Dr. Shannon SmyrlAssociate Teaching Professor | Faculty of Arts

Research Interests

As a teaching stream faculty member, my research must connect with my own classroom practice and the discipline of SoTL. My interests include:
* bridging classroom, community and career spaces in the design of courses in strategic communication
* examining narratives of media literacy across social and professional contexts and how they intersect the classroom
* ethics of networked technologies

Education

PhD. Queen's University. 2001.

Publications

University Writing Lessons.
https://universitywritinglessons.trubox.ca/

"Douglas Coupland's Generation A: Storytelling in a Digital Age." published in Canadian Literature's CanLit Guides, 2018 Collection. https://canlitguides.ca/shannon-smyrl/douglas-couplands-generation-a-storytelling-in-a-digital-age/

Courses Taught

CMNS 1160 Introduction to Communication
CMNS 2180 Social Networks, Online Identities, Internet Memes
CMNS 2200 Technology and Communication
CMNS 3200 Citizen and Consumer Identities in Networked Culture
CMNS 3240 Advanced Professional Communication
CMNS 3510 Intercultural Communication
CMNS 3550 Media and Public Relations
CMNS 4530 Organizational Communication
JOUR 2060 Introduction to Multimedia Storytelling
JOUR 4580 Alternative Media