Jeffrey Brody is a professor of Communications and a member of the Asian American Studies Program Council at California State University, Fullerton. He teaches advanced writing classes, courses on mass communication and society, and media and diversity.
Our opening discussion from the interview with Professor Brody consists of questions that would help us understand the teaching experience from a professor’s point of view during a pandemic.
Professor Brody stated that the most challenging obstacle for him was being able to maintain student interest. He felt it was very hard to gauge their interactions, especially with many blank screens. One way around this resulted in the Zoom breakout rooms. Students would be split into groups and would each have a specific topic to discuss while Professor Brody would visit each room to hear more personal feedback. He felt that in some ways there were many benefits to it that allowed students much more flexibility for those who are also working full-time jobs.
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