Faculty Profile

Mark Donald

Mark Donald

Title
Senior Lecturer
Department
Mayborn School of Journalism
College
College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences

    

Education

MFA, Trinity University, 1984.
Major: Drama
Degree Specialization: Playwrighting
Dissertation Title: Uncommon Denominators: A play in two acts
JD, Southern Methodist University, 1975.
Major: Law
BBA, University of Texas in Austin, 1971.
Major: Business Honors Program

Current Scheduled Teaching*

No current or future courses scheduled.

* 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*

JOUR 5700.001, Advanced Feature Writing, Fall 2022 Syllabus SPOT
JOUR 5700.601, Advanced Feature Writing, Fall 2022 Syllabus SPOT
JOUR 3310.001, Feature Writing, Fall 2022 Syllabus SPOT
JOUR 3310.002, Feature Writing, Fall 2022 Syllabus SPOT
JOUR 4620.001, Mass Communication Law and Ethics, Fall 2022 Syllabus SPOT
JOUR 3321.001, News Reporting and Writing, Fall 2022 Syllabus SPOT
JOUR 3321.301, News Reporting and Writing, Fall 2022 Syllabus SPOT
JOUR 4530.888, News Study Abroad, Summer 5W2 2022 SPOT
JOUR 3310.001, Feature Writing, Spring 2022 Syllabus SPOT
JOUR 4620.003, Mass Communication Law and Ethics, Spring 2022 Syllabus SPOT
JOUR 5710.001, Narrative Journalism, Spring 2022 Syllabus SPOT
JOUR 4410.001, Reporting of Public Affairs, Spring 2022 Syllabus SPOT
JOUR 5700.001, Advanced Feature Writing, Fall 2021 Syllabus SPOT
JOUR 3310.001, Feature Writing, Fall 2021 Syllabus SPOT
JOUR 3310.002, Feature Writing, Fall 2021 Syllabus SPOT
JOUR 4620.001, Mass Communication Law and Ethics, Fall 2021 Syllabus SPOT
JOUR 3321.001, News Reporting and Writing, Fall 2021 Syllabus SPOT
JOUR 3321.301, News Reporting and Writing, Fall 2021 SPOT
JOUR 3310.001, Feature Writing, Spring 2021 Syllabus SPOT
JOUR 4620.003, Mass Communication Law and Ethics, Spring 2021 Syllabus SPOT
JOUR 5710.001, Narrative Journalism, Spring 2021 Syllabus SPOT
JOUR 4410.002, Reporting of Public Affairs, Spring 2021 Syllabus SPOT
JOUR 5700.001, Advanced Feature Writing, Fall 2020 Syllabus SPOT
JOUR 3310.001, Feature Writing, Fall 2020 Syllabus SPOT
JOUR 3310.002, Feature Writing, Fall 2020 Syllabus SPOT
JOUR 4620.001, Mass Communication Law and Ethics, Fall 2020 Syllabus SPOT
JOUR 3321.002, News Reporting and Writing, Fall 2020 Syllabus SPOT
JOUR 3321.003, News Reporting and Writing, Fall 2020 Syllabus SPOT
JOUR 3310.001, Feature Writing, Spring 2020 Syllabus
JOUR 4620.003, Mass Communication Law and Ethics, Spring 2020 Syllabus
JOUR 5710.001, Narrative Journalism, Spring 2020 Syllabus
JOUR 4410.002, Reporting of Public Affairs, Spring 2020 Syllabus
JOUR 5700.001, Advanced Feature Writing, Fall 2019 Syllabus SPOT
JOUR 5700.601, Advanced Feature Writing, Fall 2019 SPOT
JOUR 3310.001, Feature Writing, Fall 2019 Syllabus SPOT
JOUR 3310.002, Feature Writing, Fall 2019 Syllabus SPOT
JOUR 4620.001, Mass Communication Law and Ethics, Fall 2019 Syllabus SPOT
JOUR 3321.003, News Reporting, Writing and Editing, Fall 2019 Syllabus SPOT
JOUR 3321.303, News Reporting, Writing and Editing, Fall 2019
JOUR 5760.002, International News and Media Study Abroad, Summer 5W1 2019 Syllabus SPOT
JOUR 4530.002, News Study Abroad, Summer 5W1 2019 Syllabus SPOT
JOUR 3310.001, Feature Writing, Spring 2019 Syllabus SPOT
JOUR 4620.003, Mass Communication Law and Ethics, Spring 2019 Syllabus SPOT
JOUR 5710.001, Narrative Journalism, Spring 2019 SPOT
JOUR 4410.002, Reporting of Public Affairs, Spring 2019 Syllabus SPOT
JOUR 5700.001, Advanced Feature Writing, Fall 2018 SPOT
JOUR 3310.001, Feature Writing, Fall 2018 Syllabus SPOT
JOUR 3310.002, Feature Writing, Fall 2018 SPOT
JOUR 4620.001, Mass Communication Law and Ethics, Fall 2018 Syllabus SPOT
JOUR 3321.003, News Reporting, Writing and Editing, Fall 2018 Syllabus SPOT
JOUR 3321.303, News Reporting, Writing and Editing, Fall 2018 Syllabus SPOT
JOUR 4520.002, Advertising and Public Relations Study Abroad, Summer 5W1 2018 Syllabus
JOUR 5760.601, International News and Media Study Abroad, Summer 5W1 2018
JOUR 3310.001, Feature Writing, Spring 2018 Syllabus SPOT
JOUR 4620.003, Mass Communication Law and Ethics, Spring 2018 Syllabus SPOT
JOUR 3321.002, News Reporting, Writing and Editing, Spring 2018 Syllabus SPOT
JOUR 3321.302, News Reporting, Writing and Editing, Spring 2018 SPOT
JOUR 4410.002, Reporting of Public Affairs, Spring 2018 Syllabus SPOT
JOUR 5700.001, Advanced Feature Writing, Fall 2017 SPOT
JOUR 3310.001, Feature Writing, Fall 2017 Syllabus SPOT
JOUR 3310.002, Feature Writing, Fall 2017 Syllabus SPOT
JOUR 4620.001, Mass Communication Law and Ethics, Fall 2017 Syllabus SPOT
JOUR 3321.002, News Reporting, Writing and Editing, Fall 2017 Syllabus SPOT
JOUR 3321.302, News Reporting, Writing and Editing, Fall 2017 SPOT
JOUR 4620.003, Mass Communication Law and Ethics, Spring 2017 Syllabus SPOT
JOUR 3321.001, News Reporting, Writing and Editing, Spring 2017 Syllabus SPOT
JOUR 3321.003, News Reporting, Writing and Editing, Spring 2017 Syllabus SPOT
JOUR 3321.301, News Reporting, Writing and Editing, Spring 2017 SPOT
JOUR 3321.303, News Reporting, Writing and Editing, Spring 2017 SPOT
JOUR 4410.002, Reporting of Public Affairs, Spring 2017 Syllabus SPOT
JOUR 3310.001, Feature Writing, Fall 2016 Syllabus SPOT
JOUR 4620.001, Mass Communication Law and Ethics, Fall 2016 Syllabus SPOT
JOUR 3321.001, News Reporting, Writing and Editing, Fall 2016 Syllabus SPOT
JOUR 3321.002, News Reporting, Writing and Editing, Fall 2016 Syllabus SPOT
JOUR 3321.301, News Reporting, Writing and Editing, Fall 2016 SPOT
JOUR 3321.302, News Reporting, Writing and Editing, Fall 2016 SPOT
JOUR 3310.002, Feature Writing, Spring 2016 Syllabus SPOT
JOUR 5710.002, Narrative Journalism, Spring 2016 SPOT
JOUR 3321.001, News Reporting, Writing and Editing, Spring 2016 Syllabus SPOT
JOUR 3321.002, News Reporting, Writing and Editing, Spring 2016 Syllabus SPOT
JOUR 3321.301, News Reporting, Writing and Editing, Spring 2016 SPOT
JOUR 3321.302, News Reporting, Writing and Editing, Spring 2016 SPOT
JOUR 5700.001, Advanced Feature Writing, Fall 2015 SPOT
JOUR 3310.002, Feature Writing, Fall 2015 Syllabus SPOT
JOUR 3321.001, News Reporting, Writing and Editing, Fall 2015 Syllabus SPOT
JOUR 3321.002, News Reporting, Writing and Editing, Fall 2015 Syllabus SPOT
JOUR 3321.301, News Reporting, Writing and Editing, Fall 2015 SPOT
JOUR 3321.302, News Reporting, Writing and Editing, Fall 2015 SPOT
JOUR 5720.001, Magazine Writing and Publishing, Spring 2015
JOUR 4620.003, Mass Communication Law, Spring 2015 Syllabus
JOUR 3321.001, News Reporting, Writing and Editing, Spring 2015 Syllabus
JOUR 3321.002, News Reporting, Writing and Editing, Spring 2015 Syllabus
JOUR 3321.301, News Reporting, Writing and Editing, Spring 2015
JOUR 3321.302, News Reporting, Writing and Editing, Spring 2015
JOUR 3310.002, Feature Writing, Fall 2014 Syllabus
JOUR 2310.003, Introduction to Media Writing, Fall 2014 Syllabus
JOUR 2310.303, Introduction to Media Writing, Fall 2014
JOUR 4620.001, Mass Communication Law, Fall 2014 Syllabus
JOUR 3321.002, News Reporting, Writing and Editing, Fall 2014 Syllabus
JOUR 3321.302, News Reporting, Writing and Editing, Fall 2014
JOUR 3310.002, Feature Writing, Spring 2014 Syllabus
JOUR 2310.003, Introduction to Media Writing, Spring 2014 Syllabus
JOUR 2310.004, Introduction to Media Writing, Spring 2014 Syllabus
JOUR 3321.003, News Reporting, Writing and Editing, Spring 2014 Syllabus
JOUR 3310.002, Feature Writing, Fall 2013 Syllabus
JOUR 2310.005, Introduction to Media Writing, Fall 2013 Syllabus
JOUR 2310.006, Introduction to Media Writing, Fall 2013 Syllabus
JOUR 2310.305, Introduction to Media Writing, Fall 2013
JOUR 2310.306, Introduction to Media Writing, Fall 2013
JOUR 4410.002, Reporting of Public Affairs, Fall 2013 Syllabus
JOUR 2310.001, Introduction to Media Writing, Summer 5W2 2013 Syllabus
JOUR 2310.301, Introduction to Media Writing, Summer 5W2 2013
JOUR 3321.001, News Reporting, Writing and Editing, Summer 5W1 2013 Syllabus
JOUR 3321.301, News Reporting, Writing and Editing, Summer 5W1 2013
JOUR 3310.002, Feature Writing, Spring 2013 Syllabus
JOUR 3321.003, News Reporting, Writing and Editing, Spring 2013 Syllabus
JOUR 3321.303, News Reporting, Writing and Editing, Spring 2013
JOUR 3310.002, Feature Writing, Fall 2012 Syllabus
JOUR 3321.003, News Reporting, Writing and Editing, Fall 2012 Syllabus
JOUR 3321.303, News Reporting, Writing and Editing, Fall 2012
JOUR 2310.001, Introduction to Media Writing, Summer 5W2 2012 Syllabus
JOUR 2310.301, Introduction to Media Writing, Summer 5W2 2012
JOUR 3321.001, News Reporting, Writing and Editing, Summer 5W1 2012 Syllabus
JOUR 3321.301, News Reporting, Writing and Editing, Summer 5W1 2012
JOUR 2310.006, Introduction to Media Writing, Spring 2012 Syllabus
JOUR 2310.306, Introduction to Media Writing, Spring 2012
JOUR 2310.001, Introduction to Media Writing, Summer 5W2 2011
JOUR 2310.301, Introduction to Media Writing, Summer 5W2 2011

* 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

Magazine/Trade Publication
Donald, M. R. (2021). The Corona Chronicles. Denton: Mayborn Literary Nonfiction Conference. https://www.themayborn.com
Donald, M. R. (2020). 2020 Mayborn Magazine.
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Overall
Summative Rating
Challenge and
Engagement Index
Response Rate

out of 5

out of 7
%
of
students responded
  • 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
    • The course content was
    • The instructor’s contribution to the course was
    • The instructor’s effectiveness in teaching the subject matter was
  • 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
    • The intellectual challenge presented was
    • The amount of effort you put into this course was
    • The amount of effort to succeed in this course was
    • Your involvement in course (doing assignments, attending classes, etc.) was
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