Bio

Dan Windels previously was a lead brand strategist and market researcher at Covalent Logic, an award-winning communication agency in Baton Rouge. Prior to that, he was a senior brand strategist at GSD&M in Austin. In his work for the Truth Initiative’s quit smoking campaign, he helped develop the strategic framework for “Become an EX,” an advertising campaign that challenged smokers to re-learn the quitting process one cigarette at a time. From 2009-12, he was an instructor in advertising at DePaul University.

He will teach Principles of Advertising and Advertising Strategy, advise Ad Society and help launch the Advanced Advertising Internship as part of the new UFCJC curriculum and assessment program.

Education

M.A., University of Texas
B.S., University of Oregon

News

• Champion Gymnast, Scholar, Entrepreneur, Podcast Host and Game Designer Leah Clapper is Just Getting Started (June 24, 2022)
• Three CJC Faculty Named to the UF Top Ten Most Loved Professors List (October 7, 2020)
• Dan Windels Comments on COVID-19 Impact on Summer Internships (June 5, 2020)
• The Agency Announces New Leadership Team (August 22, 2019)
• Dan Windels Joins CJC as an Advertising Lecturer (May 14, 2019)
• All News About Dan Windels

Courses

Syllabi from the current and three previous semesters:

• ADV  3403 - Branding - Fall 2022 (PDF)
• ADV  4930 - Account Management - section 256D - Fall 2022 (PDF)
• ADV  4940 - Advertising Internship - section 9780 - Fall 2022 (PDF)
• ADV  4941 - Advanced Advertising Internship - section 3H19 - Fall 2022 (PDF)
• ADV  4940 - Advertising Internship - section 0135 - Summer 2022 (PDF)
• ADV  4940 - Advertising Internship - section 4011 - Summer 2022 (PDF)
• ADV  4940 - Advertising Internship - section 7037 - Summer 2022 (PDF)
• ADV  4941 - Advanced Advertising Internship - section 240D - Summer 2022 (PDF)
• ADV  3403 - Branding - section 129A - Spring 2022 (PDF)
• ADV  4930 - Cultural Branding - section 256D - Spring 2022 (PDF)
• ADV  4940 - Advertising Internship - section 9780 - Spring 2022 (PDF)
• ADV  4941 - Advanced Advertising Internship - section 3H19 - Spring 2022 (PDF)
• ADV  3403 - Branding - section 129A - Fall 2021 (PDF)
• ADV  4930 - Account Management and Project Management - section 256D - Fall 2021 (PDF)
• ADV  4940 - Advertising Internship - section 9870 - Fall 2021 (PDF)
• ADV  4941 - Advanced Advertising Internship - section 3H19 - Fall 2021 (PDF)
• ADV  4940 - Advertising Internship - section 0135 - Summer 2021 (PDF)
• ADV  4940 - Advertising Internship - section 4011 - Summer 2021 (PDF)
• ADV  4940 - Advertising Internship - section 7037 - Summer 2021 (PDF)
• ADV  4941 - Advanced Advertising Internship - section 240D - Summer 2021 (PDF)