Bonnie Wentzel serves as Assistant Dean of Career-Track Faculty Success in the New College of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences. She feels that this position of "fully supporting our teaching faculty, so they can fully support our students," is vital to the growth of the college and West Valley campus. Prior to her current role, she was the Executive Director of the CommLabASU . This nationally recognized communication lab is an innovative learning space that provides peer mentoring to undergraduates in developing, organizing and delivering public presentations. Regardless of her role, her passion is to expand communication education by helping students and working professionals develop their authentic speaking voice.
As a lecturer, Wentzel has been recognized for outstanding teaching as a Centennial Professor, awarded by the Associated Students of Arizona State University and received the Outstanding Teaching Award presented by the New College of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences. In 2022, she was promoted to full Teaching Professor.
Wentzel attended Arizona State University on the West campus where she completed her bachelor's degree in communication studies and in 2009, earned a master's degree in communication studies with an emphasis on the experienced learner in higher education. Wentzel is also a graduate of the Barrett, the Honors College. She holds certificates in general business, organizational leadership and journalism.
- M.A. Communication Studies, Arizona State University
- B.A. Communication, Arizona State University
- Communication instruction and education
- Peer mentoring in education settings
- Challenges of multiple-role adult students toward college degree attainment
- Communication and speech centers in post-secondary education settings
- Wentzel, Bonnie. Back to the center: The Communication Assessment Learning Lab at Arizona State University's west campus. (2015).
Courses
2026 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| COM 382 | Classroom Apprenticeship |
| COM 493 | Honors Thesis |
| COM 499 | Individualized Instruction |
2025 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| COM 382 | Classroom Apprenticeship |
| COM 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| COM 492 | Honors Directed Study |
| COM 430 | Leadership Group Communication |
2025 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| COM 382 | Classroom Apprenticeship |
| COM 493 | Honors Thesis |
| COM 482 | Communication Instr and Train |
2024 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| COM 382 | Classroom Apprenticeship |
| CMN 580 | Practicum |
| COM 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| CMN 592 | Research |
| COM 492 | Honors Directed Study |
| COM 430 | Leadership Group Communication |
2024 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| COM 382 | Classroom Apprenticeship |
| COM 493 | Honors Thesis |
| COM 482 | Communication Instr and Train |
2023 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| COM 382 | Classroom Apprenticeship |
| CMN 580 | Practicum |
| COM 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| CMN 592 | Research |
| COM 492 | Honors Directed Study |
| COM 430 | Leadership Group Communication |
2023 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| CMN 580 | Practicum |
| COM 382 | Classroom Apprenticeship |
| COM 493 | Honors Thesis |
| COM 225 | Public Speaking |
| COM 499 | Individualized Instruction |
2022 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| COM 225 | Public Speaking |
| COM 382 | Classroom Apprenticeship |
| CMN 580 | Practicum |
| COM 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| CMN 592 | Research |
| COM 492 | Honors Directed Study |
| COM 430 | Leadership Group Communication |
2022 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| CMN 580 | Practicum |
| COM 382 | Classroom Apprenticeship |
| COM 482 | Communication Instr and Train |
| COM 493 | Honors Thesis |
| CMN 598 | Special Topics |
2021 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| COM 382 | Classroom Apprenticeship |
| COM 225 | Public Speaking |
| COM 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| CMN 592 | Research |
| COM 492 | Honors Directed Study |
| COM 430 | Leadership Group Communication |
Wentzel, B., & Estle, K. (2017, April). Mentor empowerment through community engagement in the communication lab. National Association of Communiction Centers Conference, Grand Rapids, MI.
Bingham, B., Averell, C., Shumberg, K., Wentzel, B., & Kunkel, K. (2016, April). Online public speaking: From design to launch. National Association of Communication Centers Conference, Pittsburgh, PA.
Wentzel, B. (2016, April). NACC: A path forward. National Association of Communication Centers Conference, Pittsburgh, PA.
Wentzel, B., Love, K., Yook, E., Cayetano, C., Sindelar, K., Mutua, E., & Felt, L. (2015, November). Experiential learning in the communication enter: Embracing opportunities in the K-12 community. National Communication Association Conference, Las Vegas, NV.
Davidson, M., Dwyer, K., Rempfer, K., Ellis, E., & Wentzel, B., (2015, November). Opportunities in reaching new audiences through communication centers. National Communication Association Conference, Las Vegas, NV.
Wentzel, B., Quesenberry, B., Ellis, E., Gill, L., Preston, M., Davidson, & M., Smalls, M., (2015, April). Online public speaking programs: The good, the bad, and the ugly. National Association of Communication Centers Conference, Fredericksburg, VA.
Wentzel, B., Atkins-Sayre, W., Hobgood, L., Sheckels, T., Wiebel, J., & Yook, E., (2015, April). Book It! At the center. National Association of Communication Centers Conference, Fredericksburg, VA.
Love, K., Davis, A., Kirby, R., Smalls, M., & Wentzel, B. (2015, April). You can do it! We can help! Getting the center's administrative work done effectively and efficiently. National Association of Communication Centers Conference, Fredericksburg, VA.
Gaffney, C., Wentzel, B., Cayetano, C., Romans, A., & Sanford, B. (2014, April). Mentorship as internship. National Association of Communication Centers Conference, Glendale, AZ.
Wentzel, B. (2013, November). Speak like Sparky: Connecting middle-school students with common core standards through the university communication lab. National Communication Association Conference, Washington D.C
Wentzel, B. (2013, April). Lessons in growing a sustainable communication center. National Association of Communication Centers Conference, Greensboro, NC.
Wentzel, B. (2012, November). Answering the CALL of our COMMunities: Building synergistic learning opportunities for peer mentor. Top Section Panel. National Communication Association Conference, Orlando, FL.
Kassing, J., Johnson, H., Kloeber, D., & Wentzel, B. (2008, November). How do you use this crazy green thing? Development, validation (and proposed uses) of the environmental communication scale. National Communication Association Conference.San Diego, CA.
Wentzel, B. (2008, October). Advocating for the adult learner. Arizona Communication Association Conference, Glendale, AZ.
Employee development, human resources, merchandising, purchasing, and organizational communication.