Cynthia Sampson
Instructor & Director of Basic Courses
Bachelor's Degree: University of Missouri (2012)
Master's Degree: Auburn University (2014)
PhD: Louisiana State University (2020)
Phone: n/a
E-mail: csamps7@lsu.edu
Office: 216 Coates Hall
Pronouns: She/Her
Dr. Cynthia Sampson (she/her) got her PhD in Communication Studies from LSU in 2020. Her dissertation focuses on audiences, fandom, and cultural studies. While she still likes to watch a lot of TV and hang out in some weird parts of the Internet, her research has expanded beyond the screen to explore pedagogy and disciplinary history. Dr. Sampson is invested in how belonging operates whether that be in performance, in classrooms, or in archives.
CMST 2040 – Performance of Literature
CMST 2060 – Public Speaking
CMST 3040 – Performance Composition
CMST 3060 – Advanced Public Speaking
CMST 7904 – Pedagogy for the Communication Classroom
CMST 7941 – Studies in the History of Performance
Catapult Course Director, Geaux Further Catapult Course Redesign Workshop Series,
funded through Office of Academic Affairs, Office of Institutional Effectiveness,
and the Louisiana Board of Regents, 2025-2026.
C-I Faculty Fellow, Communication across the Curriculum, Louisiana State University,
2024-2025.
Special Collections Faculty Fellow, Hill Memorial Library, Louisiana State University,
Fall 2024.
Faculty, Fundamentals of Communication Cohort in the Interactive OER for Dual Enrollment
project, funded through an Open Textbooks Pilot grant from the Fund for the Improvement
of Postsecondary Education, U.S. Department of Education, and coordinated by LOUIS:
The Louisiana Library Network and the Louisiana Board of Regents, 2021-2023.