Marquette University

Communication & Organizational Leadership Adjunct Professor

Taught/designed a variety of face-to-face, blended & online communication & organizational leadership courses. Vast experience using multiple learning management systems: Desire2Learn, Blackboard, LearningSpace.

Facilitated 16-week & 8-week/4 hour undergraduate classes in multiple colleges (Arts & Sciences, Communication & Professional Studies). Effectively trained & supervised multiple instructional assistants.

Exclusively taught an annual asynchronous online organizational leadership course (Interpersonal Conflict Management) that I designed & developed from 1999-2017.

Helped administration implement "Leadership Across the Curriculum,"​ an online learning system that enabled students to articulate, develop & enhance their leadership skills.

Courses Developed/Taught/Guided:
LEOR 3045: Interpersonal Conflict Management
CMST 1000: Introduction to Communication
CMST 2000: Introduction to Small Group Communication
CMST 2100: Interpersonal Communication
CMST 2310: Argument in Contemporary Society
CMST 3100: Communication & Conflict
CMST 3210: Business & Professional Presentations
CMST 3200: Organizational Communication
CMST 3310: Ethics in Human Communication
CMST 3300: Persuasion
CMST 4995: Independent Studies in Communication
DIRS 6995: Independent Studies in Dispute Resolution
DIRS 6998: Capstone/Professional Dispute Resolution Projects

Faculty Excellence in Service Award, Undergraduate Degree Program, 2012-2013.

Marquette University

Strategic Communication Online Faculty, Diederich College of Communication

Be Focused. Be Strategic. Be the Voice. Be the Difference.

Work in the corporate environment will require students to accurately assess internal and external strategic communication needs and frame strategic responses that are appropriate to multiple contexts and audiences. Students will also need to understand the role of the corporation within our contemporary global society as well as the way in which communication helps shape, maintain and ultimately transform various aspects of corporate identity, culture, branding, reputation, and vision.

The Strategic Communication major is a completely online degree designed to address these needs by providing a broad-based curriculum that draws from both theory and practice. After successfully completing this major, graduates will be able to think critically about the role of the corporation, understand the intersection of advertising, public relations, and corporate communication in a corporate environment, and will practice and develop skills that can be applied across various corporate contexts.

Marquette University

Communication Studies Adjunct Faculty

Course developer/instructor for multiple traditional, undergraduate communication courses. Instructed 2-3 undergraduate courses each semester, lectured 1-3 hours for 20-35 students.

Courses Taught:
CMST 1000: Introduction to Communication
CMST 1300: Public Speaking
CMST 2000: Introduction to Small Group Communication
CMST 2100: Interpersonal Communication
CMST 2310: Argument in Contemporary Society
CMST 2600: Foundations of Communication Studies
CMST 3100: Communication & Conflict
CMST 3210: Business & Professional Presentations
CMST 3200: Organizational Communication
CMST 3300: Persuasion

http://diederich.marquette.edu/

Concordia University-Wisconsin

Communication & Psychology Lecturer

Creative lecturer & instructional content designer for multiple communication and psychology courses in the School of Arts & Sciences. Effectively designed, delivered & managed course content, learning outcomes & evaluations. Adept at using multiple learning management systems (e.g, ANGEL, Blackboard).

Courses Developed/Taught:
Comm/Psy 201: Interpersonal Communication
Comm/Psy 354: Gender & Communicaiton
Comm 105: Public Speaking
Comm 247: Business Writing
Comm 321: Media Writing

DentaQuest

Senior Corporate Trainer

Design, develop, facilitate & assess leadership workshops, training programs & employee development plans that enhance strengths, address areas of opportunity & improve overall performance. Support the continuous learning of team members, particularly executives & emerging leaders, to reflect culture, values & drive business results. Administrator for the DentaQuest Learning Management System (SilkRoad) & FranklinCovey All Access Pass.

Onboard new employees & train individual contributors, leads, supervisors, managers, directors, vice presidents & executive leaders to ASCEND (Align-Strategize-Collaborate-Engage-Navigate-Develop) higher through internal development workshops & programs. People & organizational developer, connector & relationship builder.

Organizational Development courses/workshops I designed and/or facilitate:

Communicating Effectively, Crucial Accountability, Crucial Conversations, Driving Organizational Change, Effective Presentation Skills, Elevating New Leaders, Expense Management 101, Exploring Unconscious Bias, Gender & Communication, HR 101, Individual Development Plans, Innovation & Inclusion (I2I), Leading at the Speed of Trust, Leading Remote Employees, Leadership 101, Managing Change, New Hire Orientation, Project Management & Communication, Situational Leadership II, Successful SMART Goals, Team Building Blocks.

The Paranet Group, Inc.

LeaderPro Facilitator (Former Coach & Group Director)

Facilitate & sharpen leadership skills through professional communication & organizational development workshops. Lead small groups & individual meetings that focus on team building, goal setting, developing talent, creating collaborative cultures, communicating effectively, managing conflict, coaching others & evaluating success.

Leadership coach for multiple manufacturing employees at InPro, Snap-On, TJ Hale, Charter Steel, Kapco Metal Stamping, Max Weiss, Dorner Manufacturing, Injectec, Anderson Labs, HUSCO Automotive, Danfoss, etc.

LeaderPro 1/2 Day workshops that I developed and facilitate:
1. Concise Communication
2. Conflict in the Workplace
3. Effective Presentation Skills
4. People Skills: How to Assert Yourself, Listen to Others & Resolve Conflict (Part 1)
5. People Skills: How to Assert Yourself, Listen to Others & Resolve Conflict (Part 2)
6. Performance Management: An Opportunity to Coach for Improved Performance

Guide professional development that enables manufacturing executives to flourish. Expertise provided in the areas of executive coaching, DiSC behavior assessments, professional facilitation & networking for the purpose of benchmarking themselves & their organizations. Share ideas & insights that build the foundation of a successful business. Achieve outcomes through a continuous learning process, confidential round table groups, professional coaching & leadership development.

Place and privilege as predictors of how the environment is described in discourse.

Communication Reports

This analysis examines the often assumed, yet little explored, association between residential proximity, socioeconomic status, and depictions of the environment in localized controversies. Focusing on a grassroots organization, we examine the extent to which activists' usual place of Residence, as indicative of wealth, mediates the manner in which they describe current and probable future conditions. Based on quantitative and qualitative analyses, we argue that where a person lives for most of the year exerts a strong influence on perceptions of and communication about an environment at risk.

Place and privilege as predictors of how the environment is described in discourse.

Communication Reports

This analysis examines the often assumed, yet little explored, association between residential proximity, socioeconomic status, and depictions of the environment in localized controversies. Focusing on a grassroots organization, we examine the extent to which activists' usual place of Residence, as indicative of wealth, mediates the manner in which they describe current and probable future conditions. Based on quantitative and qualitative analyses, we argue that where a person lives for most of the year exerts a strong influence on perceptions of and communication about an environment at risk.

Getting to Carnegie Hall: Using Standardized Patients in Palliative Care Education

Journal of Palliative Medicine