Isaacson, Rick

Rick Isaacson is Internship and Service-Learning Director for the Department of Speech and Communication Studies at San Francisco State University. He teaches courses including, Persuasion, Speech for the Classroom Teacher, Rhetoric of the Media, and Group Discussion. His students have pursued service-learning activities in a variety of community agencies, including homeless shelters, convalescent homes, mediation centers, public health agencies and mentoring and literacy programs. He finds that volunteering often inspires the most compelling student speeches, essays, and journals, as communit...