Tad Odell
Prairieville,LA
Summary
Former university-level, communications educator. Looking to use my classroom and teaching experience to work in elementary or secondary education. After years of teaching 1,000-student courses, I'm ready to transition to a career that matters and can help our community.
Overview
20
20
years of professional experience
Work History
Professional in Residence
Louisiana State University, Manship School of Mass Communication
01.2019 - 01.2025
- Taught a breadth of courses to journalism, public relations and advertising students that ranged from teaching strategy and theory about how to communicate to teaching hands-on skills like professional writing, graphic design and social media management
- Was tasked with increasing a general education course's enrollment
- Grew enrollment more than 150 percent, from 641 to 1643 per year, by creating a class that taught a wide range of mass communication skills and strategies
Editorial Advisor, LSU Reveille, and Professional in Residence
Louisiana State University, Manship School of Mass Communication
01.2015 - 01.2019
- Advised student journalism and content creators who created content for a newspaper, social media platforms, radio station, website and yearbook
- Critiqued and guided students in best practices to create quality, interesting, ethical content
- Revamped social media strategies, leading to a more than double increase of Facebook views and almost triple increase in Twitter views over a two-and-a-half year period.
- Guided the students to maintain website traffic while budget cuts dramatically cut the amount of new content posted
- Led a website redesign of a website that garnered millions of views per year
- Led a comprehensive brand overall
- Oversaw a $1.1-million budget
Journalism Area Head and Instructor
Louisiana State University, Manship School of Mass Communication
01.2011 - 01.2016
- Led an overhaul of the journalism curriculum to modernize it and incorporate new technology and content creation skills
- Developed courses in multimedia journalism, created course schedules, oversaw teaching quality, trained new adjunct and graduate student faculty
Instructor
Louisiana State University, Manship School of Mass Communication
01.2005 - 01.2011
- Taught a range of courses in broadcast journalism, documentary production, graphic design, print journalism, multimedia journalism
Education
PhD ABD - Communication and Society
University of Oregon
Bachelor of Arts - Telecommunication Management with minors in journalism and philosophy
Western Michigan University
Skills
- Curriculum development
- Classroom management
- Assessment creation
- Public speaking and presentation creation
Timeline
Professional in Residence
Louisiana State University, Manship School of Mass Communication
01.2019 - 01.2025
Editorial Advisor, LSU Reveille, and Professional in Residence
Louisiana State University, Manship School of Mass Communication
01.2015 - 01.2019
Journalism Area Head and Instructor
Louisiana State University, Manship School of Mass Communication
01.2011 - 01.2016
Instructor
Louisiana State University, Manship School of Mass Communication
01.2005 - 01.2011
Bachelor of Arts - Telecommunication Management with minors in journalism and philosophy
Western Michigan University
PhD ABD - Communication and Society
University of Oregon
Software expertise
- InDesign
- Photoshop
- Tableau Public
- Excel
- Microsoft Suite, including PowerPoint
- Google Analytics
- Chartbeat
- Premiere Pro
- Canva