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Keri Barone

Principal Lecturer

School of Communication
College of Liberal Arts
Program Director- Communication BS

585-475-5262
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Keri Barone

Principal Lecturer

School of Communication
College of Liberal Arts
Program Director- Communication BS

Education

BA, MA, State University College at Brockport

Bio

Keri Barone has a B.A. in Communication from SUNY Brockport, and M.A. in Rhetorical Criticism also from SUNY Brockport. Since coming to RIT in 2007 as Visiting Professor, she has served as faculty advisor to the National Communication’s Honors Society, Lambda Pi Eta. She initiated the student run colloquium series, has co-organized the institute wide Public Speaking Contest and continues to facilitate guest speakers and volunteer opportunities to enhance community involvement by students.

Most recently Professor Barone was granted The Provost's Learning Innovations Grant, to propel her research on student learning outcomes and pedagogy in the area of Public Speaking. Her long-term research goals focus on marginalized groups and how the advancement of technology in communication impact perceptions of them and formulated by them.

Courses offered

  • Persuasion
  • Public Speaking
  • Advanced Public Speaking
  • Human Communication
  • Interpersonal Communication
  • Mass Communication
  • Professional Communication for Business
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Currently Teaching

COMM-142
3 Credits
This course introduces students to current best practices in written and visual technical communication including writing effective email, short and long technical reports and presentations, developing instructional material, and learning the principles and practices of ethical technical communication. Course activities focus on engineering and scientific technical documents.
COMM-201
3 Credits
The public speaking course is designed to equip the student with knowledge of the theories and principles necessary for formal public speaking. Informative and persuasive speeches are the focus with emphasis on organization, evidence, language use, strategy, delivery, and effective use of media aids. Public speaking is generally offered each semester.
COMM-343
3 Credits
Technology-mediated communication (TMC) was originally defined as a form of electronic written communication. As networking tools advanced, TMC expanded to include new software developments, such as instant messenger and the web. Today, the term technology-mediated communication is used to refer to a wide range of technologies that facilitate both human communication and the interactive sharing of information through computer networks. Through readings, discussions, and observations of online behavior, students will be introduced to TMC terms and theories to further develop their TMC communication and critical thinking skills.
ITDL-100
3 Credits
This course pairs classic works in philosophy, politics, and literature with weekly practical experiments in living in order to develop a framework for living a meaningful, well-examined life in the modern world. Great Works come alive as centerpieces for discussion about and shaping of personal character, and the development of a variety of skills, from simple time management (using, for example, Benjamin Franklin on habit formation) to relationship growth (for example, through Kierkegaard on love). The course also incorporates modern research on effective studying, learning, and self-care. Students will use Great Works to inform explorations of themselves, campus, and the Rochester community.
ITDL-151H
3 Credits
This honors seminar is a foundational course that examines how our social worlds are linked to our natural and built worlds. The corresponding emphasis on inquiry, analysis, and interpretation facilitates student-engaged learning. In exploring pertinent place and space related issues/topics through an experiential, active, and site-specific curricular focused learning, various aspects of the human condition are discovered. The theme or topic of this honors seminar, as chosen by the instructor, is announced in the subtitle as well as course notes and is developed in the syllabus. The honors seminar integrates the required Year One curriculum.

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