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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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Lynsey Medd

Graduate Student in Communication Arts and Sciences
lmm6912@psu.edu
316 Sparks Building University Park , PA 16802
Photo of Lynsey Medd standing in front of various green and red plants and trees. She wears a dark button-up top.
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Curriculum Vitae

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

Education

B.A., University of Iowa, 2018
M.A., Penn State University, 2023

Professional Bio

Lynsey Medd is a PhD student studying supportive communication, mindfulness, and meditation. In general, Lynsey’s research seeks to understand the ways we heal ourselves and the people we are close to through communication. Previous and current research of Lynsey’s examines how dispositional mindfulness plays a role in how people seek support, how tough love is a distinct form of support that can be helpful yet hurtful, and how engaging with meditative techniques can enhance supportive interactions. Lynsey has taught effective communication (CAS 100A), effective group communication (CAS 100B), and interpersonal communication (CAS 203), and has worked as a teaching assistant for introduction to human communication (CAS 101N), communication theory (CAS 303), communication and information technology (CAS 283), and quantitative methods in communication research (CAS 304). Lynsey received the 2024-2025 Kathryn DeBoer Award for Excellence in Teaching by a Graduate Student in the Communication Arts and Sciences department.