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Grounded in writing and rhetoric pedagogies at The Ohio University (MA) and The University of Louisville (PhD), my training has helped me develop a curriculum in the Department of Communication @Marian University-Ind. 

ENG/COM 367: WRITING & NEW MEDIA

Writing and New Media syllabus
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In this practicum, we explore new media composing through a genre approach, acquainting ourselves w: Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, Audition, and Premiere, as well as Audacity and iMovie. We also discuss multimodal communication on a theoretical level.

Michael Baumann teaching communication and writing at Marian University, Indianapolis
Strip of YouTube video thumbnails: Dr. Michael Baumann online video lectures
Intro to Public Speaking syllabus
Michael Baumann teaching communication and writing at Marian University, Indianapolis
Michael Baumann teaching communication and writing at Marian University, Indianapolis

COM 225: STRATEGIC WRITING
FOR COMMUNICATION 

Strategic Writing syllabus
Strategic Writing syllabus

Students in this course survey written communication genres found in industries like public relations, journalism, marketing, advertising, and business and professional writing. We also think critically about grammars of technical writing and of cultural rhetorics.

COM 190:  NEW MEDIA AND DIGITAL CULTURE

This intro class asks that we define nm, locate their historical emergence, and recognize their cultural impact; practice visual communication and new media composing (layout, video, audio); and analyze new media with rhetorical theory. 

New Media and Digital Culture syllabyus
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ENG/COM 324:
DIGITAL STORYTELLING

Digital Storytelling syllabus

COM 101:
INTRO TO 
PUBLIC
SPEAKING

THE/COM 235: ORAL INTERPRETATION OF LITerature

a visual timeline of various writing media, beginning with cave paintings and progressing through cuniform, pencils, pens, print media, and eventually Internet-mediated tools (decorative image)
Communication 235 (The Oral Interpretation of Literature) syllabus
Oral Interpretation of Literature syllabus
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