Courses offered at Boston University
- CM 321/722 Communication Research
- CM 380 Theory and Process of Communication
- CM 409 Persuasion and Public Opinion
- CM 710 Media Theory Syllabus 710 Fall 2023
- CM 831 International Communication Syllabus CM831 Fall 2023
- EM 797 Connecting Humans: Networks, History and Social Media
Thesis committees recently chaired
- Enhancing Americans’ views of Germany: An examination of German-American relations, Americans’ perceptions toward Germany and Germans, and Germany’s public diplomacy in the United States by Miki Yokoyama 2011
- Analyzing the role of U.S. media and the activation of public opinion on presidential approval: The case of Obama’s intervention in Libya by Casey Smith 2012
- An investigation of the climate change debate in the context of climategate in American news media by Eva Lillquist 2013
- Immigrant song: Reviewing and researching framing in British and French media by Eliza Osmani 2014
- The effects of discrete emotion in presidential discourse on public opinion: Iran, Iraq, and United States foreign policy by Katherine Seaton 2017
My Teaching Philosophy
Each student is unique and has special strengths. I strive to know my students well so as to enhance their performance and to provide advice that may solve their individual challenges. I work hard on creating conducive, friendly environment for students to get interested, feel related, and thrive on grasping great ideas, learning new knowledge, and mastering critical skills to excel in the professional world as well as their personal lives. I enjoy tremendously working with students — either in regular classes or on their projects and theses. Teaching truly prompts me to learn and adjust constantly. Teaching has proved a significant source of reward and satisfaction in my academic career!