Dr. Leda M. Cooks

Interpersonal/intercultural communication; race and whiteness studies; feminist, postcolonial and critical communication theory; critical pedagogy; conflict/mediation; computer mediated communication; identity, interaction, and the media.

Education

Ph.D., University of Ohio, 1993
M.A., University of Ohio, 1990
B.A., Miami University, 1986

Background

Author and editor of "Whiteness, Pedagogy, Performance: Dis/placing Race," "Conflict and Globalization: Intersections and Issues," "Family Secrets and the Lie of Identity," "Toward a Practical Theory for Training in Social Justice: Participation, Identity and Power in Women’s Groups in Panama," "Negotiating National Identity and Social Movement in Cyberspace," "Putting Mediation in Context," "A Feminist Approach to the Empowerment of Women Mediators," "Warriors, Wampum, Gaming and Glitter: Foxwoods Casino and the Representation of (Post)modern Native Identity," "The Discursive Construction of Global Listserve Ethics," "Gender and Power," "A Space Less Travelled: Positioning Gender in I/CT Development," "Pedagogy, Performance and Positionality: Teaching about Whiteness in Interracial Communication." Current research focuses on the construction of identity, collective memory and (Central and Native American) nationalism; desire, resistance, body, and performance in the classroom; the intersections of community service learning and critical pedagogy; learning in social, cultural, and mediated contexts. Read more about Dr. Leda Cooks...

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