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 Southeast Asia, Latin America, and the U.S.-Mexico border region, having completed research projects in and about Indonesia, Mexico, Costa Rica, and border issues. 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 representations(with co-author Richard Pineda), and Dolores Huerta, co-founder of the United Farm Workers.
Articles
Introduction: Environmental Justice in International Contexts: Understanding Intersections for Social Justice in the Twenty-First Century, Environmental Communication: A Journal of Nature and Culture (2012)
This essay is the introduction to the special issue on Environmental Justice in International Contexts,...
Expectations, Experiences, and Memories: Ecotourism and the Possibilities for Transformation, Environmental Communication: A Journal of Nature and Culture (2012)
This essay explores how ecotourism destinations and media materials rhetorically construct ecotourists’ anticipations, experiences, and...
Rhetorical Functions of Letter Writing: Dialogic Collaboration, Affirmation, and Catharsis in Dolores Huerta’s Letters, Communication Quarterly (2012)
This essay focuses on the letters that Dolores Huerta wrote to Ce´sar Cha´vez in the...