Teaching
Teaching Awards:
2017-2018 Teaching Recognition Award. Office of the Provost. Southern Illinois University Edwardsville.
2012-2013 Teaching Distinction Award. Southern Illinois University Edwardsville.
Areas of Teaching Interest
Interpersonal Communication
Communicative Issues of Death and Dying
Computer-Mediated Communication
Communication Theory
Small Group Communication
Public Speaking
Qualitative Research Methods and Analysis
Courses Taught at SIUE
ACS 101: Public Speaking (H;O)
ACS 103: Interpersonal Communication Skills
ACS 200: Advanced Public Speaking
ACS 201: Small Group Communication (H; O)
ACS 323: Interpersonal Communication Theory and Applications
ACS 330: Theories of Communication (Flipped; O)
IS 342: Death and Dying (interdisciplinary team-taught course)
ACS 421: Computer-Mediated Communication (H; O)
ACS 423: Special Topics: Communicative Issues of Death and Dying
ACS 424: Senior Project in Interpersonal Communication (H)
ACS 425: Communicative Aspects of Death and Dying (H;O)
ACS 434: Nonverbal Communication (H)
ACS 461: Strategies for Teaching Speech Communication (H)
ACS 502: Qualitative Research Methods (H)
ACS 509: Special Topics: Death and Dying (H;O)
ACS 509: Special Topics: Communication and Emotion
ACS 509: Special Topics: Romantic Relationships
ACS 520: Seminar in Interpersonal Communication (H)
ACS 521: Seminar in Computer-Mediated Communication (H)
Additional Teaching Experiences
Open Educational Resource (OER) Program (Fall 2014). Developed and utilized OERs in lieu of a traditional textbook and integrated iPads for in-class activities for Strategies for Teaching Speech Communication (ACS 461) at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville.
Chubu University Exchange Program (Summer, 2008). Taught Fundamentals of Human Communication (COMS 101) to a class that included 11 Japanese exchange students studying at Ohio University.
Upward Bound Program (Fall, 2005). Taught Fundamentals of Speech (SPCM 101) to a class that included 10 Native American students studying at South Dakota State University.