Melissa Thompson

Concerned citizen, Connector, Event planner, Foodie

I grew up in Searcy, Arkansas and moved to Louisiana to pursue my BA in communication studies at Louisiana State University in 2002. In 2006, I moved to Memphis, Tennessee to pursue my MA and PhD in health communication. In 2012, I moved back to Baton Rouge, Louisiana to begin working at LSU in the Communication across the Curriculum program, where our team launched TEDxLSU. We received our first license in 2012, and our most recent event was in 2019. I now work as a partner at Success Labs, adjunct faculty for LSU, and organize TEDxBatonRouge since its inception in 2023.

Communication, Event & Program Planning, Mentoring - Education, Communication