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Margaret Michels

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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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Margaret Michels

Teaching Professor Emeritus
mmm26@psu.edu
(814) 865-1917
310 Sparks Building University Park , PA 16802
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Curriculum Vitae

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Education

B.A., University of Kansas, Speech Communications and Human Relations, 1979
B.A., University of Kansas, Radio, TV and Film , 1979
M.A., University of Kansas, Speech Communication and Human Relations, 1983
J.D., University of Wisconsin Law School, 1986
Ph.D. coursework (ABD), 1981-1986

Professional Bio

Margaret Michels specializes in public discourse, in particular argumentation and legal rhetoric. In addition, Michels serves as the course director for the communication apprehension sections of Effective Communication.   The study of argumentation focuses on the development of critical thinking skills enabling students to become effective critics of public discourse as well as effective advocates.  Rhetoric and law explores the role of persuasion in the legal system from jury deliberations to judicial opinions.