Instructional Experience
Teaching has always been a hidden passion for myself. I enjoy taking the knowledge and experience I have learned within my career, and creating instructional content that can benefit others who are willing to receive it.

Awards:
Outstanding Graduate Student in Teaching - May 2023
Graduate Teaching Assistant (Pittsburg State University)
While I was obtaining a Master's degree, I worked alongside my professors and colleagues as a GTA to instruct methodologies, processes, and application material for the Department of Communication. I have enjoyed my time and really love all the support and impact my colleagues and students have made on me while I was in this position. Below are a list of courses I have instructed, co-instructed, collaborated and provided technical & instructional support on.

Speech Communication
3 Sections
An elementary course designed to give the student an understanding of the requirements for effective speaking and listening and an opportunity to increase skills in each.
Act: Social & Digital Media
1 Section
Today's digital advertisers require many skills to be successful: design, audience targeting, optimization, analysis, and more. Organic content channels are flooded and not reaching as many people as before, so paid advertising is an effective way to get your content to the top of people's feeds (and their minds). In this certification course, you'll learn everything you need to create a customer-centric advertising strategy, including journey-based advertising, bidding and targeting strategies, paid search, social media advertising, programmatic, reporting, and more.
Intro. Strategic Communication
2 Sections
Introduction to the fundamental theories, concepts, and applications of strategic communication to meet a variety of organizational goals useful for promoting products, ideas, and people. Explorations into strategic communication firms, careers, and opportunities for specialization are covered.
Activity: Event Planning
1 Section
A general expansion print, electronic cinema, public relations, advertising, event planning, and other forms of mass communication in the form of a communication activity.
Social Influence & Persuasion
1 Section
An in-depth look at the characteristics of persuasive messaging, message sources, and audiences; interpersonal influence, influence in groups and across media channels.
Media Writing & Copy
2 Sections
Study, analysis and practice in writing press releases, features, advertising copy, and publicity material for distribution through traditional and new media channels.
Organizational Communication
1 Section
The study of communication in organizations, focusing on a number of organizational processes that include conflict management, decision-making, leadership, organizational culture, and work-life balance.
Academia Research Studies
Incorporated into my Master's program was the process of becoming an academic researcher. Research studies were collaborated and conducted using multiple foundational methodologies to become more specialized in areas of studies within communication.
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Mason, A. M., Spencer, E. A., Livingston, K., Meyers, T., & Bhati, S. (2022, Oct). Probing the Web Accessibility of Medical Tourism Providers Digital Marketing & Advertising Health Communication Strategies
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Mason, A. M., Dixon, H., Lewis, I., Merida, M., & Meyers, T (2022 December). Understanding Midwest Family Communication Practices about Risk of Fentanyl
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Mason, A. M., Spencer, E. A., Livingston, K., Meyers, T., & Bhati, S. (2023, May). A mixed-method, computer-automated analysis of the general web accessibility of contact pages and visual authenticity within medical tourism providers’ websites" to Journal of Tourism and Leisure Studies.