Lee Heights Baptist Church, Florence, AL:
Classroom Teaching Experience
The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL
GBA 246: Professional Development Series II: Choosing Your Path, Clinical Instructor in the LEAD Program, Spring 2024-Present
Building on the Freshman GBA 146 course, this course focuses on students’ choosing their career path. Through this course, students learn about professional interpersonal and team dynamics, how to work with others, self-awareness, professionalism, and leadership skills. Through this course, students will learn how to choose their path through and after Culverhouse. Through the activities and topics in this course, students will continue to develop the professional competencies necessary for career success. Students are limited to three attempts for this course, excluding withdrawals.
GBA 146: Professional Development Series I: Exploring Your Path, Clinical Instructor in the LEAD Program, Fall 2023-Present
This course provides an introduction to the functions, resources, and activities of the University of Alabama. This course is designed to help students make the transition to a large comprehensive research university, develop a better understanding of the learning process, acquire academic success skills, and adopt methods for being successful in college. The goal of this course is to equip each student with the basic skills necessary for degree attainment and provide an introduction to professional competencies for student development and career success.
COM 123: Public Speaking, Graduate Teaching Assistant, Fall 2021-Spring 2023
Introduction to basic public speaking principles, theory, and practice, emphasizing the presentational and compositional aspects of communication in formal speaking situations. Lab instructor for six sections over a year and a half time period. Responsible for all facets of lab implementation, activities and assignments, and grading of speeches and assignments.
Student Evaluations:
- Fall 2021: 5.0, 5.0
- Spring 2022: 5.0, 5.0
- Fall 2022: 5.0
- Spring 2023: 5.0
COM 320: Truth, Ethics, and Deception, Guest Lecturer, “Detecting Deception in Public Speaking,” January 25, 2024
COM 123: Public Speaking, Guest Lecturer, September 2022, April 2022, October 2021
James Dubuisson 