Teaching Experience

Dr. Morin has extensive experience teaching a wide range of courses within the Communication discipline.

Courses Currently Teaching:

COMM 2510: Visual Design for Communication Majors—Incorporates a “hands-on” approach to web style and image design. Includes an overview of the theoretical foundations of visual design. Website construction is emphasized.

COMM 3120: Fundamentals of New and Social Media—Examines contemporary issues related to social media, including the impact of new media on journalism and society, social media effects, and new media campaigns. Investigates the relationship between government policy and social media in relation to issues such as the digital divide, net neutrality, and the use of social media to sustain protests and revolutions.

COMM 3030: Media Literacy—Explores the concept of media literacy and how individuals can become more knowledgeable citizens when analyzing and evaluating messages disseminated from a wide variety of media outlets.

Courses Taught in the Past:

COMM 3020: Communication Research Methods—Covers basic communication research methods in both quantitative and qualitative research. Focuses on the research process and discusses the methodological tools for understanding and conducting basic communication research. Includes examples based on research and promotes awareness of the importance of quantitative and qualitative research perspectives as well as of data collection and analytical procedures.

COMM 3050: Theories of Communication and Culture—Covers the main theoretical approaches to communication and culture. Includes transmission, ritual, symbolic interactionism, structuralism, post-structuralism, postmodern, and critical theories.

COMM 3140: Social Media Content Creation—Develops multimedia content creation skills for a myriad of social media platforms. Focuses both on the theoretical and practical foundation for persuasive/informative social media campaigns from a public relations, journalism, and speech communication perspective. Covers multimedia content creation for platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Pinterest, among others.

COMM 3160: Social Media Analytics—Provides methods in which social media activity data is obtained and subsequently measured. Examines common metrics that are used to evaluate the effectiveness of social media campaigns. Explores how social media, as a medium, can be properly evaluated in terms of valuation and return on investment. Applies associated theoretical concepts via hands-on activities using contemporary social media content management tools and analytics software.

COMM 3530: Public Relations Writing—Develops skills in persuasive writing for institutional or individual clients. Provides a hands-on experience in learning to develop and utilize public relations writing tools for corporate, non-profit, government, and public relations organizations. Covers writing for the media, designing and writing corporate literature, and working with the public on behalf of business or individual as it relates to public relations.

COMM 350R: Political Communication—Explores the intersection between media and the American political environment. Addresses conceptual issues related to mass media effects, political journalism, and electoral campaigns. Special focus on mediated contact between voters and candidates.

Courses Qualified to Teach:

*Media Effects

*Digital Media

*Political Communication

*Public Relations

*Social Media

*Web Design

*Network Theory

*Social Science Research Methods

*Social Network Analysis

*Social Media Content Creation

*Social Media Analytics

*Speech Communication

*Public Speaking

*Applied and Theoretical Courses

*Courses at the Undergraduate Level

*Courses at the Graduate Level