Sam Houston State University Teaching Experience

Graduate Teaching Experience

ENGL 5313/TCOM 5310: Studies in Technical Communication

Course Description: Students undertake an in-depth study of technical and professional communication. Students examine the field and conduct primary research.

Semester/sections taught:

• Spring 2024 | 1 section | Online/asynchronous modality
• Spring 2023 | 1 section | Online/asynchronous modality

Undergraduate Teaching Experience

HONR3331: Culture and Society- AI in Professional Communication

Course Description: Team-taught honors seminar that will focus on engaging artificial intelligence tools to create technical and professional communication content and to theoretically reflect on the ethical implications of AI for academic and workplace contexts.

Semester/sections taught:

• Spring 2024 | 1 section | In person*

ENGL 3330: Introduction to Technical Writing

Course Description: Students study special problems of technical literature and technical report writing. Students also design content for written communications in business, industry, and government. 

Semester/sections taught:

• Spring 2024 | 2 sections | Online/asynchronous modality
• Fall 2023 | 2 sections | In-person*
• Summer 2023 | 1 section | In-person
• Spring 2023 | 2 sections | In-person
• Fall 2023 | 2 sections | In-person

ENGL 4335: Studies in Rhetoric

Course Description: Students investigate the methods of rhetoric. Topics may include rhetorical theory, style and stylistics, rhetorical criticism, ethical issues in rhetoric, and rhetoric literature.

Semester/sections taught:

• Fall 2023 | 1 section | Online/asynchronous modality*
• Fall 2022 | 1 section | Online/asynchronous modality

* indicates an ACE Course- Academic Community Engagement (ACE) is a teaching method that combines community engagement with academic instruction. This pedagogy encourages students to use the skills, knowledge, and dispositions learned in the classroom to collaborate with community partners to contribute to the public good. SHSU offers hundreds of ACE courses within an academic year.