Cristin Etheredge received her M.A. in Corporate and Public Communication at the University of South Alabama. Prior to joining Yeske Buie, Cristin was a Human Resources Manager for Target and a Communications Instructor at the University of South Alabama. In 2009, Cristin published social communication research entitled : “Living in Guild Wars: A Cultural Analysis of the Discourse, Dance, and Evolution of an MMOG Phenomenon.” Cristin spends her free time hiking, gardening, cooking, chasing her toddler nephew, playing video games and remains a casual social science researcher.