TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Film Image and Social Reality (spring, 2022)

This upper division class provides for the detailed study of films, particularly those with a minority theme or cast, and the reality the films attempt to portray. Through the lens of themes including race, gender, sexuality, socio economics, and the environment, students engage in film analysis, paying close attention to a film’s script, themes, production values, acting, setting, and cultural/historical context.

 

Introduction to Media Writing (spring, 2022; fall 2021)

Introduction to grammatical structure and writing styles used by journalists and communication professionals. Emphasizing critical thinking, this class introduces students to the Associated Press style, the basic writing formats for various forms of communication, including print journalism and electronic media, and the importance of writing deadlines.

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Intercultural Communication (spring, 2020; fall, 2019; spring, 2019; fall, 2018)

Upper division class that introduces students to the concepts, principles, and theories of intercultural communication through a number of lenses, including race, ethnicity, sexuality, gender, politics, free speech, and verbal and non-verbal communication.

 

Visual Communication (spring, 2021; fall, 2020)

A rhetorical approach to the study of visual communication, focusing on the analysis of visual persuasion in history, media, memory, politics, advertising, social change, and other aspects of everyday life.

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Introduction to Media Studies (summer, 2020)

Introduction to the role of contemporary media in shaping our sense of ourselves and our world. The class surveys a broad array of critical approaches to understanding media, including the analysis of media technologies, texts, institutions, audiences, and practices with a focus on the historical, cultural, political, and economic contexts in which media operate.

 

Communication and Popular Culture (spring, 2021; fall, 2020)

Exploration of popular culture’s forms and functions in US society in which student’s analyze and critique the relationships among popular culture, industry, power, and identity from a communication studies perspective.

 

Relational and Organizational Communication (recitation instructor) (fall, 2018)

Introduction to methodological and theoretical approaches to the study of human communication from a social scientific perspective, including the influence of group membership and individual differences in human behavior as it relates to communication phenomenon.

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Fundamentals of Communication (summer, 2019)

Introduction to major concepts, theories, and practices within the field of communication studies, examining the role of communication at both the micro and macro level. By examining communication in interpersonal, rhetorical, group, family, organizational, and cultural relationships, students develop a breadth of knowledge surrounding core understandings of human communication that guide inquiry in the discipline. 

 

Conflict Resolution (summer, 2018)

This upper division class explores how mediation can be used as a tool to deal with conflict that occurs in daily life and on a global scale. Students learn various mediation models that lead to thoughtful communication and practice hands-on, practical conflict resolution skills.

 

Business and Professional Communication (spring, 2015; fall, 2014; spring 2014 (online); spring, 2016; fall, 2015)

Introduction to the art of effective communication within professional settings. Topics covered include leadership, ethics, social justice, interviewing techniques, resume writing, a variety of oral presentations, and online and nonverbal communication etiquette. This course also includes a serviced learning component. 

 

Invitational Speaking (summer, 2015 (online); spring, 2016; fall, 2015)

Harnessing the theory of invitational rhetoric, this course invites students to become self-reflexive and intentional communicators through developing skills in presentational speaking that are appropriate for a variety of communication contexts.

 

Public Speaking (spring, 2022; fall, 2021; spring, 2018; fall 2017; spring 2017; fall, 2016)

Introduction to the basic principles of effective oral communication. Emphasis is placed upon speeches used in business, educational, and everyday activities—informative, persuasive, extemporaneous, and group speeches.

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Leader of the redesign of Business and Professional Communication classes at the University of Colorado Denver, 2020. Funded by a grant from the Department of Communication at the Business School ($8,000).

 

Developed online resources for Presentational Speaking classes, University of Colorado Denver, 2015. Funded by a grant from the Dean’s Fund for Excellence ($500).

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GUEST TEACHING

“Studying Hong Kong, China, and Mass Communication,” Seminar in Mass Communication (Ph.D. seminar), taught by Qingwen Dong, University of the Pacific, 2020.

 

“Writing for an Academic Journal Submission,” Academic Writing (Ph.D. seminar), taught by Eric Aoki, Colorado State University, 2020.

 

“Hong Kong, the Umbrella Revolution, and Democracy,” Communication, China, and the U.S., taught by Stephen J. Hartnett, University of Colorado Denver, 2015, 2018, and 2019.

 

“Speech Code Theory,” Relational and Organizational Communication, taught by Ziyu Long, Colorado State University, 2018.

 

“Metaphor Criticism,” Rhetorical Criticism (graduate class), taught by Sonja K. Foss, University of Colorado Denver 2018.

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ACADEMIC ADVISING

Sarah Ross (academic advisor)

Dana Wright (academic advisor)

Jordan Burroughs (academic advisor)

Leeoria Willis (undergraduate honors project)

Ayriana Clay (undergraduate honors project)

Keymariah Boatman (undergraduate honors project)

Tyrell Miller-Johnson (undergraduate honors project)

Lillian Sanni (undergraduate honors project)

Nya Brunson (undergraduate honors project)

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