Celebrating Collaborative Design
Join us as we celebrate collaboration in online course design and development. Meet and share ideas with other professionals from the schools and colleges of Syracuse University.
Please mark your calendar to join us for a behind-the-scenes look at our online courses. Talk with University faculty who have participated in the course design process. Learn how collaboration with The Center for Online and Digital Learning at Syracuse University adds value to academic programs across campus and to students across the world.
Wed., Oct. 22, 2025
11 a.m.-2 p.m.
Bisignano Grand Hall
at the D’Aniello National Veterans Resource Center
Please RSVP here. You don’t need to RSVP to attend! Stop by to learn more about how we bring courses to life for the University.
Meet the Faculty
Jason Curry: BPS 211 Introduction to Professional Studies
Spotlighting critical thinking videos for instructional design message creation and student roundtables for course outcomes, with a focus on the application of critical thinking.
Jason Curry has more than 15 years of professional and higher education experience across various roles, including faculty, regulatory compliance, corporate, institutional and programmatic accreditation, distance education, and leadership. Prior to joining Syracuse University, Curry served as a curriculum and student consumer research analyst in the Licensing and Registration Unit at the Minnesota Office of Higher Education. In addition to his regulatory background, Curry was an assistant professor at the University of Louisville in Louisville, Kentucky, and an instructor and program administrator for the Bachelor of Science in Workforce Leadership program at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. Curry also served as the director of education and academic affairs at ATA College. In addition, he has held several contract and full-time instructional design, evaluation, and leadership roles for companies such as Humana, LaserShip, Carley Corporation, TCF Bank, and Sears Holdings Corporation.
Katrin Steele: PPM 610 Project Management Fundamentals
Spotlighting project management workplace scenarios.
Katrin Steele is a professor of practice in the Project Management Program in the College of Professional Studies at Syracuse University. She has a 27-year career characterized by diverse roles across biotechnology manufacturing processes, operations quality, and learning and performance. With a strong background as a servant leader and project management expert, she brings extensive practical experience and a commitment to fostering both academic and professional excellence.
Susan Conklin: CRL 313 Strategic Leadership in Professional Studies
Spotlighting live session worksheets and applying metacognition to support self-reflection.
Susan Conklin is a professor of organizational development and leadership, as well as an experienced consultant and trainer. She draws on more than 35 years of experience managing people and projects to develop training programs that improve business performance. Her consulting, training, and coaching services focus on personal and interpersonal skill development, leadership, and organizational development. Her clients include public and private corporations and institutions. Conklin holds an MBA from Syracuse University with a concentration in organizational development and marketing. Her corporate experience includes leadership positions with GE and Carrier Corporation, as well as with several small businesses. In addition to her consulting work, Conklin has been teaching management and leadership classes in higher education for more than 20 years.
Emily Nolan: ATR 724 Trauma and Art Therapy: Theories and Applications
Spotlighting experiential and scenario-based learning in somatic therapy, experiential and constructivist approaches in trauma-informed art therapy, and audio-guided experiential learning for healing and post-traumatic growth.
Emily Goldstein Nolan joined the College of Visual and Performing Arts’ Department of Creative Arts Therapy as a non-tenure-track professor of practice in Fall 2020. She founded a nonprofit organization, Bloom Art and Integrated Therapies, Inc., that focuses on providing access to mental health care and art therapy. Bloom partners with many community organizations to provide innovative treatment. Nolan earned a DAT in 2014 from Mount Mary University, an MA in 2005 from the Adler School of Professional Psychology, and a BFA in 1999 from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
Dr. Rochele Royster: ATR 823 Thesis or Culminating Project II
Spotlighting three podcast interviews that highlight the real-world research, inclusive practices, and diverse expertise of guest speakers to inspire students working on their thesis projects. Course assignments were scaffolded to support students in developing and presenting their thesis research projects.
Rochele Royster, PhD, ATR-BC, is an assistant professor of art therapy in the Department of Creative Arts Therapy at Syracuse University. With more than 20 years of experience integrating art therapy into educational settings, she specializes in trauma-informed classrooms, special education, and community-based practice. Her teaching is grounded in a transdisciplinary approach that explores race, power, and policy in education. Royster’s work bridges art, social justice, and pedagogy, preparing students to use creative methods for systemic change.
Todd Berger: LAW 754 Trial Practice
Spotlighting trial practice skills in action with a demonstration of direct examination.
Todd A. Berger serves as the director of advocacy programs and the director of the College of Law’s joint JD/LLM program in Advocacy and Litigation. His scholarship focuses on criminal law and procedure, as well as the intersection of trial advocacy and attorney ethics. Berger also serves as the faculty host of the American Bar Association’s Law Student Podcast. Berger earned a BA from George Washington University, a JD from Temple University School of Law, and an LLM in Trial Advocacy from Temple University.
Arien Rozelle: STC 319 Digital Analytics for Strategic Communication
Spotlighting the integration of the social media platform Threads and the analytics platform Brandwatch for content repetition, to connect students with one another, and as an opportunity for critical thinking. Spotlighting the use of student Threads submissions as data for a reflection assignment on the topics of confirmation bias, echo chambers, and selective exposure.
Arien Rozelle is an assistant teaching professor in the public relations department. She teaches courses in public relations campaigns, public relations writing, and public relations ethics. She also advises students who compete in the Public Relations Student Society of America’s (PRSSA) Bateman Case Study Competition and led the Newhouse team to place third in the nation in 2025. Rozelle is an accredited member of the Public Relations Society of America and, in 2024, was named Educator of the Year by the PRSA Rochester Chapter. She is an active member of AEJMC’s Public Relations Division, which awarded her the Top Great Idea for Teaching (GIFT) in 2025. As a public relations practitioner, she founded and operated a boutique PR firm in New York City and is now a consultant to a variety of clients. Rozelle earned a BA in communication from the State University of New York at Fredonia and an MA in public relations and corporate communication from New York University.
Soo-Yeon Hong: STC 348 Principles of DEIA in Communications
Spotlighting video variety and reflection journals as strong examples of increasing students’ engagement with course material and their engagement in their own thinking processes.
Soo Yeon Hong teaches introductory graphic design, social media, visual communications theory, and multimedia storytelling courses to undergraduate, graduate, and military students. She brings to the classroom an unusual element of diversity, given her PhD in communications from the Newhouse School, her PR and graphic design expertise gained in her earlier professional career, and her creative writing skills learned from National Book Award– and Pulitzer Prize–winning authors.
Hong holds a PhD in mass communications from the Newhouse School and an MFA in creative writing (fiction) from Boston University, where she was awarded the 2012 Saul Bellow Prize in Fiction. She has taught at Boston University and Virginia Commonwealth University, in addition to Syracuse University, where she also teaches in Communications@Syracuse. Hong was a marketer at LG, a graphic designer at Time and Health magazines, and an editorial assistant to the co-editor of Communications Research journal. She was a semifinalist for the 2014–2015 Provincetown Fine Arts Work Center Fellowship.
