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Teaching Interests

  • Computer-Mediated Communication
  • Language and Social Interaction
  • Interpersonal Communication
  • Ethnomethodology/Conversation Analysis
  • (Critical) Discourse Analysis
  • Communication Theory
  • Qualitative Research Methods
  • Public Speaking
  • Academic Writing

The University of Queensland

  • 2010 – present: Interaction and Communication Technology (Convener, Lecturer, Tutor)
  • 2010 – present: The Art of Communication (Co-convener, Lecturer, Tutor)
  • 2010 – present: Interaction in Context (Convener, Lecturer, Tutor)
  • 1997 – 2000: Social Strategies and Language (Tutoring, guest lecturing, grading, input into course design)
  • 1997 – 2000: Language in the Media    (Tutoring, guest lecturing, grading, input into course design)
  • 1997 – 2000: Introduction to Academic Writing and Research (Tutoring, guest lecturing, grading, input into course design) 2002: Introduction to Communication and Cultural Studies (Guest lecturing)
  • 2000: Advanced Research Methods Seminar (Guest lecturing)
  • 2000: Introduction to Communication and Cultural Studies (Guest lecturing)

University at Albany, SUNY

  • 2002 – 2009: Computer Mediated Communication (Course design, delivery, grading). Topics: Foundations of CMC research; CMC affordances and constraints (email, evites, search engines); CMC and Interactivity (chat rooms and videoconferencing); CMC and community (forums, social network sites, wikis, blogs). Example team projects: Create a wiki entry on practices of political action on Facebook; Create a usability report comparing and contrasting ease of publication on two major blogging platforms.
  • 2005 – 2009: Computer Mediated Communication undergraduate TA/independent study projects supervised: Seeking help online; Identity display in chat rooms; Friendship in social network sites; Wikipedia reliability.
  • 2005: Presentation Skills for MBAs (Team presentation debriefing)
  • 2001 – 2009: Speech Composition and Presentation (including sections for Presidential Scholars only) (Course design, delivery, grading). Topics: Audience; Persuasion; Personal and speech branding; Language choice; Organizational patterns; Computer-aided presentations. Speeches: 60-second job pitch; job-related persuasive computer-aided presentation, team student association large project pitch.

By E. Sean Rintel 6:21 am