Teaching Experience

Courses Taught

 University of Mary Washington, Department of English, Linguistics, and Communication

  • COMM 370N, Public Communication Campaigns (face-to-face)
  • COMM 205, Public Speaking (face-to-face)
  • COMM 341, Communication Research Methods (face-to-face)

North Carolina State University, Department of Communication

  • COM 386, Quantitative Research Methods in Communication (face-to-face)
  • COM 226, Introduction to Public Relations (face-to-face)
  • COM 110, Public Speaking (face-to-face)
  • COM 112, Interpersonal Communication (face-to-face)

 Guilford Technical Community College, Department of Communication

  • COM 231, Public Speaking (3 sections of hybrid courses: half online and half face-to-face)
  • COM 120, Interpersonal Communication (1 section: face-to-face; 2 sections hybrid: one third face-to-face, two thirds online)
  • COM 110, Introduction to Communication (4 sections, face-to-face)

 Virginia Tech, Department of Communication

  • COM 2004, Public Speaking (8 total sections all modified-hybrid courses: half of the class met face-to-face while others were online, then switched)
Courses Assisted
North Carolina State University, Department of Communication
  • COM 322, Nonverbal Communication (online)

Coursework/Teaching Development

  • Courses: Communication Pedagogy (Virginia Tech, Fall 2009), Teaching College Communication (NC State, Fall 2011), Technologies & Pedagogies in Communication (NC State, Fall 2012)
  • Center for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching at Virginia Tech:
    • Attended 2009 and 2010 Conference on Higher Education Pedagogy
    • Attended “What’s Culture Got to do With it?” workshop in April 2009

Teaching Interests

  • Introductory courses such as: Communication, Interpersonal Communication, Mass Communication, and Public Relations
  • Research Methods (Quantitative and Qualitative)
  • Media Effects
  • Media Campaigns and Media Literacy
  • Mass Communication and Society/Culture