My name is Hayley C. Hoffman (Ph.D., University of Kentucky), and I am a Faculty Lecturer in Instructional Communication & Research at the University of Kentucky.
I hold a B.A. in English from Centre College, where I graduated magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa. My experience as Centre’s communications intern throughout my four years there led me to pursue graduate studies in communication. I went on to receive my M.A.in Communication from the University of Kentucky, where my thesis examined the impact of admissions view books on students' perceptions of their school as well as their academic and social engagement. I also received my Ph.D. in communication from UK, with additional instructional communication and pedagogical development certificates. My dissertation research examined the classroom expectations of Gen Z and how their experiences with their instructors align with those expectations. In addition to teaching UK Core composition and communication classes, I am currently serving as the CIS 112 Course Coordinator and a Faculty Lecturer at the University of Kentucky. There, I facilitate service-learning placements for approximately 400 students at over 30 community partner organizations in the greater Lexington area. I am also a member of UK's Teaching Innovation Institute for the 2023-2024 academic year. Throughout my teaching career, I have consistently received high teaching evaluations from my students, course directors, and department chairs, and was awarded my college's Graduate Teaching Excellence Award in 2021. I also pursue additional opportunities to grow as an instructor during the summers by teaching journalism/mass media to high-achieving high school students at the Kentucky Governor’s Scholars Program (GSP). As of 2023, I have completed five summers with the program, and I look forward to many more. As a researcher, I study instructional communication and generational difference with secondary interests in language/literacy development and media studies. I have published on and given over 20 conference presentations on a variety of topics, from high-impact practices in the basic communication course to examining family communication patterns in Succession to the socio-political relevance of the Broadway adaptation of To Kill a Mockingbird. My other research interests include children’s literature, higher education marketing, and public library storytimes. Outside of academia, I can typically be found playing a piano, taking a walk around my Lexington neighborhood, going to the movies, or trying to read too many books at one time. |