Natalia Rybas
Ph.D.
Director of Graduate Programs
About
Grants, Awards, and Honors
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Trustee Teaching Award for Innovation, IU East, 2024
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Distinguished Service Award, Indiana University East, March 2017
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Faculty Colloquium on Excellence in Teaching (FACET), membership awarded in May 2014
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CTL Faculty Fellow in Innovative Teaching, October 2013, Indiana University East
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New Faculty Progress Award, March 2013, Indiana University East
Service to professional organizations
Co-trustee of the Teresa Award for the Advancement of Feminist Research, Feminist Scholarship Division of the International Communication Association, 2018-present
Classes
Cross-cultural communication, New Media, Digital responsibilities and rights, Capstone, Introduction to communication and culture
Research
Feminist and critical studies of technology, online learning and teaching, critical cultural communication
Education
Doctor of Philosophy in Communication Studies
Bowling Green State University
Master of Arts in Communication Studies
Bowling Green State University
Bachelor of Arts in Teaching English as a Foreign Language and Spanish
Taganrog State Pedagogical Institute
Publications & Contributions
Read "Embracing Uncertainty and Resisting Suspicion in the Faculty-Student Relationship"
Read "American Girl dolls as professionals: What do they teach about professions and professionalism?"
Read "Evaluating instructor quality: Moving away from student evaluations to peer review."