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In this course we will audit our current use of social media, explore its impacts in our day to day lives, and determined individualized philosophies on our participation with them online world. To inform this process, we will develop skills like time management, identifying AI and misinformation, and self identifying if and when social media might have a negative impact on our mental health. Whether you’re chronically online or don’t have any social media accounts, this will be an exploration of your current and future self.

Course Details
Prefix: 
UCO
Course Number: 
1200
Section Number(s) and Day/Times Taught: 
163: TR 2:00pm - 3:15pm
Term: 
Fall 2025
Categories: 
Global Issues
Well-Being
Instructor(s)

Hannah Finkelstein

Hannah Finkelstein is a graduate of two North Carolina institutions of higher education. She matches her teaching skills from her Middle School Education degree from Barton College with her passion for social justice and higher education fostered during her masters program in Higher Education Administration at North Carolina State University. After a few years of adjunct teaching, Hannah is thrilled to join the rank of full time first year seminar lecturers. Her goal is to make sure students feel welcome and at home in the classroom to encourage dialogue and conversation around a variety of topics. In the 2023 Fall Semester, Hannah taught Power, Privilege, and Action, a course focused on social change and activism, and Howdy Neighbor: Getting to Know Yourself and Your Community. 

In her time outside the classroom, Hannah enjoys fiber-work, playing Dungeons and Dragons, and longs walks with her cuddly Great Pyrenees, Moose.