Event Description:
Join us for our monthly webinar series as we delve into “Teaching During the Age of Influencers” at 4:00 EST on Thursday, November 6th. This talk will address who some of the main social media influencers are, why influencers have become so popular, how they have shaped our culture, and what our students may be learning from them. In addition to providing an awareness about the social media influencer phenomenon, Dr. Sears will talk about possible ways to help students interrogate the ideas these influencers promote and to question whether adopting the influencer lifestyle is their ticket to wealth and fame.
Presenter Bio:
Dr. Linda Sears has been teaching full-time in the Humanities department at Collin College in Plano, Texas for twenty years. She earned her PhD in Dramatic Arts from the University of California, Davis in 2002 and her Master of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies (Art, Dance, and Theatre) from the University of North Texas in 1998. She has been involved in CCHA since 2008 and has acted as the CCHA Southwestern Division President since 2016.