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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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Mckenzie Hurley

Graduate Assistant in Communication Arts and Sciences
Preferred Pronouns: she/her/hers
mmh7293@psu.edu
316 Sparks Building University Park, PA 16802
Mckenzie Hurley stands on a balcony with one arm resting on the ledge. She wears a blue and white striped jacket over a black dress with a gold necklace.

Education

B.A., Communication Studies, Christopher Newport University

Professional Bio

Mckenzie Hurley is a master's student studying interpersonal communication with a focus on technology mediated communication. She is interested in how technology influences and is influenced by our close relationships. Mckenzie has developed projects focused on roommates and friendships engagement with technology and assisted on studies regarding relational communication and artificial intelligence. Her future research intends to focus on how developing technology will be utilized within close relationships.