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Fenske, Mindy
Associate Professor
My communication scholarship lies at the intersection between performance, cultural, and visual rhetorical studies. I employ theories of performance and visual representation to critically investigate popular and historical multi-mediated representations of the human body. My analyses focus on how identity is visually and discursively produced, performed, and constructed in order to explore possibilities for critical and social agency
Biographical Profile
- College
- College of Arts and Sciences
- Department
- English
- Tenure Status
- Tenured
Interest Background
- Do you include students in your research?
- Undergraduates and Graduates
- Interest Keywords
- Performance, physical culture, popular culture, visual culture, multi-media
- Institutional Focus Areas
- Arts and Humanities
- Personal Focus Areas
- Speech Communication, popular culture and criticism, identity and embodiment, visual culture
Professional Preparation(Education & Training)
| Dates | Institution | Location | Degree | Field of Study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 - 2001 | Louisiana State University | Ph.D. | Communication Studies-Performance Studies | |
| 1991 - 1995 | Arizona State University | MA | Communication Studies-Rhetoric | |
| 1987 - 1991 | Minnesota State University-Moorehead, MN | BA | Speech Communication, English |
Positions & Appointments
| Dates | Description | Institution/Entity |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 - 1996 | Instructor, Co-director of Forensics, Department of Communication Studies, Creighton University (Omaha, NE) | |
| 1998 - 1999 | Technical Assistant, Hopkins Black Box theater, Department of Communication Studies, Louisiana State University | |
| 1999 - 2000 | Instructor, Communication Studies, Department of communication Studies, Louisiana State University | |
| 2000 - 2001 | Managing Director, Hopkins Black Box theatre, Department of Communication Studies, Louisiana State University | |
| 2001 - 2002 | Instructor, Speech Communication, Department of Theatre, Speech, and Dance, University of South Carolina | |
| 2002 - 2008 | Assistant Professor, tenure track, Speech Communication and Rhetoric, Department of English, University of South Carolina | |
| 2008 | Associate Professor, tenured, Speech Communication and Rhetoric, Department of English, University of South Carolina |
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