Welcome to my digital teaching portfolio. My name is Chrissy Cruz and I have eleven years of university teaching experience. I am currently a Lecturer at the University of Miami and an Instructor at the University of Central Florida. My teaching specialization is in the field of communications, inclusive of teaching advanced debate, advanced communication skills, public speaking, honors technical communication, intercultural communication, business and professional communication, and instructional communication courses for Masters and Doctoral-level Graduate Teaching Associates (GTA) students.

As a Lecturer, I utilize my instructional design background in the development of higher education curriculum. In this portfolio, you will find key samples of my work, including documentation of my teaching, examples of my teaching effectiveness, materials demonstrating student learning, projects utilized to improve instruction, contributions to the teaching profession and institutions, as well as teaching honors, awards, and recognitions.