Teaching

Teaching is a fulfilling part of my academic journey. Starting in winter 2024, I will be teaching graduate-level classes at the Medill School, Northwestern University. Previously, I taught three undergraduate courses as a lecturer at Cornell University and two graduate-level courses at the National University of Singapore (NUS). Below are some courses I have taught as an independent lecturer/ assistant professor:

Uses of Communication Research

Offered: Fall 2023 at NUS

This course aims to help students learn how to conceptualize research questions and answer such questions by collecting and analysing relevant data. Students will learn essential skills on how to conceptualize problems and how to obtain and interpret relevant data. The module covers fundamental concepts in research design, instrumentation, data collection, and data analysis. The focus of this module is on problem solving through the application of communication research methods.

Communication and Technology

Offered: Fall & Sparing 2022

This course addresses three approaches to understanding technology and its role in human behavior and society. The course begins by discussing the factors that inform and shape the design of everyday objects and our virtual world, considering research in human-computer interactions that reflects and reveals communication practices and contexts. Next, the course examines the psychological aspects of computer-mediated communication and virtual collaboration, including impression relations, group dynamics and social networks. Finally, the course explores the ways in which human communication is altering social and institutional structures and infiltration of surveillance into daily life. 

Media Communication

Offered: Fall 2021

This course provides an introductory understanding of media content, industries, policies, research, and effects. Topics include the history of mediated communication, how the media operate, how they affect you and others, how society influences the creation of mediated messages, how messages are psychologically processed, who owns/controls the media, research to date on media content and effects, and a special section on media during a pandemic. These topics are examined through current theoretical and empirical research on mediated communication. In this sense, the course is designed to introduce you to topics that will be covered in depth in the media-related Communication courses.

Oral Communication

Offered: Spring 2020

The course focuses on face-to-face, public communication, but the principles and practices addressed transfer to all purposeful communication situations. While many assume a good speech rests in how well it is delivered, students will learn that a good speech is equally dependent on the development, structure, and integrity of one's ideas. The objectives of the course are for students to speak effectively and ethically, and listen critically.