Faculty Profile

Louis Petit

Title
Senior Lecturer
Department
Communication Studies
College
College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences

    

    

      


                          

            
Curriculum Vitae

            

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Education

            



  

  


  
MA, Missouri State University, 2008. 
Major: Communication
BA, William Jewell College – Liberty, MO, 2006. 
Major: Political Science





          

        
                

          
Current Scheduled Teaching*


          
COMM 3840.001, Argumentation and Debate, Spring 2024 Syllabus
COMM 2040.800, Public Speaking, Spring 2024 Syllabus


          
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  Texas Education Code 51.974 (HB 2504) requires each institution of
  higher education to make available to the public, a syllabus for
  undergraduate lecture courses offered for credit by the institution.
  

        

      

    

  


    

    

      


        


          


            
Previous Scheduled Teaching*


            
                    

                    COMM 3840.001, Argumentation and Debate, Fall 2023 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    COMM 3840.001, Argumentation and Debate, Spring 2023 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    COMM 2040.800, Public Speaking, Spring 3W1 2023 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    COMM 3840.001, Argumentation and Debate, Fall 2022 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    COMM 3840.001, Argumentation and Debate, Spring 2022 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    COMM 2040.800, Public Speaking, Spring 3W1 2022 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    COMM 3840.001, Argumentation and Debate, Fall 2021 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    COMM 3840.001, Argumentation and Debate, Spring 2021 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    COMM 2040.800, Public Speaking, Spring 3W1 2021 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    COMM 3840.001, Argumentation and Debate, Fall 2020 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    COMM 2040.001, Public Speaking, Fall 2020 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    COMM 2040.201, Public Speaking, Fall 2020 Syllabus
                    

                    COMM 2040.202, Public Speaking, Fall 2020 Syllabus
                    

                    COMM 3840.001, Argumentation and Debate, Spring 2020 Syllabus
                    

                    COMM 4900.713, Special Problems, Spring 2020 
                    

                    COMM 3840.001, Argumentation and Debate, Fall 2019 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    COMM 3840.001, Argumentation and Debate, Spring 2019 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    COMM 3840.001, Argumentation and Debate, Fall 2018 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    COMM 4900.713, Special Problems, Summer 5W1 2018 Syllabus
                    

                    COMM 3840.001, Argumentation and Debate, Spring 2018 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    COMM 3840.001, Argumentation and Debate, Fall 2017 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    COMM 3840.001, Argumentation and Debate, Spring 2017 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    COMM 3840.001, Argumentation and Debate, Summer 3W1 2016 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    COMM 2040.001, Public Speaking, Spring 2016 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    COMM 2040.201, Public Speaking, Spring 2016 
                    

                    COMM 2040.202, Public Speaking, Spring 2016 
                    

                    COMM 2040.001, Public Speaking, Fall 2015 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    COMM 2040.201, Public Speaking, Fall 2015 
                    

                    COMM 2040.202, Public Speaking, Fall 2015 
                    

                    COMM 4900.704, Special Problems, Fall 2015 
                    

                    COMM 2040.001, Public Speaking, Summer 3W1 2015 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    COMM 3840.001, Argumentation and Debate, Spring 2015 Syllabus
                    

                    COMM 2040.001, Public Speaking, Fall 2014 Syllabus
                    

                    COMM 2040.201, Public Speaking, Fall 2014 
                    

                    COMM 2040.202, Public Speaking, Fall 2014 
                    

                    COMM 2040.001, Public Speaking, Summer 3W1 2014 Syllabus
                    

                    COMM 3840.001, Argumentation and Debate, Spring 2014 Syllabus
                    

                    COMM 2040.001, Public Speaking, Fall 2013 Syllabus
                    

                    COMM 2040.201, Public Speaking, Fall 2013 Syllabus
                    

                    COMM 2040.202, Public Speaking, Fall 2013 Syllabus
                    

                    COMM 2040.001, Public Speaking, Summer 3W1 2013 Syllabus
                    

                    COMM 3840.001, Argumentation and Debate, Spring 2013 Syllabus
                    

                    COMM 2040.001, Public Speaking, Fall 2012 Syllabus
                    

                    COMM 2040.201, Public Speaking, Fall 2012 Syllabus
                    

                    COMM 2040.202, Public Speaking, Fall 2012 Syllabus
                    

                    COMM 3840.001, Argumentation and Debate, Spring 2012 Syllabus
                    

                    COMM 2040.001, Public Speaking, Fall 2011 Syllabus
                    

                    COMM 2040.201, Public Speaking, Fall 2011 Syllabus
                    

                    COMM 2040.202, Public Speaking, Fall 2011 Syllabus
                    

                    COMM 3840.001, Argumentation and Debate, Summer 3W1 2011 
                    

                    COMM 3840.001, Argumentation and Debate, Spring 2011 Syllabus
                    

                    COMM 2040.001, Public Speaking, Fall 2010 Syllabus
                    

                    COMM 2040.201, Public Speaking, Fall 2010 Syllabus
                    

                    COMM 2040.202, Public Speaking, Fall 2010 Syllabus
                    

                    COMM 2040.001, Public Speaking, Summer 3W1 2010 
                    

                    COMM 2140.002, Rhetoric and Argument., Spring 2010 Syllabus
                    

                    COMM 3840.001, Argumentation and Debate, Fall 2009 Syllabus
                    

                    COMM 2040.001, Public Speaking, Summer 3W1 2009 
                    

                    COMM 3840.001, Argumentation and Debate, Spring 2009 
                    

                    COMM 3840.001, Argumentation and Debate, Fall 2008 
                    

                    COMM 2140.001, Rhetoric and Argument., Summer 3W1 2008 

          


          
*
  Texas Education Code 51.974 (HB 2504) requires each institution of
  higher education to make available to the public, a syllabus for
  undergraduate lecture courses offered for credit by the institution.
  

        

      

    

  

  
  	

	

	  

		

		   
Published Publications



  

  
Published Intellectual Contributions


  
Journal Article
Petit, L., Paudyal, D., Mudryk, Y., Gschneidner, Jr, K., Pecharsky, V., L\"uders, M,, Szotek, Z., Banerjee, R., Staunton, J.  (2015). Complex magnetism of lanthanide intermetallics and the role of their valence electrons: Ab Initio theory and experiment. Physical Review Letters. 115(20), 207201. American Physical Society. 



	
		
		
	  

	

	

  
    
	

	

	  

		

		   	
		
		
	  

	

	

	
	

  
  
  

  	

		

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Engagement Index		
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out of 7		
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  • Overall Summative Rating (median):
    
			This rating represents the combined responses of students to the four global summative items and is presented to provide an overall index of the class’s quality. Overall summative statements include the following (response options include a Likert scale ranging from 5 = Excellent, 3 = Good, and 1= Very poor):
				
      
					
    • The course as a whole was
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    • The course content was
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    • The instructor’s contribution to the course was
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    • The instructor’s effectiveness in teaching the subject matter was
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  • Challenge and Engagement Index:
    
			This rating combines student responses to several SPOT items relating to how academically challenging students found the course to be and how engaged they were. Challenge and Engagement Index items include the following (response options include a Likert scale ranging from 7 = Much higher, 4 = Average, and 1 = Much lower):
				
      
					
    • Do you expect your grade in this course to be
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    • The intellectual challenge presented was
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    • The amount of effort you put into this course was
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    • The amount of effort to succeed in this course was
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    • Your involvement in course (doing assignments, attending classes, etc.) was
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