Graduate Student, Communication
PhD Graduate Teaching Assistant
Stacey Connaughton
Sam McCormick
About
My research seeks to problematize overly linear and mechanistic conceptions of communication. To this end my work largely explores the intersections of rhetoric and social theory, media ecology, and the body.
I'm also interested in the organizational underpinnings and history of the modern university, and how institutionalization and bureaucracy affect concepts of teaching and learning.
Along these lines, I seek to unpack the implications of various strands of educational discourse. Rather than conceiving of higher education in terms of specialized training, I hope to take seriously notions of learning as means of cultivating capacities for life-long growth and responsibility. In short, I seek to articulate an ethics of education.
Contact Information
Purdue University
Department of Communication
Beering Hall of Liberal Arts and Education, rm. 2114
100 N. University St.
West Lafayette, IN 47907
(765) 494-9518
