Faculty
Alex Col籀n
Assistant Professor of Instruction
CONTACT INFORMATION
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Office: CIS 3022
BIOGRAPHY
Dr. Alex X. Col籀n is an Assistant Professor of Instruction in the Department of Communication at the 51做厙. His research focuses on artificial intelligence in communication education, instructional communication, human-machine communication, computer-mediated communication, and the design and assessment of feedback in educational settings. He is particularly interested in how students perceive, evaluate, and use AI-generated feedback and how educators can integrate artificial intelligence into the classroom in thoughtful and pedagogically responsible ways.
Dr. Col籀n earned his Ph.D. in Strategic Communication from the University of Central Florida (2026), his M.A. in Communication Studies from California State University, Northridge (2022), and his B.A. in Sociology and Anthropology from the University of California, Los Angeles (2018). His dissertation, Designing AI-Mediated Feedback in Communication Education: Student Perceptions, Performance, and Pedagogical Implications, examined how students perceive, evaluate, and use AI-generated and instructor-generated feedback in communication education.
His research has been published in Communication Education. His coauthored article, , examines how classroom discussions can help reduce uncritical positivity toward and dependence on ChatGPT.
RESEARCH AREAS
AI in Education, Instructional Communication, Human-Machine Communication, and Computer-Mediated Communication
RESEARCH Clusters
Organizational Communication, Interpersonal and Relational Communication