Faculty Friday: Dana Trunnell

It's Faculty Friday! Dana Trunnell is an Associate Professor of Communication at Prairie State College. She teaches Comm 101, Intercultural Communication, Mass Communication, Group Communication and is the Communication Coordinator for the Center of Teaching and Learning on campus. We sat down and chatted about her upcoming Speech Camp, areas of expertise and many other topics.

Favorite Part about working at PSC? 

We have a small student body, small faculty so we can really give personalized attention to some of the students. 

Benefits of Upcoming Speech Camp

The biggest thing is getting a head start. It’s always really difficult to get started for competition season. If there’s dedicated time in the summer, you can get started and something to take to your coaches to refine over the course of the year. It’s also a great opportunity to work with other coaches.

If you could have any fictional character as a best friend, who would it be?

Snoopy. He’s loyal. Seems pretty cool and has a side gig as a mystery writer.

Favorite Food

Peruvian

Favorite Ice Cream Flavor

Vanilla (sometimes with chocolate syrup)

Last Song Listened to

Pepper (Death Cab for Cutie)

Favorite TV Show

X-Files. More recently, Poker Face

Favorite Book

The Sun Also Rises (Ernest Hemingway)

Favorite Movie

Good Will Hunting

Favorite Place traveled

Barcelona. It was the coolest place. Really cool vibe. It's near the water, but there’s a lot of history.

One place You’d like to travel

Machu Picchu (Peru). I’d like to hike some of it.

Hobbies: 

I play tennis and coach a lot of tennis outside of Prairie State. I’m coaching day camp and Tennis 101 for kids. I like baseball. Watch a lot of games.