Love Prof. Knopf’s style and assignments!
She has enthusiasm for class almost every day. Very motivating.
She creates a safe and comfortable learning environment for students.
She really cares about this topic/class and wants everyone to succeed.
Wonderful & always lively.
Loved the activities we did in class to get us ready to speak in public.
📖 Teaching Portfolio
Teaching Positions
★ = primary teaching responsibilities
- 🐉 Communication and Media Studies Department, SUNY Cortland
- Professor: September 2022 – present
- Associate Professor: September 2020 – August 2022
- Assistant Professor: September 2017 – August 2020
- COM100 Human Communication (Humanities)
- COM210 Fundamentals of Public Speaking (Presentation Skills) ★
- COM235 Introduction to Media Literacy (Science & Society)
- COM300 Interpersonal Communication
- COM301 Mass Media & Society (Social Sciences)
- COM320 Organizational Communication
- COM329 Horror in Media & Communication [special topics]
- COM339 Political Communication
- COM340 Small Group Communication
- COM410 Communication in Social Change
- COM434 Gender Communication
- CIN210/AAS210 Race & Gender Stereotypes (Diversity, CIN, WGS/WST)
- COM100 Human Communication (Humanities)
- 🦅School of Media & Communication, Bowling Green State University
- Adjunct Graduate Faculty (courtesy appointment while serving on a dissertation committee): February 2017 – December 2021
- 🐻 Department of English & Communication, SUNY Potsdam
- Associate Professor: September 2012 – August 2017
- Assistant Professor: September 2006 – August 2012
- Basic Principles of Speech, COMM106 (Oral Skills) ★
- Basic Principles of Speech-Honors, COMM106H (Oral Skills)
- Persuasive Speaking, COMM324 (Speaking Intensive)
- Contemporary Political Communication, COMM370 (Speaking Intensive, gender studies) ★
- Special Topics in Communication, COMM390 [Textual Analysis; Politics of Poltergeists/Communication as Uncanny (diverse voices); Communicating War; Religion and Messages of Change; COMM390 [special topics] (Social Analysis); Comm-ics Research, (Critical Aesthetics, diverse voices)] ★
- Rhetoric of Social Movements, COMM415 (diverse voices, gender studies, Africana studies) ★
- Voices of American Women, COMM416 (Speaking Intensive) ★
- Wo/Men & Elections, COMM417 (American History, gender studies)
- Communication Theory, COMM465 (capstone) ★
- Research Methods in Communication, COMM475 (Writing Intensive)
- Undergraduate Internships, @INTD491
- Locational Identities, GECD650 [discourses in culture]
- 🐯 School of Arts & Sciences, Genesee Community College
- Adjunct: Fall 2005 – Spring 2006
- Public Speaking, SPE108
- Adjunct: Fall 2005 – Spring 2006
- 🛡️ Communication & Media Arts, Monroe Community College
- Adjunct: Fall 2005 – Spring 2006
- Public Speaking, SPT142
- Introduction to Media, COM101
- Adjunct: Fall 2005 – Spring 2006
- 🐶 Communication Department, University at Albany
- Lecturer: Fall 2004 – Spring 2005
- Instructor of Record: Spring 2002 – Spring 2004
- Teaching Assistant: Fall 2000 & Fall 2001
- Human Communication, COM100
- Speech Composition & Presentation, COM203 (Oral Communication) ★
- Media & Culture, COM378 [topics in communication]
- Political Advertising, COM378 [topics in communication]
- Oral Discourse & Civic Culture, COM399 (Oral Communication) ★
- Intro to Public Relations Theory & Practice, COM397 [independent study]
- ♞ Sociology Department, College of St. Rose
- Adjunct: Spring 2003
- Mass Media as a Social Force, SOC243/COM243
- Adjunct: Spring 2003
Student Showcase
Project Censored Verified Independent News Stories
SUNY 🐉 Cortland: COM235 Introduction to Media Literacy
- Challenging State Laws That Criminalize HIV (2022) *included in 2024 yearbook
- Test-Optional College Admissions Policies Aren’t Necessarily Increasing Student Diversity on Campuses (2022)
- Climate Disasters Force Children in Bangladesh from School to Work (2022)
- Federal Safety Agency Underreporting Deaths of Offshore Drilling Industry Workers (2021) *included in 2023 yearbook
- Queens, New York Women Sue Celebrity Doctor for Serial Sexual Abuse (2021)
- Cross-border Police Surveillance Treaty Undermines Privacy Rights (2021)
- British American Tobacco Funding War in West Africa by Oversupplying Region with Cigarettes (2021)
- ADHD in Girls Often Undiagnosed (2021)
SUNY 🐻 Potsdam: COMM416 Rhetoric of Social Movements & COMM370 Contemporary Political Communication
- Female Genital Mutilation: A Criminal Act but Still Performed (2010) *included in 2012 yearbook
- US Enables Indonesian Terrorism (2010)
- 2010 Strike in University of Puerto Rico (2010)
- Nanotech to Treat TB (2010)
- Hungary Battles Torrent of Toxic Sludge (2010)
- Reproductive Rights & Dignity Violated in Namibia (2010)
- Cancun: Tourist Beach Paradise & Mexico’s Suicide Capital (2010)
- Europe Ponders US Election Results (2010)
- Miners Attacked, Fighting Between Workers, Federal Police, and Scabs at the Cananea Mine (2010)
- Poorer Nations Hit with Higher Fees for Carbon Offset Projects (2010)
- Strong Initiative Needed Most in Stopping Nuclear Power in Germany (2010)
- Free the Atenco 13 (2008)
- Nigerian Policemen Kill 200 Suspects (2008)
- Journalists Murdered Near Police Station (2008)
- Facebook Investor’s Anti-Immigration Donation (2008)
- Ghana: Military Won’t Intimidate Voters-Major Owusu (2008)
- Political Turmoil Continues in Kenya (2008)
- Investing in Conflict – Goldcorp Mining in the Americas (2008)
Teaching Presentations
- —- (2024, Oct). Revisiting Teaching as a Subversive Activity: NYSCA Book Club. New York State Communication Association. Callicoon, NY.
- —- (2024, Jul). Hands on: Developing the skills and finding the right jobs in pop culture. Comic Con for Educators & Librarians at Comic Con International. San Diego, CA.
- —- (2023, Jul). Admissions departments emitting geek vibes: College course focused on pop culture. Comic Con for Educators & Librarians at Comic Con International. San Diego, CA.
- —– (2022, Nov). Teaching Effectiveness Panel: Teaching Strategies to Foster Classroom Equity and Inclusion. Faculty Development Center, SUNY Cortland. Cortland, NY.
- —– (2022, Oct). Professorial Confessions: The Worst Class I’ve Ever Taught. New York State Communication Association. Callicoon, NY.
- Knopf, C.M. (2021, Nov). “‘You’re on mute’: Idiosyncrasies of synchronous online public speaking.” Transforming the Public Speaking Course in Response to COVID-19. National Communication Association: Seattle, WA.
- Knopf, C.M. (2020, Oct). “Monroe’s Motivated Sequence – As Seen on TV!” GIFTS [Great Ideas For Teaching Students]. New York State Communication Association. WebEx.
- Knopf, C.M. (2016, Aug). “Reimagining social movements classes: Conversations about comics.” Section on Teaching and Learning Sociology Roundtable: Experiential Learning. American Sociological Association: Seattle, WA.
- —– (2015, Nov). Organizational Change in Higher Ed: Transfer, Articulation, and Degree Completion through “Systemness” panel discussion. National Communication Association: Las Vegas, NV.
- Knopf, C.M. (2008, Nov). “Unconventional expectations in conventional settings: Using innovation in the classroom.” Putting My Students First: The Pedagogical Implications of Student Centered Teaching Practices in the College Classroom. National Communication Association 94th Annual Convention: San Diego, CA.
- Knopf, C.M. (2007, Oct). “When good teachers teach badly: A look at the communication traps in innovative teaching.” Topics in Teaching. New York State Communication Association: Kerhonkson, NY.
- Knopf, C.M. (2006, Nov). “Lessons worth learning about innovations and interventions: Thinking about cases our students connect to – the Facebook fiasco.” Position paper in Connection and Action in Public Sphere Studies: Conversations About What We Do and Why We Do It seminar. National Communication Association: San Antonio, TX.
- Knopf, C.M. (2003, Nov). “Stoking the flame: Developing a passion for community service.” SKILL 2003: Sharing Knowledge, Insights, and Lessons Learned CETL Conference for U. Albany Graduate Teaching Assistants: Albany, NY.
