Caroline Fitzpatrick

Teaching Experience

• Assistant Professor (2003-present), Communication/CIS/English Department, Alvernia University, Reading, PA

• Instructor (1997‑2002), Communications/English Department, Alvernia University, Reading, PA

• Adjunct Professor (1995‑1998), English Department, Penn State University, Schuylkill Campus, PA

• Lecturer in Communications/English (1995‑1996), Alvernia University, Reading, PA

• Graduate Teaching Assistant (1994-1995), Communications Department, Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania

• Student Teacher & Substitute Teacher (1993-1994), Reading Area High School, Reading, PA  

Doctoral Level Graduate Courses Taught

Research: Advanced Research Colloquium (Team Taught); Advanced Qualitative Research

Master Level Graduate Courses Taught

Research: Introduction to Research Methods

Communications: Communication & Information Literacy; Corporate Communications (Team-Taught)

Interdisciplinary: Capstone Seminar & Supervised Field Experience in Community Service; Leadership for Sustainable Communities           

Bachelor Level Courses Taught

Literature & Writing: Adolescent Literature; Basic Writing; Composition & Research; Contemporary Irish Literature; Grammar Studies; Irish-American Literature & Film; Short Story, Women in Literature; Writing for Workplace; Writer's Workshop

Cultural & Media Studies: Advertising Workshop; American Folklore & Culture; Interpretation of Film; Law & Ethics of Mass Communications; Mass Media; Multimedia Design & Editing; New Media; Newspaper Production; News & Feature Writing; Public Relations & Advertising; Social Impact of Mass Media; Writing for the Media

Rhetoric: Fundamental of Speech; Interpersonal Communication; Theatre Appreciation

Interdisciplinary: Close Encounters of the Natural Kind (Team-Taught-English and Environmental Science)