Biography

Christine Hanlon, Ph.D. (University of Florida) is an award-winning educator who has over 25 years of teaching experience. She currently teaches advertising, intercultural communication, and other communication courses. Dr. Hanlon served as President of the Florida Communication Association twice and has received many teaching awards, including:

• Florida Communication Association’s Outstanding Teacher Award, 2006
• UCF Teaching Incentive Program (TIP) Awards, 2006, 2011, 2016 & 2021
• UCF College of Sciences Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching Awards, 2018 & 2022 & 2024
• UCF University-level Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching Award, 2022

Note: The University-level Excellence award is the highest undergraduate teaching award at UCF. Only one faculty member is chosen for this award each year. Dr. Hanlon’s teaching focuses on advertising. Her work has been published in the Florida Communication Journal and several editions of Teaching Ideas for the Basic Communication Course.

Dr. Hanlon served as a Faculty Fellow for the UCF Faculty Center for Teaching and Learning from Fall 2020 through Spring 2022. In that role, she primarily led faculty trainings that focused on learning new technologies.

During the spring 2013 semester, Dr. Hanlon was invited to guest lecture at Salzburg College in Salzburg, Austria. In January 2025, Dr. Hanlon completed the Faculty Development Seminar in India (coordinated by the Council of American Overseas Research Centers and American Institute of India Studies). In 2025, Dr. Hanlon also received a Fulbright Specialist Award to work with the Vietnam Women’s Academy in Hanoi, Vietnam.