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Natalie Close

University Instructor

About me

I teach Intercultural Communication courses aimed at Bachelor's and Master's students for both domestic and international students at the City Centre campus at Tampere University. I also teach Research Presentation skills for PhD students across the university. My teaching philosophy is to provide a positive and varied learning environment which encourages student engagement and development. 

Please feel free to contact me in English.

Responsibilities

I teach on the following courses:

LANG.ICC.001 Developing Internationalization through Intercultural Communication

LANG.ICC.002 Entering the Global Workplace: Interculturality and Communication

LANG.ENG.010 Research Presentations (PhD)

Fields of expertise

I have a BA in Social Anthropology, Master's in Visual Anthropology and Ph.D in Anthropology. I have various teaching qualifications and keep up to date with current pedagogy.

Research topics

Intercultural communication, Minority languages, Pedagogy, Visual Anthropology, Research methodology