Shannon Debord

Post-Secondary Education

University of Houston Victoria
Master Arts Interdisciplinary
Interdisciplinary Studies

University of Maryland Global Campus
Doctor of Management
Community College Policy & Administ

Teaching Experience

Austin Community College, May 2007-present

Professor, Communication Studies

August 2019-present

Courses Taught: Business  & Professional Communication, Public Speaking, Introduction to Speech Communication, Interpersonal Communication

 

Associate Professor, Adjunct, Communication Studies and Student Development

May 2007-August 2019

  • Courses Taught: Business  & Professional Communication, Public Speaking, Introduction to Speech Communication, Interpersonal Communication, Effective Learning

 

Baylor University

Lecturer, Communication, Hankamer School of Business

August 2018-May 2019

  • Courses Taught: Business Communication



Western New Mexico University

Adjunct Instructor, Communication

August 2012-August 2020

  • Courses Taught: Public Speaking (online)

 

University of Phoenix

            Communication

Faculty Member

January 2008-August 2017

  • Courses Taught: COM 140 Contemporary Business Communication, COM 150 Effective Essay Writing, COM 220 Research Writing, COM 215 Written Communication

 

University of Phoenix, Austin Ground Campus

            Communication

Faculty Member

June 2010-August 2017

  • Courses Taught: COM 172 Elements of University Composition and Communication II, COM 215 Essentials of College Writing

  

The Art Institute of Austin

 Adjunct Instructor, Speech, Full-time instructor, Speech

January 2010-August 2018

  • Courses Taught: SPCH 1315 Public Speaking, DFVP 0300 History of Motion Media and Mass Communication, DFVP 411 Media Delivery Systems

 

University of Houston-Victoria

Adjunct Instructor

August 2007-May 2020

August 2000-December 2003

  • Courses Taught:Editing for the Media, Public Relations Techniques, Organizational Communication (online and face-to-face), Intercultural Communication (online and face-to-face), Leadership Communication, Global Communication (online), Leadership Communication (online), Advanced Professional Speaking (online and face-to-face hybrid), Web Applications, Theories of Web Design, Public Relations Communication, Public Relations Writing

 

Central Texas College

            Distance Education, Speech

Adjunct Instructor

April 2007-June 2022

  • Courses Taught: Public Speaking (online), Interpersonal Communication (online), Business and Professional Communication (online)

 

Texas State University

            Communication Studies

Adjunct Instructor

August 2007-December 2007

  • Courses Taught: Introduction to Human Communication

 

Texas A&M University

            Mays MBA Program

Assistant Lecturer, Management

July 2003-May 2005

  • Courses Taught: Business Communication

 

University of Houston-Victoria

Visiting Instructor, Communication

August 2002-May 2003

  • Courses Taught:Intercultural Communication (online and face-to-face), Organizational Communication (online and face-to-face), Mass Media Communication, Public Relations Communication, Theories of Web Design (partially online), Web Applications Techniques

 

The Victoria College

Adjunct Instructor

Summer 2001-Summer 2002

  • Courses Taught:Fundamentals of Speech (online and face-to-face)

Professional Publications

Dissertation: Exploration of Programs for People with Intellectual Disability in the Community College, UMGC, 2021

 

Invited book chapter

Count Us In: Growing up with Down Syndrome, an attention shift analysis essay
in The Rhetoric of Social Intervention textbook. Sage Publications, August 2008. By Opt, S.K. and Gring, M.

 

Presentations:

  • The Rollercoaster of Teaching Communication in the Community College, panel presentation chair, Community College Division, National Communication Association, New Orleans, 2023

  • Mentor session, presenter, International Communication Division, National Communication Association, New Orleans, 2022
  • Ensuring Students’ Voice in Online Courses, panel presentation, Community College Division, National Communication Association, New Orleans, 2011

  • Career Presentation, Speech Professor, Teravista Elementary School, 2011

  • So You’re Going to Teach Online? What Now?, panel presentation, Community College Division, National Communication Association, San Francisco, 2010

  • Rhetoric of Social Intervention Short Course Presenter, National Communication Association Convention, Chicago 2009
  • Putting Leander on the Map, Individual Paper Presentation, National Communication Association Convention, Chicago 2007
  • Rhetoric of Social Intervention Pre-Convention Seminar Presenter, National Communication Association Convention, San Antonio 2006
  •  Advertising Presentation, to Rotary Club International, Lakeline Group, Austin 2005
  • “Parenting a Child with a Disability: Three Perspectives,” University of Texas Education Council, Austin, 2004
  • “Book as Intervention,” Texas Speech Communication Association, Corpus Christi, 2003
  •  “Count Us In: Growing Up With Down Syndrome, An Intervention,” part of seminar in The Rhetoric of Social Intervention at the National Communication Association Convention, New Orleans, 2002
  •  “A Look at Opposite-Sex Interruption Characteristics in the Broadcast Media,” Texas Speech Communication Association Conference, Houston, 2000
  • Web Design 101, presentation to undergraduate English class, The Victoria College, 2001
  • Internet, Creating Web Pages, short course presentation for Continuing Education, The Victoria College (1999, 2000, 2001)                                       

Published: August 26, 2024