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Students Teaching Students

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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Shannon Cruz

Assistant Professor of Communication Arts and Sciences
smc7037@psu.edu
(814) 865-3461
219 Sparks Building University Park , PA 16802
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Curriculum Vitae

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Education

B.A., Michigan State University, 2012
B.S., Michigan State University, 2012
M.A., Michigan State University, 2015
Ph.D., Michigan State University, 2016

Websites

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Shannon_Cruz
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5244-5461

Professional Bio

Shannon Cruz studies the determinants, processes, and outcomes of social influence, particularly in environmental contexts. More specifically, she is interested in how environmental attitudes are shaped by ideological factors, change dynamically as the result of social interaction in groups and networks, and can be altered by persuasive messages. Her current line of research focuses on climate change attitudes, examining how messages can help bridge the ideological divide on this issue. Her research has appeared in outlets such as the Journal of Environmental Psychology, Climatic Change, and Social Influence. Professor Cruz teaches classes in quantitative methods (CAS 304) and group communication (CAS 450W).