Classes & Teaching
Teaching Portfolio
Writing for Mass Communication
I teach two sections, totalling 40 students. Students are introduced to AP
style, hard news, and news-feature writing during this transition to
writing for newspapers.
I teach students basic
multimedia skills, including reverse publishing (writing for the Web),
how to create a slide show, and working with content management
systems.
I also assist Dr. Dodd each semester, lecturing
to more than 200 students about Web writing.
Syllabus
Seminar in Mass Communication Teaching
I instructed
two classes, consisting of graduate students, on a variety of teaching
techniques.
I also created a proposal for a new course,
Convergence Journalism, geared toward teaching undergraduate students
new media skills.
Coursework
Electronic Publishing
This
course teaches students basic HTML and CSS skills needed for building
Web sites.
Dr. David
Carlson's Web site
Survey Research Method
Students are required to complete a conference-quality paper collecting and processing surveys.
Advanced Seminar in Social Cognition
Throughout this
course, students learn a variety of theories regarding social
psychology.
Syllabus
Mass Communication Perspectives
Students produce a conference-quality paper geared toward advancing mass communication theory.