About Michael Storr
Michael currently serves as the Co-Director of Communication 210, a course within the core of Ball State’s general education curriculum. He also serves as an assistant coach of our nationally ranked Forensic Individual Events Team, a co-curricular activity with which he has been involved for over twenty years. Arriving in 2014, Michael strictly taught in the online environment, but quickly made his way into the face-to-face classroom in 2016 where he now teaches over 3,000 students every year. His dedication to teaching and coaching earned him the College of Communication, Information, and Media’s 2018 Excellence in Teaching Award. Michael is proud to call Ball State his home and his colleagues in the Department of Communication Studies his family, a family he thinks you should join and one that will welcome you with open arms.
Education
M.A., Illinois State University
B.A., Bradley University
Research Interests
- Intergenerational Communication
- Dark Sides of Communication
- Instructional Communication
- Small Group Communication
- Health Communication (specifically gay men and HIV)
- Basic Communication Course (face-to-face and online)
Teaching
COMM 210 Fundamentals of Public Speaking
Awards and Honors
- 2018 College of Communication, Information, and Media Excellence in Teaching Award
- 2017 Department of Communication Studies Outstanding Faculty Service Award
Service
- National Forensic Association, National Council, elected at-large representative, 2018-2020
- Departmental liaison for Dual-Education Credit
- Departmental liaison for the Bot-Swin Living-Learning Community
- Departmental Functions Committee
- Departmental Homecoming Committee
- Dean’s Committee for Media Literacy Awareness
- Dean’s Committee for Involvement
- Provost’s Prize Selection Committee