My teaching experience has shaped and strengthened my ideal for higher education: teach to inform and teach to inspire. A quote from Albert Einstein nicely subsumes my teaching philosophy– “Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler.” In order to inform, teaching should be “simple” – knowledge needs to be conveyed in a smooth and efficient way. In order to inspire, teaching should never be “simpler.” An educator should foster critical thinking, encourage students to reach their full potential and enable them to appreciate the complexity of the world.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Undergraduate-Level Courses
Assistant Professor, Department of Strategic Communication, Butler University
Principles of Strategic Communication (STR 222)
Global Strategic Communication (STR 405)
Research Methods for Strategic Communication
Adjunct Instructor, Department of Communication, The College of New Jersey
Communication and Digital Advertising
Graduate Student, Department of Communication, University of Connecticut
The Process of Communication, Instructor
Research Methods in Communication, Teaching Assistant
Graduate-Level Course
Graduate Student, Department of Communication, Michigan State University
Applied Communication Research II, Teaching Assistant
Guest Lectures
Department of Communication, University of Connecticut
“Linear Regression Analysis” (04/2017)
- Course: Research Methods in Communication (undergraduate course, 187 students)
“Digital Advertising—A Perspective from Current Trend and Ad Effects” (11/2017)
- Course: Communication Processes in Advertising (undergraduate course, 33 students)
“Message Effects” (05/2017)
- Course: Marketing Communication Research (graduate seminar, 8 students)
“Using SPSS for Data Analysis” (11/2018)
- Course: Research Methods in Communication (undergraduate course, 163 students)
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