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Jeremy R. Grossman
Department of Communication Studies
University of Georgia
jgro@uga.edu
(c) 303-885-3095
Education
PhD, Communication Studies (Projected, 2015), University of Georgia
M.A., Communication Studies (2011), Colorado State University
Thesis: “Keeping the Lights On: Post-Apocalyptic Narrative, Social Critique, and the
Cultural Politics of Emotion”
Thesis Chair: Dr. Cindy Griffin
Inside Member: Dr. David Scott Diffrient
Outside Member: Dr. Lisa Langstraat, English
B.A., Communication Studies (2008), Colorado State University
Concentration: Media Studies
Graduate Certificate in Women’s Studies (2011), Colorado State University
Areas of Interest
Julia Kristeva, Feminist Rhetorical Theory, Apocalyptic and Post-Apocalyptic Rhetoric,
Psychoanalysis and Rhetoric, Public Memory and Space, Voyeurism, and Affect.
Conference Presentations
Competitively Selected Papers:
“Placing and Displacing Memory at Prague Castle.” National Communication
Association, Washington, D.C. (November, 2013)
“Julia Kristeva and the Disturbation of Argument.” Alta Argumentation
Conference, Alta, UT. (August, 2013)
“Save (Nuts for) Jericho: Affective Televisual Conspiracy in Internet Media Ecology.”
Southern States Communication Association, Louisville, KY. (April, 2013)
—Top Four Panel, Popular Communication Division
“The Sorrow I Bring is a Sight to Behold: Affect, Voyeurism, and the Abject in The
Meth Project.” Southern States Communication Association, Louisville, KY.
(April, 2013)
“How Do I Look?: Voyeurism and the Abject in the Academy” (with Cindy Griffin)
Western States Communication Association, Albuquerque, NM. (February 2012)
“The New Velveteen Rabbit: Participatory Fan Culture, Abjection, and The Room.”
National Communication Association, New Orleans, LA. (November, 2011)
“Normative Garbage: Post-Apocalyptic Narrative and What Remains in WALL•E.”
National Communication Association, New Orleans, LA. (November, 2011)
“The Always-Already Subject and the Moment of Dissonance: Unpacking Interpellative
Framing.” Western States Communication Association, Monterey, CA. (March
2011)
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“An Exigency for Awareness: The History and Potential of the Hegemonic Recycling
Process.” Rocky Mountain Communication Association, Loveland, CO. (April,
2010)
—Top Graduate Student Paper Award
Other Presentations:
“COMMunity Impact: Defining the Discipline and Equipping Our Students to Make
Everyday Differences.” Preconference facilitation, National Communication
Association, Orlando, FL. (November, 2012)
“Let’s Build Something Together: Domestic Masculinity and the Male Feminist Voice in
Corporate Home Improvement Retail.” Roundtable Discussion, National
Communication Association, New Orleans, LA. (November, 2011)
Essays in Progress
“The Sorrow I Bring is a Sight to Behold: Affect, Voyeurism, and the Abject in The Meth
Project.”
“Placing and Dis/Placing Public Memory at Prague Castle.”
“One Matter’s Trash . . . : The Rhetoric of Vital Materialism in Environmental
Communication” For submission to Environmental Communication
Professional Positions
Presidential Fellow: University of Georgia (2011-Present)
-Editorial Assistant to Dr. Barbara Biesecker, Quarterly Journal of Speech (Fall 2012Present)
-Teaching Assistant
Rhetoric and Pop Culture (Fall 2011)
Environmental Communication (Spring 2012)
-Research Assistant
Dr. Edward Panetta, Undergraduate Course Development (Fall 2011)
Dr. Belinda Stillion Southard, Archival Research (Spring-Summer 2012)
Dr. Kelly Happe, Book Project Assistance (July 2012)
Dr. Barbara Biesecker, Research Assistance (Fall 2012)
Dr. Celeste Condit, Research Assistance (Fall 2012)
Graduate Teaching Assistant: Colorado State University (2009-2011)
-Instructor of Record
Invitation to Public Speaking (Fall 2009-Spring 2011)
-Teaching Assistant
Communication and Popular Culture (Fall 2010)
Rhetoric and Civility (Fall 2010)
Evaluating Contemporary Rhetoric (Fall 2010)
Awards
Presidential Fellow, University of Georgia (2011-Present)
University of Georgia's Most Prestigious Graduate Fellowship
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Hostetler Scholarship, Colorado State University (2010)
One-year membership to the National Communication Association
Top Graduate Paper Award, Rocky Mountain Communication Association (2010)
Service
NCA Divisional Reviewing: Rhetorical and Communication Theory; Association for
Psychoanalysis in Communication
University of Georgia Graduate Forum, Vice President (2012-2013 Academic Year)
Website Updates/Features, University of Georgia, Communication Studies (Fall 2012)
Professional Memberships
National Communication Association (2010-Current)
Caucus Memberships: Women's Caucus (2011-Current); Caucus on Lesbian, Gay,
Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Concerns (2011-Current)
Western States Communication Association (2011-Current)
Southern States Communication Association (2013-Current)
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