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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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Elisa Vogel

Graduate Assistant in Communication Arts and Sciences
evogel@psu.edu
316 Sparks Building

Education

B.A., Penn State University, 2020
M.A., Penn State University, 2024
Ph.D., Penn State University, anticipated 2028

Professional Bio

Elisa Vogel is a communication scientist studying political communication and democratic deliberation. She is especially interested in the role of listening in political conversations, and her current work explores the relationship between discourse quality and listening in small group deliberations. She is also interested in finding research applications for artificial intelligence technologies and large language models.

In addition to her research, Elisa has taught or TA'd for a number of classes in the CAS department including Effective Speech (CAS 100A), Persuasion and Propaganda (CAS 175), Communication and Information Technology (CAS 283), Communication Theory (CAS 303), Quantitative Research Methods (CAS 304), and Conflict Resolution and Negotiation (CAS 404).