Assistant Professor of Digital Media
Dr. Heather Starr Fiedler is an assistant professor of digital media. She specializes in new and emerging media technology and especially online journalism. Prior to coming to Point Park in 2000, she taught business and computer science at West Virginia Northern Community College, Communications at Robert Morris University and was the director of training for Gateway Computers in Pittsburgh. Dr. Fiedler holds a Ph.D. in educational technology from Nova Southeastern University, a master’s in communications from the University of Albany and bachelor’s in business and broadcast journalism from Buffalo State College.
Dr. Fiedler’s classes include online journalism, web publication, print design, citizen journalism, social media and magazine writing and design.
In addition, she developed and oversees the Globe Online, the online student newspaper. She is also the founder and general manager of PittsburghMom.com, a Web site for Pittsburgh area parents, which is now owned by the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Because of her work with PittsburghMom.com, she was selected as one of "Pittsburgh's 40 Under 40" by Pittsburgh Magazine and PUMP in November, 2009. She also has her own free-lance design business where she specializes in announcements and invitations. She lives in Cheswick with her husband and two sons Matthew and Benjamin.
Education
• BA, Broadcast Journalism and Business, SUNY College at Buffalo
• MA, Organizational Communication, University of Albany
• PhD, Educational Technology – Nova Southeastern University
Courses Taught
• Survey of Mass Communication
• Computer Mediated Publications
• Online Journalism
• Publications Production I & II
• Desktop Publishing
• Web Publishing and Editing
• Citizen and Community Journalism
• Information Graphics
• Web Publication Workshop
• University Experience
Advising/Coordinating
• Adviser to college literary magazine, The Cavalcade
• Adviser to college newsmagazine, The Pioneer
• Coordinator of University Experience Program
Memberships
• Online News Association (ONA)
• College Media Advisers (CMA)
Contact
E-mail: hstarr@pointpark.edu
Office phone: (412) 392-3409
Office: 912 Thayer Hall
