Jason Del Gandio

Jason Del Gandio

Jason Del Gandio

  • Lew Klein College of Media and Communication

    • Communication and Social Influence

      • Associate Professor of Instruction

Biography

Jason Del Gandio’s scholarship focuses on the performance, philosophy and rhetoric of social justice. “Performance” addresses issues of embodiment, habit and style; “philosophy” addresses cognition, reason and systems of thought; and “rhetoric” addresses audience, language and persuasion. His topics of interest also include activism, community organizing, enactments of resistance and liberation, and social movements. Theoretically, Del Gandio’s work is most directly informed by Italian Autonomism, phenomenology and poststructuralism.

His earlier work has focused on helping activists improve their communication skills and rhetorical strategies, the topic of his first book, Rhetoric for Radicals: A Handbook for 21st Century Activists (2008). It’s also related to a more recent, co-edited book titled Educating for Action: Strategies to Ignite Social Justice (2014). Much of his work is influenced by his own experiences with activism and social movements. Over the past fifteen years, Del Gandio has participated in the antiwar movement, fair trade campaigns, the global justice movement, Latin American solidarity work and more recently, the Occupy movement.

He is also beginning to explore social movement literacy: How do we help educate the general public on how to properly read and understand the nature and function of social movements? Del Gandio envisions that as a public pedagogy project—it exceeds the institutional boundaries of the academy and seeks to have wider social influence.

Research Interests

  • Theory and Practice of Social Justice Activism and Social Movements The Intersections of Performance
  • Philosophy
  • and Rhetoric Critical/Cultural Theory Social/Political Theory Continental Philosophy

Education

Degree

Field

School

PhD

Philosophy of Communication

Southern Illinois University, Carbondale

MS

Philosophy of Communication

Southern Illinois University, Carbondale

BS

Philosophy/Speech Communication

Kean University of New Jersey

Courses Taught

Number

Name

Level

CSI 2111

Argumentation and Advocacy

Undergraduate

CSI 2296

Resistance, Protests, and Social Movements

Undergraduate

CSI 2403

Civil Disobedience

Undergraduate

CSI 3100

Special Topics in Communication and Social Influence

Undergraduate

CSI 3401

Social Activism and Community Organizing

Undergraduate

CSI 3401

Urban Organizing

Undergraduate

Publications

Type

Publication Title

Co-Authors

Publisher

Location

Year

Misc.

Coedited Book

Educating for Action: Strategies to Ignite Social Justice

Anthony Nocella

New Society Press

Gabriola Island, B.C.

2014

 

Coedited Book

The Terrorization of Dissent: Corporate Repression, Legal Corruption, and the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act

Anthony Nocella

Lantern Books

Brooklyn, NY

2014

 

Book

Rhetoric for Radicals: A Handbook for Twenty-First Century Activists

 

New Society Press

Gabriola Island, B.C.

2008

 

Journal Article

Extending the Eros Effect: Sentience, Reality, and Emanation

 

New Political Science

 

2014

36.2: 129-148

Journal Article

From Affectivity to Emanation: An Introduction to the Human Vibe

 

PhaenEx: Journal of Existential and Phenomenological Theory and Culture

 

2012

7.2: 28-58

Journal Article

Rethinking Immaterial Labor: Communication, Reality, and Neo-Radicalism

 

Radical Philosophy Review

 

2011

14.2: 121-138

Journal Article

You Can Do It: A Conversation with Theatrical Artist Cynthia Hopkins

 

Liminalities: A Journal of Performance Studies

 

2009

5.4: 1-20

Journal Article

Global Justice Rhetoric: Observations and Suggestions

 

Ephemera: Theory and Politics in Organization

 

2008

8.2: 182-203

Lectures / Conferences

Title

Date

Rhetoric and Activism (Skype Talk, Oklahoma State University)

2015

The AETA and the Terrorization of Dissent (Public Talk, Vassar College)

2014

The AETA and the Terrorization of Dissent (Public Talk, Wooden Shoe Bookstore)

2014

Activists, Bodies, and Political Arguments (Keynote Address, Patti Pace Festival, George Regents University)

2014

Becoming an Effective Activist (Public Talk, Temple University)

2013

Social Justice Education in the Occupy Movement (Skype Talk, Hamline University)

2012

What is Occupy? (Panel Participant, Temple University Law School)

2011

Service

 

 

 

 

Name

Type of Service

Position

Dates Active

Rhetoric and Public Advocacy

Department

Sequence Head

2010–Present

RPA Student Club

Department

Faculty Advisor

2013–2015

Writing-Intensive Curriculum Committee

University

Committee Member

2014–Present