Courses Taught

  • COMM 100 – Human Communication (Online and face-to-face)
    • Instructor of Record
    • University of Illinois at Chicago
      • The goal of this course is for you to develop skills for public speaking and conducting meetings. You will learn effective approaches to audience analysis, speaker credibility, using evidence, argument development, speech delivery, and planning presentations. This three credit hour course has no pre-requisites.
  • CMST 101 – Public Speaking (Face-to-face)
    • Instructor of Record
    • Northern Kentucky University
      • This course introduces students to the basic skills and foundations of effective public speaking. Students will develop an understanding of the oral communication process, including: creating visual aids, developing ideas and messages, and effectively delivering ideas.
  • COMM 102 – Introduction to Interpersonal Communication (Online)
    • Graduate Teaching Assistant
    • University of Illinois at Chicago
      • This course is designed as a survey of major concept areas and research topics in the field of interpersonal communication, including but not limited to: verbal and nonverbal messages; reflective listening, disclosure, showing affection, empathy, assertiveness; handling interpersonal conflict; cultural and gender differences.
  • COMM 1071 – Effective Public Speaking (Online and face-to-face)
    • Instructor of Record
    • University of Cincinnati
      • This course introduces students to the basic skills and foundations of effective public speaking. Students will learn speech skills necessary to succeed in both their private and professional lives, including the basic understanding of planning, organization, and delivery techniques.
  • COMM 2026 – Introduction to Mass Communication (Online)
    • Instructor of Record
    • University of Cincinnati
      • This course is designed to introduce students to the field of mass communication, including topics such as converged media — old and new media, media ownership, media diversity, and trends in media. Students will learn about the historical and contemporary development and interrelationship of the mass media, both the “legacy media” (books, newspapers, magazines, film, radio and television) and the converged media we now access through the internet. Additionally, students will develop a understanding and identify how media ownership, economic and financial pressures, and technological changes affect media content. Students will process and reflect on their own media use and recognize the effects of mass media messages on both individuals and society. This course encourages students to think critically about current issues and trends in media, including diversity, media regulation, law and ethics, and the role of media in America’s political polarization.
  • COMM 227 – Social Justice & Communication (Face-to-face)
    • Instructor of Record
    • Loyola University Chicago
      • This course studies the meaning of “social justice” from a theoretical and historical perspective; focuses on some key issues (i.e., race, gender, class, and sexuality within a global context) and considers the relationship between these issues of social justice and our contemporary communication processes and practices. In doing so, the class invites us to consider and imagine the role of communication in supporting, upholding, resisting, transforming, and challenging the status quo; as well as advancing principles that widen our society’s democracy, redress its shortcomings, and advance fairness and equity. This course emphasizes personal reflection and critical thinking, expressed in careful observation, description, and analysis of daily life, and of the cultural and ethical patterns that constitute our lived, social world. The course also highlights the importance of creative thinking, and of dialogue and open discussion of ideas. We learn to think critically and in innovative ways by playing with unexpected options, by questioning received ideas and by listening with an open and unprejudiced attitudes.
  • COMM 2028 – Communication and Popular Culture (Online and face-to-face)
    • Instructor of Record
    • University of Cincinnati
      • This course is designed to take a multiperspectival approach to the broad field of communication. In applying critical communication theories to popular culture texts, we will explore the media of our everyday lives by learning of the political economy behind the production of the texts, analyzing the textual codes within the texts, and studying the audience reception. As our mediated world becomes more and more complicated with the convergence of new and expanding technologies, it is imperative that we are prepared with the crucial and critical tools in order to understand the media saturated culture in which we reside. In addition to approaching popular cultural texts from a Mass Communication perspective, we will also explore ways in which Organization Communication, Interpersonal Communication, and Rhetoric are both present and influenced by our convergence culture. We will incorporate these communication perspectives to our media discussions in order to identify the ways in which these fields overlap and cooperate in our everyday lives.
  • COMM 281 – Gender, Language and Communication (Face-to-face)
    • Instructor of Record
    • Loyola University Chicago
      • This course studies the relationship between gender, language and communication, and places that study at the service of others. Our course argues that the ways we see and understand gender are intimately connected to how we speak about gender; and in turn, how we understand gender influences how we perform and practice communication. Conversely, we learn to “practice gender” by means of communication and language, so that gender is not just something we are, but also something we perform and something we “talk ourselves into being.” Gender is also intimately related to other dimensions of identity such as ethnicity and class. We will study these crucial issues and put our newly gained understanding at the service of an organization that strives to make a difference in the lives of a community (e.g., LGBTQ+ community; refugees; the elderly; survivors of domestic violence; Black male youth at risk, etc.) This course emphasizes personal reflection and critical thinking, expressed in careful observation, description, and analysis of daily life, and of the cultural and ethical patterns that constitute our lived, social world. The course also highlights the importance of creative thinking, and of dialogue and open discussion of ideas. We learn to think critically and in innovative ways by playing with unexpected options, by questioning received ideas and by listening with an open and unprejudiced attitude.
  • COMM 2081 – Business Communication (Online, face-to-face, and flipped classroom)
    • Instructor of Record
    • University of Cincinnati
      • This online course is designed to give students a basic understanding of how communication looks and effectively functions in the business world. Students will be challenged to not only develop knowledge about business communication, but to also think critically and apply core business communication concepts and principles. This course will encourage students to develop and utilize skills in professional writing and speaking as well as leadership, teamwork, and interpersonal communication. This is both a content & performance oriented course. You will be most successful if you understand that learning is student driven. Unlike a traditional in-classroom course, you have more responsibility for directly mastering course material. What you take from this class will largely depend on the value of your input.
  • COM252 – Interpersonal Communication (Face-to-face)
    • Instructor of Record
    • Gateway Community and Technical College
      • This course examines basic verbal and nonverbal elements affecting communication between individuals, family members, peer groups, and work contexts. The course requires participation in activities designed to develop interpersonal communication skills. Topics include: strategy development, relationship and conversation management, effective listening, conflict management, defensive communication, communication anxiety, and cultural/sex differences in communication style.
  • MLTI 1075 – Discovering UC (Face-to-face)
    • Instructor of Record
    • University of Cincinnati
      • Discovering UC (MLTI-1075) is a 3 credit hour course designed to help first-year exploratory students choose their best-fit major. In this class, students are given the opportunity to explore all majors, programs, and services offered at UC with step by step guidance from exploratory advisors who serve as the instructors of this course.
  • PD 1001 – Introduction to Cooperative Education (Face-to-face)
    • Instructor of Record
    • University of Cincinnati
      • This course is designed to introduce students to the cooperative education (co-op) learning model and how it is executed. It will prepare students to maximize learning through and develop the strategies and necessary skills for effective participation in the Cooperative Education Program. Completion of this course is required for participation in the Cooperative Education Program.
  • Adult Basic Reading Program Level 1 (Face-to-face)
    • Instructor of Record
    • Literacy Network of Greater Cincinnati
      • Free class for adults who read below a 4th grade level. The class utilizes the Orton-Gillingham multi-sensory approach. Classes are held two times a week for two-hours a day.