Tori Horton is an adjunct faculty member at Weber State University. She is a graduate of the USC Public Diplomacy Master's Program. She has worked in the field of public diplomacy for the past five years. Her areas of interest include new technology, nation branding, and cultural exchange.

Most recently Tori worked as Project Manager for a grant from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation at the University of Southern California exploring virtual worlds and online communication. Tori focused on using these worlds as a natural platform for collaboration through global communication and cross-cultural interaction. Tori's research project for the Center was titled 'Public Diplomacy and Virtual Worlds'.

Past experience includes working at the USC Center on Public Diplomacy first as an Assistant to the Director and then as Assistant Director of Budget and Administration. In 2005, she directed a German student exchange program in the Pasadena area to facilitate cultural dialogue between German students and American host families.

Prior to her time at USC, Tori earned her undergraduate degree in Humanities and English from Brigham Young University. While attending BYU, she served as a PRSSA public relations officer and lived abroad on a student education program in Vienna, Austria. Her time abroad involved studying German and teaching English to Iranian families. Tori's public relations experience covers both the profit and non-profit sectors.