shannon.hartling@uwaterloo.ca
(519) 888-4567 x 48997
Location: ML 257B
Shannon Hartling has a PhD in English (2003) and an MA and BA in English from the University of Waterloo.
Her academic interests include cultural studies, interpersonal and group conflict, aesthetics, ethics, and the history and theory of rhetoric. She has written about the moral implications of polite and impolite language, and she has delivered several conference papers reflecting her research into the social functions and abuses of polite language. She is interested in the function of communication in creating community, particularly in difficult contexts. Shannon is the Arts Teaching Representative to the Undergraduate Communications Requirement Group (UCRG) and coordinates the Leadership, Communication, and Collaboration course, COMMST 111. She has been teaching at the University of Waterloo since 1995.
Courses Taught
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COMMST 100 - Interpersonal Communication
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COMMST 111 - Leadership, Communication and Collaboration
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COMMST 228 - Public Communication
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COMMST 324 - Small Group Communication
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COMMST 432 - Conflict Management
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COMMST 475 - Communication Ethics