Month: February 2023

On February 15^th, the WORLD Center for International Learning rebooted its “Lunch and Learn” faculty information series. Director Paula Hentz gave a presentation to 13 faculty on how to apply for WORLD awards. These awards support work done by faculty to internationalize the campus and curricula, and support individual faculty and teams to explore emerging opportunities in different parts of the world that have broad impact on student and organizational learning.

Faculty participated in discussion with WORLD staff and other faculty who have experience in developing and implementing international experiences into courses and programs. Some other topics covered were:

• How international research impacts teacher-scholar development
• How teachers can parlay their research into high-quality learning abroad programs
• Walking through the proposal process and how WORLD will support them every step of the way

Stetson University is committed to preparing professors and students to be informed, active, and engaged citizens of both local communities and the world. All faculty are encouraged to consider the benefits of internationalizing their courses (Application here). If you’re not sure how to get started, be sure to meet with any member of WORLD staff as they are ready to help you bring the world to your classroom.

I did my PhD in Linguistics at Kamianets-Podilskyi Ivan Ohiienko National University, Ukraine. I completed a professional internship as a professor of journalism on the basis of a European broadcaster (“BVBM as the representative of citizen media interests in Germany”, the Federal Republic of Germany, 2019-2020). Also, I participated in the Erasmus+ International Academic Mobility Program at the Catholic University of Ružomberok (the Slovak Republic, 2019).

Currently I’m working as a Brown Visiting Teacher-Scholar Fellow in Communication and Media Studies at Stetson University. My research is aimed at recognizing false and misleading information distributed by Russian government-controlled media, pro-Russia websites, social media accounts like Twitter, Facebook, TikTok. My attention is also focused on refuting fake news in the media covering war in Ukraine.

Being a facilitator of Media Literacy project, my objective is for students to develop critical thinking skills while accessing, analyzing, and evaluating media messages in a variety of forms.

As a graduate of the “Human Rights Academy for Journalism Professors”, I try to increase students’ awareness in the field of equality and non-discrimination, recognize, analyze and break down stereotypes in media.