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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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Amber Jackson

Teaching Professor in Communication Arts and Sciences and Assistant Director Organizational and Professional Communication (World Campus)
amw306@psu.edu
(814) 863-0100
308 Sparks Building University Park , PA 16802
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Curriculum Vitae

https://cas.la.psu.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2022/04/AWalkerJacksonCV03-24.docx

Education

B.A., Columbus State University, 2001
M.A., The University of Arkansas, 2003
Ph.D., The Pennsylvania State University, 2007

Professional Bio

Amber Walker Jackson studies family and relational communication, focusing primarily on parent-child communication. She often teaches courses in public speaking (CAS 100), communication and technology (CAS283), and communication and conflict (CAS 404). Last year she won the Cynthia Finch Award for Teaching Excellence (2015). In addition to teaching and scholarship she is involved in the oversight of World Campus courses and degree programs for the department.