Prof. Pezzullo's areas of expertise include: environmental communication, environmental justice studies, rhetoric, and cultural studies. She has published widely on the late age of fossil fuels; the trope of the human; bodies; pollution beliefs; chemical pollution and safety campaigns; toxic and disaster tourism; environmental communication; cultural studies; public spheres and counterpublics; research methods, particularly the cultural politics of field methods and performance studies; theories and practices of resistance and transgression; praxis; pinkwashing; boycotts and buycotts; presence; space/place and time; everyday life; intellectual formations; and environmental justice in North America.
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the late age of fossil fuels, the humananities, bodies, pollution beliefs, chemical pollution and safety campaigns, toxic and disaster tourism, environmental communication, cultural studies, public spheres and counterpublics, research methods, theories and practices of resistance and transgression, praxis, pinkwashing, boycotts and buycotts, presence, space place and time, everyday life, environmental justice
COMM 3370 - Environmental Communication
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Spring 2018 / Fall 2018 / Spring 2019 / Fall 2019 / Spring 2020 / Fall 2020 / Spring 2021 / Fall 2022 / Fall 2023
Introduces the growing field of environmental communication, including historical events, key concepts, legal landmarks, technological developments and public controversies at the intersection of the environment, economics and social justice. Focuses on persuasive communication in the public sphere, as well as the constitutive power of communication to name and redefine what has been and might become possible in our environmental imaginations.
COMM 3380 - Advanced Topics in Storytelling, Culture, & Climate Justice
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Fall 2024
Examines how we communicate about the intersections of climate change and social justice within specific cultural contexts, as well as how we can change narratives about climate justice through a culture-centered framework. Will focus on storytelling topics, such as food justice or energy justice.
COMM 4300 - Senior Seminar: Rhetoric
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Fall 2019 / Fall 2023 / Fall 2024
Reviews current theory and research on rhetoric and culture on topics such as environmental rhetoric, rhetoric of racism, and rhetoric of storytelling.
COMM 5225 - Environmental Communication
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Spring 2020
Investigates key concepts in environmental communication and considers which theoretical frameworks and practical actions can inform the effects of various constituents to address environmental issues.
COMM 5300 - Seminar: Rhetoric
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Spring 2021
Reviews current theory and research on topics such as rhetoric and publics, rhetoric as an interpretive social science, and rhetoric of social movements and political campaigns. May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours on different topics.
COMM 6200 - Seminar: Selected Topics
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Spring 2022
Facilitates understanding of current and past theory and research on a selected topic in communication and the ability to develop new theory and research on that topic. May be repeated up to 9 total credit hours on different topics.
COMM 6320 - Rhetorical Theory
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Spring 2019
Reviews current theory and research on topics such as contemporary rhetorical theory, rhetoric and public life, rhetoric as an interpretive social science, and rhetoric of social movements and political campaigns. May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours on different topics. Recommended prerequisite: COMM 5320.
COMM 6340 - Rhetoric and Civic Community
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Spring 2018
Considers performances of public life as rhetorical inducements of civitas. Topics include negotiation of self-regulation among interdependent partners, rhetorical exclusions and/or counterpublics, and dialectical tensions of public/private as these contribute to and have civic consequences for publicness, community, and social will. Recommended prerequisite: COMM 5320.
COMM 6425 - Writing, Reporting, and Publishing
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Spring 2024
Helps students hone their abilities to write, report, and publish a scholarly article in the field of communication and beyond. Students gain familiarity with the genre of the scholarly article, engage with theories of writing genres, delve into the politics of scholarly publishing, and learn various strategies for crafting a scholarly article. Students are expected to develop a manuscript for submission to a peer-reviewed journal or other scholarly forum.
COMM 6940 - Master's Candidate for Degree
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Spring 2024
Registration intended for students preparing for a thesis defense, final examination, culminating activity, or completion of degree.
ENVS 5100 - Special Topics in Environmental Studies
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Spring 2022
A variety of topics not currently offered in curriculum; offered depending on instructor availability and student demand. May be repeated up to 9 total credit hours, provided the topics vary.
