Amanda E. Feller, Ph.D. has been an educator, consultant and scholar for over 30 years. Her teaching, scholarship and practitioner work encompasses communication theory, peacebuilding practices and pedagogy. Throughout her professional life, Amanda has interwoven her two primary passions of communication and educational effectiveness. Amanda has taught over 40 distinctive courses related to communication, core curricula and multi-disciplinary subjects. She has also provided numerous workshops and talks on listening, dialogue, and influential messaging. Her formal education includes degrees in theatre, communication, cultural anthropology and pedagogy. This seemingly eclectic collection is what makes Amanda’s approach to communication and education unique.

Over the years her favorite courses to teach are those rooted in experiential learning such as Conflict in Professional Life; Internship and Career Development; Public Speaking; Peacebuilding in Northern Ireland; Dialogue in Norway and the Balkans; and the Business of the Arts in London. Early in her career she served as a forensics educator, coaching competitive speech programs across the Pacific Northwest and co-directing the Pacific Lutheran University forensics team. Whether teaching students on a campus or on the road, Amanda centers her teaching on experiential and transformative learning practices.  Her first study of both communication and pedagogy came from helping her parents, Don and Mary Feller, prepare classroom lessons and professional communication strategies for their many endeavors.     

She resides in the Pacific Northwest, splitting her time between Tacoma, WA and Portland, OR. She enjoys time with her parents and friends cooking, gardening and helping with domestic projects. She is guided by and deeply connected to her family history – grandparents who were immigrants and, despite an 8th-grade education at best, valued education above all.