Carla Swank Fox

Lecturer

Carla Swank Fox
(615) 904-8366
Room 309, Jones Hall (JH)
MTSU Box 58, Murfreesboro, TN 37132
Office Hours

Spring 2024:

In-person and virtual office hours (appointments strongly encouraged)

Mondays: 11 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Tuesdays & Thursdays: 2:30-3:30 p.m.
Wednesdays: 10 a.m. - 12 p.m. 
Fridays: By appointment only

Degree Information

  • MS, Robert Morris University (2009)
  • BA, Robert Morris University (2003)

Areas of Expertise

  • Digital Media Writing
  • Social Media
  • Content Strategy
  • Audience Analysis and Research
  • Multimedia Storytelling

Biography

An accomplished writer, producer, technologist, and social strategist, Carla Swank Fox is a lecturer in interactive media and a doctoral student at Middle Tennessee State University.

In addition to teaching, Carla is co-founder of Craft Content Nashville and co-host of the long-running college football podcast The Carla & Crappy Show. She also consults as a soci...

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An accomplished writer, producer, technologist, and social strategist, Carla Swank Fox is a lecturer in interactive media and a doctoral student at Middle Tennessee State University.

In addition to teaching, Carla is co-founder of Craft Content Nashville and co-host of the long-running college football podcast The Carla & Crappy Show. She also consults as a social media and content strategist.

Previously, Carla was a reporter, copy editor, print designer, and webcast producer for the Beaver County Times; a writer, assistant national editor, and network producer for Rivals.com and Yahoo! Sports; and the print copy editor for American Songwriter magazine. She helmed all communications and marketing initiatives at The Fellowship of United Methodists in Music and Worship Arts for a decade, serving two years as managing editor for both the organization’s award-winning print magazine WorshipArts and weekly interactive publication Fellowship Reflections. She also has worked in various strategic communications roles in communications agencies, serving clients including Simon & Schuster, Johnson & Johnson, Thorntons, and several healthcare startups.

Originally from Western Pennsylvania, Carla holds a B.A. in Communication (with emphasis in corporate communication and media production) and an M.S. in Organizational Studies and Leadership, both from Robert Morris University in Pittsburgh. She is currently pursuing an Ed.D. in Assessment, Learning, and Student Success – Higher Education at MTSU.

Outside of teaching, Carla enjoys choral singing, playing the piano, watching home renovation shows, drinking coffee, spending time with her husband, David, and (most importantly!) being Ellie’s mommy.

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Awards

  • IABC Nashville Music City Gold Pen Award of Excellence 2022
  • Bronze Telly Award 2006

Courses

  • IAM 2500: Survey of Interactive Media
  • IAM 3060: Writing for Interactive Media
  • IAM 3065: Audiences and Messaging
  • IAM 3070: Introduction to Social Media Practice
  • IAM 3250: Gender and Representation in Interactive Media
  • IAM 4950: Advanced Seminar in Interactive Media: Sports and Emerging Media