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Students Teaching Students

In coordination with an undergraduate-run organization called Students Teaching Students, CAS department faculty members mentor exemplary students who develop and teach 1-credit courses on a variety of subjects that advance expertise in communication and its role in public life. This semester, Associate Teaching Professor Lori Bedell is supporting undergraduates Kara Miller (who was in Lori’s RCL course a few years back) and Jess Strait as they teach a course titled “Period Talk: The Impact of Stigma on the Menstrual Equity Movement.”
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Ashley McDonald

Assistant Teaching Professor of Communication Arts and Sciences
Preferred Pronouns: she/they
anm6660@psu.edu
229 Sparks Building University Park, PA 16802

Education

B.A., University of Southern Mississippi, 2017
M.A., University of Cincinnati, 2019
Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin, 2023

Professional Bio

Dr. Ashley McDonald (she/they) is a rhetorician that studies critical race theory, queerness and disability studies, and a variety of topics related to the Black American Diaspora. Their research focuses on the intersection of organizational communication and rhetoric, most notably about colleges and universities and issues of race and diversity, and student advocacy. She also studies popular culture and representation.

She has taught many classes related to rhetoric including Public Speaking, Persuasion, Rhetorical Criticism, and Narratives from the Margins.