University. She will begin a position as Associate Professor of Corporate Communication at Penn State Scranton in the fall of 2024. Her research interests include ancestral homeland marketing, intercultural communication, crisis communication, and communication in remote-based environments. She has previously presented at the World Conference on Social Sciences and the Broadcast Education Association (BEA) conference. Her most recent article, Hashtags and heritage: The use of #italianamerican on Instagram, was published in the academic journal Online Media and Global Communication