John P. K. Email and Phone Number

I'm currently a Ph.D student at the University of Alabama in the College of Communication & Information Science, focusing on media effects. I also teach undergraduate courses in the Department of Journalism & Creative Media. I teach, specifically, JCM-315, Advanced News Writing and Reporting. Other duties with this department include my contributions as a research assistant.

* Taught Public Speaking and Speech Communication* Managed large classrooms of 30+ students* Researched and made available open educational resources (OER) to aid in student success * Assisted administration with developing overall student experience* Managed student progress via Learning Management System Canvas

* Assisted students from various majors with their composition assignments * Developed students' communication skills, both verbally and nonverbally * Established healthy rapport with students * Worked with other writing coaches to help students achieve learning objectives

* Writing 6-10 bylined articles each week * Consistently meeting three, weekly deadlines * Generating story ideas* Managing online and social media content * Publishing through various content management systems

* Taught several sections of Public Speaking* Developing course syllabi to suit learning needs* Evaluating student learning outcomes* Classroom management * Small group communication * Utilizing learning management systems (Canvas)

* Writing, editing, and posting stories, briefs and calendar items for several GHM newspapers.* Working with the community content copy editor(s) and other content producers to expedite productivity and meet weekly deadlines.* Producing clean, well-edited content* Using content management systems

* Conducting literature reviews* Conducting library and database research* Using both qualitative and quantitative methods of research* Preparing and editing materials for publication* Assisting supervising professors with classes

* Writing news articles to meet weekly deadlines* Features, local government, sports and education* Photographer on all assignments