John W. Jordan, Associate Professor

Office: Johnston Hall, Room 231
Phone: 414-229-5177
e-mail: jjordan@uwm.edu
Web Site: www.uwm.edu/~jjordan
Curriculum Vita: See personal web site

Degree:
Ph.D., Speech Communication, The University of Georgia
M.A., Speech Communication, The University of Georgia
B.A., Rhetoric and Communication Studies, Drake University

Research Interests:
I study pressing issues in contemporary society using critical rhetorical analysis. My research program centers typically on how technology interacts with public sensibilities, and how subaltern groups use rhetoric to engage authoritative control. My scholarly goal is to help others appreciate the wider possibilities of their involvement in society.

Teaching Interests:
Commun 192: The Digital Mirror
Commun 335: Critical Analysis of Communication
Commun 413: Rhetoric of/and the Internet
Commun 701: Critical Analysis of Communication (grad)
Commun 735: Theories of Rhetorical Communication (grad)
Commun 872: Rhetoric of Constituting Community and Social Controversy (grad)
Commun 893: Rhetoric of/and the Internet (grad)

Representative Publications: Jordan, John W. (In press). Crafting the Virtual Home Front: The Web and Web Users during the War in Iraq. Communication and Critical/Cultural Studies.

Jordan, John W. (2005). A Virtual Death and a Real Dilemma: Identity, Trust, and Community in Cyberspace. Southern Communication Journal, 70, 200-218.

Jordan, John W. (2004). The Rhetorical Limits of the "Plastic Body." Quarterly Journal of Speech, 90, 327-358.

Jordan, John W. (2003). (Ad)Dressing the Body in Online Shopping Sites. Critical Studies in Media Communication, 20, 248-268.

Jordan, John W. (2003). Kennedy's Romantic Moon and Its Rhetorical Legacy for Space Exploration. Rhetoric & Public Affairs, 6, 209-231.

Jordan, John W. (2003). Sabotage or Performed Compliance: Rhetorics of Resistance in Temp Worker Discourse. Quarterly Journal of Speech, 89, 19-40.

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