Biography
My teaching philosophy, while epistemologically oriented, is based in the pragmatist’s belief in experience (praxis and knowledge) as one of the primary shapers of human existence. Consequently, I treat students not only as thinking beings, but as humans influenced by a cultural milieu that shapes their values, beliefs, and attitudes. This philosophy, combined with my belief that the best relationship between the known and the knower is transactional and dialogic, means that my classroom style is interactive, respectful, rigorous, grounded, flexible, and always has an “end in view.”
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Research Interests
- - Socio-Cultural Production and Reception of Messages - Language and Social Interaction - Race and Ethnicity - Construction - Intercultural Communication - Memory - Production - Identity Formation
Education
Degree | Field | School |
|---|---|---|
Ph.D. | Rhetoric and Culture | University of Pittsburgh |
Ph.D. Certificate | Cultural Studies | University of Pittsburgh |
M.A. | Rhetorical Analysis | California State University, Los Angeles |
B.A. | International Relations/Public Relations | Bringham Young University |
Courses Taught
Number | Name | Level |
|---|---|---|
CSI 1111 | Introduction to Public Speaking | Undergraduate |
CSI 1113 | Persuasion | Undergraduate |
CSI 2696 | Risk Communication | Undergraduate |
CSI 3185 | Internship | Undergraduate |
CSI 3602 | Communicating Science in Today's World | Undergraduate |
CSI 3702 | Communication, Culture and Identity | Undergraduate |
CSI 3896 | Rhetorical Criticism | Undergraduate |
Publications
Type | Publication Title | Co-Authors | Publishers | Location | Year | Misc. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Journal Article | MLK Boulevard: Material Forms of Memory and the Social Contestation of Race Signification | Journal of Black Studies | 2011 | 42.4 | ||
Journal Article | Behind the Political Rhetoric of the Colorado Family Values Coalition: The Paranoid and Apocalyptic Styles | Journal of the Northwest Communication Association | 1999 | 27 | ||
Journal Article | Motherhood and Its Powerful Rhetorical Force: The Mothers of The Disappeared and Their Crusade for Justice | The Ohio Speech Journal | 1997 | 35 | ||
Article Contribution | Diasporic Ethnic Identity: West African Migration and the Formation of Transcultural Hegemonic Memory in the European Union | Eds. Guido Rings and Anne Ife | Neocolonial Mentalities in Contemporary Europe? Language and Discourse in the Construction of Identities | London: Cambridge Scholars Publishing | 2008 | |
Article Contribution | Domesticated Identity: Same-Sex Marriage and the Memory Crisis of LGBT Political Activism | Ed. David A. Powell | 21st Century Gay Culture | London: Cambridge Scholars Publishing | 2008 | |
Book Review | Witness: Memory,Representation, and the Media in Question | Journal of Memory Studies | 2011 | 4 | ||
Book Review | Coming Home: Media and Returning Diaspora in Israel and Germany. | Journal of Language and Social Psychology | 2010 | 29 3 | ||
Book Review | Remembering: Oral History Performance. | Text and Performance Quarterly | 2007 | |||
Book Review | Disciplining Gender: Rhetoric of Sex Identity in Contemporary US Culture | Journal of Gender Studies | 2006 | 15.1 |
Lectures / Conferences
Title | Date |
|---|---|
"The Present-Past of (Homo)Sexuality: Milk and the Rhetoric of Sexual Containment" | November 2014 |
"Deconstructing Ignorance: Four Feminist Responses" | November 2014 |
“Pseudo Masochistic Masculinity: Tom of Finland and the Discourse of Pleasure.” Popular Culture National Conference | March 2013 |
“Dystopian Memory: Disciplining and Containing Sexuality.” Popular Culture National Conference | November 2012 |
“No Tranny Left Behind: GID and the LG(B)(T) Politics of Forgetting.” National Communication Association | November 2011 |
“Performing Race: An Embodied Interrogation of Racial Discourse in America.” National Communication Association | November 2011 |
“MLK Boulevard: Material Forms of Memory and the Social Contestation of Race Signification.” British Association for American Studies | April 2011 |
Service
Name | Type of Service | Position | Dates Active |
|---|
Name | Type of Service | Position | Dates Active |
|---|---|---|---|
Int'l Studies Committee | School of Media and Communication | Member | 2014 |
Honors Award Luncheon | Departmental | Co-chair | 2013 |
Black Public Relations Society | Departmental | Faculty Advisor | 2012 |
Journal of Black Studies | Academic | Editorial Board Member | 2010 |
Women's Studies Communciation | Academic | Editorial Board Member | 2009 |
Research Unit of Intercultural and Transcultural Studies | Academic | Board Member | 2007 |
Qualitative Research Reports in Communication | Academic | Editorial Board Member | 2006 |