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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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Benjamin Henderson

Associate Teaching Professor in Communication Arts and Sciences, CAS 100B Supervisor, Director of the Penn State Undergraduate Speaking Center
benhenderson@psu.edu
(814) 865-5588
231 Sparks Building University Park , PA 16802
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Curriculum Vitae

https://cas.la.psu.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2022/04/Henderson-CV-Spring-2024.pdf

Education

B.A., Willamette University, 1999
M.A., Penn State University, 2003

Professional Bio

Ben Henderson supervises the department’s CAS 100B sections, which focus on collaborative communication within small groups.  His interests include participatory decision-making, narrative and experiential ways of knowing and communicating truth, the role of religion in private dialogue and public discourse, and the role of language in creating both division and community.  He teaches courses on collaborative communication (CAS 100B), rhetoric and civic life (CAS 137H, CAS 138T), small group communication (CAS 250), and mentoring for public speaking (CAS 490).