My research and teaching interests include: rhetorical theory and criticism, feminist theories of communication, environmental communication, and intercultural communication. I am especially interested in these areas of inquiries in Asia and Latin America, having completed research projects in and about Indonesia, Mexico, and Costa Rica. Specifically, I have studied environmentalism and ecotourism in Indonesia, Mexico, and Costa Rica. I have also developed a research agenda relating to contemporary feminist theory, with my co-author, Valerie Renegar. And finally, I have studied cultural aspects of immigration protests and media(with co-author Richard Pineda).
Articles
Contradiction as Agency: Self-determination, Transcendence, and Counter-imagination in Third Wave Feminism (with Valerie R. Renegar), Hypatia (2009)
This essay examines the contradictions often found in third wave feminist texts which function as...
Book Review: Rhetorical listening: Identification, gender, whiteness., Argumentation and Advocacy (2007)
Flag Waving as Visual Argument: 2006 Immigration Demonstrations and Cultural Citizenship (with Richard D. Pineda), Argumentation and Advocacy (2007)
During the 2006 immigration rallies and demonstrations, hundreds of thousands of immigrants and their supporters...
Identification through Orangutans: Destabilizing the Nature/Culture Dualism, Ethics and the Environment (2006)
The nature/culture dualism has long been criticized for constructing social beliefs, attitudes, and behaviors that...
Rbetoric of tbe Perpetual Potential: A Case Study of the Environmentalist Movement to Protect Orangutans, Environmental Communication Yearbook (2006)
Environmentalists often employ apocalyptic or doomsday rhetoric to draw attention to a particular environmental problem...