Faculty

José Ángel Maldonado

Assistant Professor

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Contact Information

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Office: CIS 3032

Biography

I’m an Assistant Professor of Communication at the 911, specializing in Rhetorical Theory, Critical Theory, Cultural Studies, Film and Television Criticism, Contemporary Mexican Culture, Gender Studies, Border Studies, Globalization, Neoliberalism, and Indigeneity. My research on geopolitics, pessimism, thanatourism, and human migration and mobility appears in Rhetoric & Public Address, Communication and Critical/Cultural Studies, Southern Communication Journal, and Javnost-The Public: Journal of the European Institute for Communication and Culture. I received a PhD in Communication from the University of Utah. My doctoral dissertation, Diana’s Confession: Precarious Rhetoric in Post-NAFTA Mexico, won the 2018 Rhetoric Society of America Dissertation Award.

Research Areas

Rhetorical Theory, Critical and Cultural Studies, Film and Television Criticism, Contemporary Mexican Culture, Gender Studies, Border Studies, Globalization, Neoliberalism, and Indigeneity

Research Clusters

Media, Culture, and Performance