Faculty: G
Associate Professor
307B Machmer Hall
(413) 545-1901
My work has been informed by political economy/ecology, the study of cultural production and reception, and coloniality. This has involved three areas of focus: 1) the role of cultural industries and information technologies in the mediation of society, particularly in Latin America, 2) communication as a contested site of representation, subjectivity and governance, and, 3) lived experience. Publications include co-edited books on communication, cultural policies and social change in Latina America, as well as essays in a number of collections and journals such as Organization, Studies in Latin American Popular Culture, Journal of Film and Video, Comunicacion y Sociedad, and Passages.
Senior Lecturer
119 South College
(413) 545-4758
Currently active as a documentary film producer/director. Areas of filmmaking interest include the environment, the American counter-culture, and spirituality. Previously - award-winning screenwriter and filmmaker.
Associate Professor
University Director for Junior Year Writing
414 Machmer Hall
(413) 545-3685
My research concerns the intersection of rhetorical studies, folklore studies, and performance studies. I am primarily interested in three issues: (1) The promotion of a critical folklore studies as an activist scholarship to examine and redress social injustice, with particular attention to the constitutive nature of expressive culture; (2) The investigation and contemporary appropriation of myths of rhetoric in classical antiquity, to include voices and concepts often excluded from the canonical texts of the rhetorical tradition; (3) The relationship between rhetorical studies and social theory, especially to criticize persistent discourses of fascism and violence, and to advocate democratic modes of living with others. I have published in such journals as the Quarterly Journal of Speech, Journal of American Folklore, Rhetoric Society Quarterly, Journal of American Culture, Critical Studies in Media Communication, Folklore, Communication and Critical Cultural Studies, Journal of Folklore Research, and Communication Education.
