Heather Howard is the advertising and marketing manager for OU Student Media. She is a 2001 graduate of Gaylord College and a 2004 graduate of the OU College of Law. Before joining Student Media, she spent six years as the journalism teacher and yearbook adviser at Norman High School, where she was named the Oklahoma Yearbook Adviser of the Year by Oklahoma Scholastic Media in 2013. She also serves as an adjunct professor in the Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communication, teaching Mass Media and Storytelling. Howard also teaches Gateway to College Learning, a course for incoming freshman in University College. While a student at OU, Howard served as editor of Sooner yearbook and assistant managing editor of The Oklahoma Daily. In law school, Howard served as editor-in-chief of the Oklahoma Law Review. Howard lives in Norman with her husband, Bobby, who teaches math at OU and Norman High School, and their son, Sam.