Shawn Apostel

Dr. Shawn Apostel is an Assistant Professor of Communication at Bellarmine University where he teaches courses in Multimedia Communication, Digital Portfolio, and Technical Writing. Prior to his appointment, he served as the Communication Coordinator for the Noel Studio for Academic Creativity at Eastern Kentucky University.

An award winning writer, photographer, presenter, and Prezi designer, Dr. Apostel brings the passion for his professional work to the classroom as an instructor. He studied Graphic Design Technology at Miami Dade College and earned a B.A. in Journalism from Toccoa Falls College, an M.A. in Professional Communication from Clemson University, and a Ph.D. in Rhetoric and Technical Communication from Michigan Technological University.

Dr. Apostel's research interests include teaching with technology, play and creativity, digital ethos, e-waste reduction, and visual communication. He serves as a reviewer for various journals and conferences.

His work is published by IGI Global, CCDigital Press, Lexington Books, New Forums Press, Kairos: A Journal of Rhetoric, Technology, and Pedagogy, and Computers and Composition Online. He co-edited Establishing and Evaluating Digital Ethos and Online Credibility, Online Credibility and Digital Ethos: Evaluating Computer-Mediated Communication and co-authored Teaching Creative Thinking: A New Pedagogy for the 21st Century.

He tweets about technology and pedagogy as @apostels.

A former high-school dropout who struggles with names, dates, time, numbers, and spelling, Dr. Apostel now shares his story about learning with undiagnosed dyslexia and how it became an asset once technology helped remove or minimize the barriers that traditional education places on people with learning differences. For more, subscribe to his podcast "Dyslexics Untied." Learn more here: https://www.shawnapostel.com/dyslexics-untied-podcast