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Teaching Experience

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Purdue University

Graduate courses

COM 632 / POL 611 Media and Public Opinion

  • Taught a cross-listed (Communication and Political Science) doctoral level seminar on the theoretical connections and methodological approaches for studying the relationship between the media and public opinion. (N = 12)

  • Fall 2022, Fall 2020 (online), Fall 2018

 

COM 632 Media Effects Research

  • Taught a doctoral level seminar on the social and psychological implications of media creation and consumption. (N = 12)

  • Fall 2023; Fall 2021, Spring 2020

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Undergraduate courses

COM 318 Principles of Persuasion

  • Taught a large-lecture course on the theories and applications used in understanding and studying interpersonal and mediated forms of persuasion. (N = 360)

  • Spring 2025; Winter 2024 (online); Summer 2024 (online); Spring 2024; Winter 2023 (online); Fall 2023; Summer 2023 (online); Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Summer 2021 (online); Spring 2021 (online); Fall 2020 (online)

 

COM 416 / POL 415 United States Politics and the Media

  • Taught a cross-listed (Communication and Political Science) course on the theories and methods underlying mediated communication in the context of American politics. (N = 24)

  • Spring 2025; Spring 2024; Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021 (online); Summer 2020 (online), Spring 2020, Spring 2019

University of Alabama

Graduate courses

CIS 650 Media Processes and Effects

  • Taught a doctoral level seminar on the social and psychological implications of media creation and consumption. (N = 11)

  • Spring 2018

 

MC 550 Research Methods

  • Taught quantitative and qualitative research methods. (N = 10)

  • Summer 2016​ (online)

 

Undergraduate courses

JCM 493 Ethics and Diversity in Media

  • Taught a seminar-style course on diversity and media ethics, using philosophy to understand ethical dilemmas and media psychology to understand the implications of ethical decisions. (N = 30)

  • Spring 2018, Fall 2017

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MC 421 Political Communication

  • Taught the theories and methods underlying mediated communication in a political context. (N = 25)

  • Fall 2017​

 

JN 311 News Writing and Reporting

  • Taught a writing-intensive course on introductory news writing and reporting; managed 15 lab sections associated with this large-lecture course. (N = 220)

  • Summer 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Summer 2016, Spring 2016

 

JN 499 Journalism Issues, Practices and Ethics

  • Taught a seminar-style course on current issues and practices in journalism, using ethical philosophy to work through ethical dilemmas and media psychology to understand the implications of journalists’ ethical decisions. (N = 20)

  • Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Fall 2015

 

JN 311 News Writing and Reporting Labs

  • Ran lab sections for a writing-intensive course on introductory news writing and reporting. (N = 15)

  • Fall 2015

 

Student group leadership

Advisor for the Media Writing Center’s mentor program

  • Organized and oversaw student mentors for the College of Communication and Information Sciences’ Media Writing Center by recruiting the student mentors and guiding their instruction of other students’ writing projects.

  • Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015

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Penn State

Undergraduate courses

COMM 118 Introduction to Media Effects

  • Taught the social and psychological effects of media creation, selection, and consumption as well as their applications to research on attitude and behavior change. (N = 260)

  • Spring 2015

 

COMM 260W News Writing and Reporting

  • Taught a writing-intensive course on introductory news writing skills. (N = 25)

  • Fall 2014, Spring 2014

 

COMM 420 Research Methods in Advertising and Public Relations

  • Taught qualitative and quantitative research methods and data analysis as well as their application to the fields of advertising and public relations. (N = 25)

  • Fall 2013

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