Upon successful completion of the learning experience, students will be able to: name and explain different communication styles; identify individual  communication style and explain their strengths and challenges; identify the factors and processes that affect communication and miscommunication and use it to analyze both public and personal events; use primary and secondary research methods to analyze a current problem through the lens of communication or miscommunication; propose clear, actionable solutions to the problem based on research; and write a clear and compelling research paper using both existing research and data.