Dr. K’s class was interactive and engaging[…]. He respected me as a student and scholar and treated me as such in conversations.”
–RPW 260 Student
At CMU, I teach courses in professional and business communication. Each course I teach emphasizes rhetorical awareness and the importance for students to be effective twenty-first century communicators, which includes the use of digital and analog communication technologies. I achieve these broad goals through assignments and activities that encourage students to reflect on their own writing processes, write in a variety of genres for varying audiences in various contexts, research public issues and communities, and compose using an array of writing tools and technologies.
This fall, I am teaching Visual Business Communication and Digital Media, where students will explore principles of visual rhetoric and apply a design thinking methodology to professional communication. The visual communication course fulfills a requirement for the Applied Business Communication minor.
Check out my teaching philosophy to learn more about my approach in the classroom.