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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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Max Breiling

Graduate Assistant in Communication Arts and Sciences
Preferred Pronouns: he/him
mzb6651@psu.edu
316 Sparks Building University Park, PA 16802
Max Breiling stands in front of a waterway across from a busy tourist street. He wears a gray t-shirt under a black jacket, a blue baseball cap, and khaki pants, with a black satchel strapped across his body.

Education

B.A., The College of Idaho, 2024
M.A., Penn State University, anticipated 2027

Professional Bio

Max is primarily studying the formation of the ‘rural voting bloc’ in contemporary American politics. Working at the intersections of rhetoric and rural sociology, he is interested both in how political rhetoric and mass media come to shape rural identity and how, in-turn, narratives of rural America shape political discourse and policy outcomes. Originally entering rhetoric from a debate background, Max considers speech and debate a key passion. He spent a year as an assistant debate coach for Cornell University before joining the CAS team.