Teaching

I enjoy teaching and having the opportunity to interact with students. As an undergraduate I received a certificate in teacher preparation. While pursuing a PhD, I took advantage of multiple teaching opportunities. Last year, I was the lead instructor for the required USC Annenberg undergraduate research methods course. I have also taught public speaking. From 2009 to 2011, I worked at the USC Marshall School of Business Experiential Learning Center. While there, I facilitated an array of scenarios that give students experience with participatory learning on topics such as cross-cultural communication, inter-group relations, and small group dynamics.

Through my experiences in the classroom, I have developed an approach to teaching that focuses on encouraging student involvement. When I teach, I value students as multi-faceted people and hope to help them incorporate their learning into their lives. I think about the people students will become after they graduate and the competencies that will be important for them on an ongoing basis. Thus, in addition to the content specific to a particular course, my goal is to incorporate analytic skills, writing tips, and an open discussion of ethical principles into all subjects that I teach. I want students to develop both the interest and abilities necessary to reflect on and engage with social issues. I consistently challenge students to do their best in my class and to expand their horizons outside of school.

Instructor

  • Empirical Research in Communication - Fall 2010
  • Public Speaking - Fall 2008

Lab Instructor

  • Empirical Research in Communication - Spring 2009

Teaching Assistant

  • Communication as a Social Science - Spring 2008
  • Research Methods in Communication - Fall 2007

Guest Lecturer

  • Evaluating Communication Needs; Lecture topic: Social network analysis
  • Survey Construction and Validation; Lecture topics: Factor analysis, Validity and reliability
  • Research and Analysis; Lecture topic: Basic statistics
  • Media Consumption; Lecture topic: Audience reactions to health campaigns