Mentoring

Todd Henneman’s mentoring work focuses on helping students and emerging professionals develop confidence, judgment, communication skill, and a clearer sense of professional identity. Across journalism, public relations, social media, higher education, and violence-prevention initiatives, his approach emphasizes ethical leadership, practical preparation, and sustained support.

His mentorship has included undergraduate, master’s, and doctoral students; peer educators; student journalists; early-career communicators; and interdisciplinary teams preparing for professional work in media, education, health, technology, faith leadership, and public service.

USC Men CARE

University of Southern California

Todd Henneman with the original USC Men CARE cohort in matching program shirts

Mentored undergraduate, master’s, and doctoral students through USC Men CARE, an interdisciplinary violence-prevention initiative focused on social norms communication, bystander intervention, masculinity, and men’s violence against women.

Across eight cohorts of peer educators, Henneman trained, nurtured, and supported students as they developed communication skills, facilitated difficult conversations, and learned to translate research-informed prevention strategies into campus education. Alumni of the program went on to careers in medicine, faith leadership, software engineering, elementary education, higher education, and related fields.

National Association of Black Journalists Chapter

California State University, Long Beach

Group photo of Todd Henneman, NBCLA's Beverly White, and NABJ CSULB students at a mentoring event
At the request of undergraduate journalism students, Henneman helped launch a campus chapter of the National Association of Black Journalists at CSULB. He served as faculty adviser for more than five years, supporting student leadership and helping create a professional network for emerging journalists.

His advising work included connecting students with industry veterans, organizing professional-development opportunities, and helping students build confidence as they prepared to enter journalism, public relations, and related media fields.

Social Media Experiential Learning Program

California State University, Long Beach

Group photo of Todd Henneman with the CSULB CLA Social Media Experiential Education cohort

Guided undergraduate students from a wide range of majors, including journalism, public relations, applied mathematics, and human development, as they created social media content for university partners.

Through this experiential learning program, students strengthened skills in digital storytelling, audience analysis, analytics interpretation, content strategy, collaboration, and professional communication while gaining practical experience in platform-specific communication.