Our Mission
How2i is dedicated to equipping individuals with media literacy tools and advancing the objectives of promoting critical thinking and curbing the dissemination of harmful content on the internet.
About Us
Kimberley Skubic
media literacy instructor, Project Coordinator
Kimberley Skubic is a media literacy instructor and Project Coordinator for How2INFORM (H2i). In 2021, she led Lewis University students to develop a program, H2i, designed to prevent targeted violence and terrorism for McCain Institute’s Invent2Prevent competition. H2i aims to combat the rise of mis-, dis-, and malinformation by facilitating critical thinking through media literacy training, tools, and resources to no cost to participants. H2i received sustainment funding from the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Center for Prevention Programs and Partnerships (2021) and the Department of Homeland Security’s Targeted Violence and Prevention Grant (2022). Kimberley co-authored Combating Misinformation, One Meme at a Time for Parents with Preparedness magazine and appeared on the Teachers’ Classroom podcast with host Matt Weld. She has a BA in English from North Central College in Naperville, IL, and an MS in criminal justice from Lewis University in Romeoville, IL.
Dr. Vesna Markovic
full professor in criminal justice
Dr. Vesna Markovic is a full professor in criminal justice and Chair in the Justice, Law and Public Safety Studies Department at Lewis University in Romeoville, IL. Her research focuses specifically on suicide bombings, financing terrorism, low tech attacks, and transnational crime. She was a faculty mentor for a student project focused on media literacy and online critical thinking for educators and students from K-12, which has turned into a DHS funded grant. Dr. Markovic has published numerous peer-reviewed articles in these areas as well as an op-ed in Forbes magazine. The project received additional funding and they continue to create and provide resources, content, and training on mis-, dis-, and malinformation. She has a BA and MA from the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC), and her PhD from Sam Houston State University.
Our Mission
How2i is dedicated to equipping individuals with media literacy tools and advancing the objectives of promoting critical thinking and curbing the dissemination of harmful content on the internet.
About Us
Kimberley Skubic
Kimberley Skubic is a media literacy instructor and Project Coordinator for How2INFORM (H2i). In 2021, she led Lewis University students to develop a program, H2i, designed to prevent targeted violence and terrorism for McCain Institute’s Invent2Prevent competition. H2i aims to combat the rise of mis-, dis-, and malinformation by facilitating critical thinking through media literacy training, tools, and resources to no cost to participants. H2i received sustainment funding from the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Center for Prevention Programs and Partnerships (2021) and the Department of Homeland Security’s Targeted Violence and Prevention Grant (2022). Kimberley co-authored Combating Misinformation, One Meme at a Time for Parents with Preparedness magazine and appeared on the Teachers’ Classroom podcast with host Matt Weld. She has a BA in English from North Central College in Naperville, IL, and an MS in criminal justice from Lewis University in Romeoville, IL.
Dr. Vesna Markovic
Dr. Vesna Markovic is a full professor in criminal justice and Chair in the Justice, Law and Public Safety Studies Department at Lewis University in Romeoville, IL. Her research focuses specifically on suicide bombings, financing terrorism, low tech attacks, and transnational crime. She was a faculty mentor for a student project focused on media literacy and online critical thinking for educators and students from K-12, which has turned into a DHS funded grant. Dr. Markovic has published numerous peer-reviewed articles in these areas as well as an op-ed in Forbes magazine. The project received additional funding and they continue to create and provide resources, content, and training on mis-, dis-, and malinformation. She has a BA and MA from the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC), and her PhD from Sam Houston State University.