Teaching
Here are some recent, and perhaps a few not-so-recent, syllabi from courses I teach.
Graduate
J/P 829: Political Communication (Spring, 2020)
J801: Mass Communication and the Individual (Spring, 2021)
J880: Physiology and Communication Effects (Spring 2015)
Undergraduate
J201: Introduction to Mass Communication (Spring, 2021)
J202: Mass Media Practices (Fall, 2017)
J335: Principles and Practices and Reporting (Fall, 2022)
- FINAL PROJECT 2014: Why the Wisconsin Idea?
- FINAL PROJECT 2015: The Arc
- FINAL PROJECT 2019: Between Two Lakes
- FNAL PROJECT 2020: Stories From Six Feet Apart
J401: In-Depth Reporting (Spring, 2017)
J404: Interpretation of Contemporary Affairs (opinion writing)
J475: The Observatory: Fact-Checking and Explanatory Reporting (Fall, 2016)
J618: Mass Communication and Political Behavior (Fall, 2016)
J676: Media Bias and Political Behavior (Spring 2016)
My Writing About Teaching/Stories About My Teaching
My Writing
7 Strategies for Teaching Student Journalists to Cover Midterm Elections (for PBS MediaShift)
9 Things the Best Political Reporters Do (for PBS MediaShift)
Stories About My Teaching
2019 Distinguished Teaching Awards Announced
Ten faculty honored with distinguished teaching awards
Wagner wins university wide distinguished teaching award 2012
InsideUW: America’s partisan divide not as simple as it seems
Story Announcing My Selection as an Academic Star
Wagner, Asarta Named Outstanding Educator of the Year 2009
Story About my UCARE project with UNL Marshall Scholar Zach Smith
More Coverage of the UNL Election Study, 2011