Jules Wight

Communication Studies

225 Ford Hall

224 Church St SE
Minneapolis, MN 55455

Curriculum Vitae

Collegiate Affiliation

Communication Studies

Links

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Educational Background & Specialties

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Educational Background

Ph.D.: Communication Studies, University of Minnesota, 2021 (anticipated) -
M.A.: Communication, Media, and Theatre, Northeastern Illinois University, 2012 -

Specialties

Technology and pedagogy
Political Communication
Digital Media
Film, Television and Media Studies
Cyberwar
Post-Structural Theories of Discourse (Psychoanalysis, Deconstruction, Genealogy)
Critical Theories of Race, Class, and Gender
Media Literacy

Publications

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Publications

Wight, Jules. “Saving Private Manning?: On Erasure and the Queer in the I Am Bradley Manning Campaign.” QED: A Journal in GLBTQ Worldmaking 1, no. 1 (2014): 118–29.
Wight, Jules. “Queer Sweet Home Disorientation, Tyranny, and Silence in Digital Space.” Cultural Studies ? Critical Methodologies 14, no. 2 (April 1, 2014): 128–37.
Wight, J. (2011). Facing gender performativity: How transgender performances and performativity trouble facework research. Kaleidoscope, 10: 73-90.
Wight, J. & Adams, T. E. (2010). Coming out in everyday interaction. In J. Manning, C. Noland, & J. MacLennan (Eds.), Case Studies of Communication about Sex. Newcastle, UK: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
Considering Hall and Reconsidering Foundations of the Popular: Wight, Jules, The Popular Culture Studies Journal, 2:1, 259-264, 2014.

Activities

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Activities

Professional

Scholar Respondent: Communication’s Civic Callings: The Social Justice Exchange and Community Engagement, National Communication Association. - 2016
Manuscript Reviewer: Communication, Culture and Critique. 2019 - 2020
Manuscript Reviewer: Communication Studies. 2019 - 2020
Panel Discussant: “Beyond College Credit: Fostering a Cultural Change Toward Student Investment in their Education,” Teaching Tips Panel, University of Minnesota. 2019 -
Panel Discussant: “Surviving the Discipline’s Constraints: Multiplicity, Meaning, and Mentorship Under Structural Oppression,” National Communication Association, Baltimore. 2019 -
Editorial Board: Teaching Media Quarterly. 2013 - 2014
Manuscript Reviewer: Philosophy, Theory, and Critique Division, International Communication Association. 2014 - 2014
Manuscript Reviewer: Ethnography Division, Central States Communication Conference. 2013 - 2013
Manuscript Reviewer: International Communication Association. Divisions: Visual Communication, GLBT, Mass Communication. 2012 - 2012
Manuscript Reviewer: Left Coast Press. 2012 - 2012
Manuscript Reviewer: Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Caucus, Central States Communication Association. 2010 - 2011
Manuscript Reviewer: Left Coast Press. 2010 - 2010
Facilitator: Communication Studies Writing Group. 2016 - 2017
Graduate Student Liaison: Department of Communication Studies. 2013 - 2015
Chair Search Commmittee: Department of Communication Studies. 2014 - 2014
Vice President: Communication Studies Graduate Student Association, University of Minnesota. 2012 - 2013
Invited Commentator: Presidential Debate Watch, University of Minnesota. 2012 - 2012
Institutional Advancement Council: Northeastern Illinois University. 2009 - 2012
Manuscript Reviewer: Division of Philosophy, Theory, and Critique, International Communication Association. 2015 - 2015
Committee Member: National Communication Association Convention Member Working Committee. 2013 - 2015

Research

“Dis-orientation and Queer Theory": Central States Communication Association, Milwaukee. 2011 -
Facing Queer Gender Performativity: How Queer Gender Performances Trouble Facework Research: National Communication Association, New Orleans. 2011 -
Piramideo and the Rhetoric of the Office of Cuba Broadcasting: Doing Rhetoric Conference, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis. 2016 -
Moving Beyond the Limits of Authorship?: Michelle Obama’s 2012 Convention Speech: Political Rhetoric and Discourse. International Communication Association, Seattle. 2014 -
Social Media, Rhetoric, and Citizenship: Potentials and Pitfalls of Government- Citizenry Social Media Discourse: Doing Rhetoric Conference, Minneapolis. 2013 -
Pushing ‘The Rainbow Button’: Colbert, Same-Sex Marriage, and Questions of Legibility: Gender Matters Conference, Chicago. 2013 -
Queering the Family: Media Representations, Family, and Hegemony in Same-Sex Marriage Campaigns: Central States Communication Association, Kansas City, Kansas. 2013 -
Jacques Ranciére Workshop: Béla Tarr with Jacques Ranciére: Invited participant for film workshop with Jacques Ranciére. 2013 - 2013
State of the Union White House Social: Invited participant to the Eisenhower Building with White House communication team members during President Obama's State of the Union Address. 2013 - 2013

Awards

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Awards

Top Paper, 2014, Graduate Student Caucus, Central States Communication Association
Top Master’s Thesis – Rhetorical/Humanistic, 2013, Master’s Education Section, National Communication Association
Bernard J. Brommel Doctoral Scholarship, 2013, Northeastern Illinois University
NCA Summer Doctoral Honors Seminar, 2013, National Communication Association, Schoodic Education and Research Center, University of Maine
Maryan Schall Doctoral Fellowship, 2013, University of Minnesota
Communication Studies Summer Doctoral Fellowship, 2012
Karlyn Kohrs Campbell Graduate Student Teaching Award, Department of Communication Studies, University of Minnesota, 2015
Outstanding Student Papers in Philosophy of Communication Panel, Philosophy of Communication Division, National Communication Association, 2015
Graduate Student Teaching Award - Council of Graduate Students-Minnesota Student Association, University of Minnesota

Courses

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Courses

COMM 4235: Electronic Media and Ethnic Minorities: A World View
COMM 3231: Reality Television: History, Culture and Economics
COMM 1101: Introduction to Public Speaking,
COMM 3231: Media Literacy
COMM 3211: Introduction to U.S. Electronic Media