Address

Dept. of Speech Communication
131 Terrell Hall
University of Georgia
Athens, GA 30602
(706) 542-4748
kdeluca@arches.uga.edu

EDUCATION

Ph.D., Department of Communication Studies, University of Iowa, 1996.

Dissertation title: Meditations on Image Events: The Possibilities and Consequences for Rhetorical Theory, or, Critical Rhetoric, Social Movements, and Environmental Politics: An Assemblage of Fragments.

M.A., Communication, University of Massachusetts, 1991.

Thesis title: Progress and the Conceptualization of the Environmental Crisis.

B.A., English (cum laude), University of Massachusetts, 1985.

Concentrations include rhetorical theory and criticism, media theory and criticism, environmental discourse, and cultural studies (including British Cultural Studies, Critical Theory, poststructuralism, and postmodernism).

Books

Image Politics: The New Rhetoric of Environmental Activism, a book for the "Revisioning Rhetoric" series edited by Karlyn Kohrs Campbell and Celeste Condit, Guilford (September, 1999).

Wilderness, Advocacy, and the Media: 8th Biennial Conference on Communication and the Environment/Discourse of Environmental Advocacy, Proceedings (in press).

Journal Articles

“Behold the Corpse: Violent Images and the Case of Emmett Till.” Rhetoric and Public Affairs [with co-author Christine Harold (8:2, 2005)].

“Thinking with Heidegger: Rethinking Environmental Theory and Practice.” Ethics and the Environment, 10/1, Spring 2005.

“The Corpus of Daniel Pearl.” Critical Studies in Media Communication [with co-author Davin Grindstaff (21:4, 2004)].

“Image Events, the Public Sphere, and Argumentative Practice: The Case of Radical Environmental Groups.” Argumentation (with co-author John Delicath), 17:3, 2003.

“The Mechanical Handmaiden: Rhetoric after Marshall McLuhan.” Explorations in Media Ecology [with co-author Ken Rufo (Lead article, 2:2, 2003)].

“Meeting in a Redwood: Wilderness on the Public Screen.” Situation Analysis: A Forum for Critical Thought & International Current Affairs (Spring, 2003).

“From Public Sphere to Public Screen: Democracy, Activism, and the Violence of Seattle.” Critical Studies in Media Communication [with second author Jennifer Peeples (Lead article,19:2, June, 2002), 125-151.

“Trains in the Wilderness: Myths, Corporations, and Environmental Politics.” Rhetoric and Public Affairs (4:4, 2001), 633-652.

“Imagining Nature and Erasing Class and Race: Carleton Watkins, John Muir, and the Construction of Wilderness.” Environmental History, 6:4 [with second author Anne Demo (October 2001)], 541-560.

“Rethinking Critical Theory: Instrumental Reason, Judgment, and the Environmental Crisis.”  Environmental Ethics, 23:3 (Fall, 2001), 307-326.

“Imaging Nature: Watkins, Yosemite, and the Birth of Environmentalism.”  Critical Studies in Mass Communication [with second author Anne Demo (Lead article, September 2000)], 241-260.  Reprinted in Readings in Rhetorical Criticism, Carl Burgchardt (ed.).

“Articulation Theory: A Discursive Grounding for Rhetorical Practice.” Philosophy and Rhetoric (Fall, 1999), 334-348.

“The Possibilities of Nature in a Postmodern Age: The Rhetorical Tactics of  Environmental Justice Groups.”  Communication Theory (Spring, 1999), 189-215.

“Unruly Acts: The Body Rhetoric of Earth First!, ACT UP, and Queer Nation.”  Argumentation and Advocacy  (Lead article for Special Issue, Summer, 1999), 9-21.

"Confronting the Millennium: Criticism, Labor, and the Transition to Postmodernism." (with co-authors Fernando Delgado and Michael Janas).  Western Journal of Communication 57, Spring 1993.

“Memories of the Tropics in Industrial Jungles: Constructing Nature, Contesting Nature.”  Philosophy and Rhetoric (in press).

“Hysterical Housewives: Feminine Style and the Rhetoric of Environmental Justice.” Women’s Studies  in Communication [with co-author Jennifer Peeples (accepted for publication)].

“Unruly Relations: The Activist Model of Public Relations.” Journal of Public Relations Research [with Virginia Rodino (under revision)].

Book Chapters

“The Speed of Immanent Images: The Dangers of Reading Photographs.” In Visual Communication and Social Change: Rhetorics and Technologies, Ed. Diane Hope.  Hampton Press (forthcoming, 2006).

“A Wilderness Environmentalism Manifesto.” In Environmental Justice and Environmentalism, Ed. Phaedra Pezullo. Boston: MIT Press (forthcoming 2006).

“The Frankfurt School and the Domination of Nature: New Grounds for Radical Environmentalism.”  In Rethinking the Frankfurt School: Alternative Legacies of Cultural Critique, Eds. Jeffrey Nealon and Caren Irr. SUNY: Albany, 2002.

“In the Shadow of Whiteness: The Consequences of Constructions of Nature in Environmental Politics.”  In Whiteness: The Communication of Social Identity, Eds. Thomas K. Nakayama and Judith Martin (Sage, 1999), 217-246.

“Image Events and Argumentative Practice: The Case of Radical Ecology.” Argument at Century’s End (with second author John Delicath), Ed. By Thomas Hollihan, (National Communication Association, 1999), 244-252.

“Constituting Nature Anew Through Judgment: The Possibilities of Media.”  EarthTalk.  Ed. Star Muir.  Westport, CT: Praeger, 1996 (Refereed), 59-78.

"Articulation, Progress, and the Environment."  The Conference on the Discourse of Environmental Advocacy.  Ed. Christine L. Oravec and James G. Cantrill.  Salt Lake City: U of Utah, 1992, 10-18.

Works in Progress

Creating Wilderness: Imaging Environmentalism’s Sublime Object.

Image Events and Visual Rhetoric (co-edited with Joe Wilferth).
   
“The Impact of Images: Intentionality, Arrangiasti, and Rhetorical Force.” (under revision).

Book Reviews

Crafting Society in Quarterly Journal of Speech (2002).
From the Ground Up: Environmental Racism and the Rise of the Environmental Justice Movement in Argumentation and Advocacy (2001).
Ethnoecology in Rhetoric and Public Affairs, 3:2 (Spring, 2000), 302-305.
Spectacular Nature: Corporate Culture and the Sea World Experience, by Susan G. Davis.  Journal of Communication (1998).
Disciplinarity and Dissent in Cultural Studies, Eds. C. Nelson and D. Gaonkar.  Quarterly Journal of Speech, 84:1 (Feb 1998), 113-115.

“Picturing the Earth, Interrupting the World.” Invited Speaker, Center for Global Communication and Culture, Northwestern University, Summer, 2005.

“Rhetoric in an Age of Image Politics.” Invited Speaker. Syracuse University, 2005.

“The Speed of Immanent Images: The Dangers of Reading Photographs” Invited Plenary Speaker: Image & Critique, Nottingham University, England, 2003.

“ANWR, Oil, and Wilderness Images: The Politics of Pictures.” Stonecipher Symposium on Technology, Culture, and Communication, Tennessee Tech University, Winter 2002.

Invited respondent to a panel on “The Scholarship of Kevin DeLuca and Tarla Rai Peterson.” National Communication Association Convention, New Orleans, 2002.

“Wilderness Visions: Landscape Images and Environmental Politics.” Convocation, Southern Utah University, Fall 2001.

"The Rhetoric of Landscapes: Images and Environmental Politics." Keynote Address, Visual Communication: Rhetorics and Technologies, Rochester Institute of Technology, Winter 2001.

"Mass Media and Public Conflicts: The Rhetoric of Images in Environmental Controversies." Syracuse University, Winter, 2001.

"Art, Politics, and Subjectivity: Rethinking Intentions and Effects." Taking Nature Seriously: Citizens, Science, and Environment, University of Oregon, Winter, 2001.

"From Public Sphere to Public Screen: Democracy, Activism, and the Lessons of Seattle." Democracy Workshop, Indiana University, Spring, 2000.

"The Rhetoric of Images." Indiana University, Spring, 2000.

"The Uses of Violence: The Case of the WTO Protests." Arizona State University West, 2000.

"Media and Environmental Groups." Keynote Address, ASU West Communication Conference, 2000.

Associate Professor at the University of Georgia, 2003 to present.
Assistant Professor at the University of Georgia 1999 to 2003.
Adjunct Professor, Institute of Ecology, UGA, 2000 to present.
Adjunct Professor, Environmental Ethics Program, UGA, 2000 to present.
Assistant Professor at the Pennsylvania State University, 1996 to 1999.
Instructor at The Pennsylvania State University, 1995 to 1996.
Instructor at the University of Virginia, 1993-95.
Teaching and Research Assistant at the University of Iowa, 1991-93.
Teaching and Research Assistant at the U of Massachusetts, 1989-90.
Tutor for Vermont Adult Basic Education, 1987-89.
Reporter, Sports Editor, Political Columnist The Daily Collegian (circ. 25,000) 1982-83.
Assistant to the Editor (Intern) for Amnesty International, 1983.

Environmental Communication, Dept. of Speech Communication, UGA, 2000-2002.  This is an upper-level and graduate seminar.

Post-Structuralism and Rhetoric, Dept. of SpCom, UGA, 2002. Graduate seminar.

Introduction to Rhetorical Theory and Criticism, Dept of SpCom, UGA.Graduate seminar.

Rhetoric of Violent Images, Dept of SpCom, UGA

Social Movement Rhetoric, Paris & UGA.
TV 207 Broadcasting Media Production, Ramkhamhaeng University, Bangkok, 2005-06.
An introduction to electronic media production;the fundamentals and techniques of sound production and the elements involved in the design and production of radio and television messages
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TV 302 Radio Program Management, Ramkhamhaeng University, Bangkok, 2005-06.
Management of programming ,sales,audience research for radio programs. Principles of various types of radio programming,and radio program scheduling techniques.

Mass Communication Technology, Ramkhamhaeng University, Bangkok, 2003-04.

Introduction to Mass Communication, Ramkhamhaeng University, Bangkok, 2003-04.

Art for Communication in Journalism, Ramkhamhaeng University, Bangkok, 2004.

Principles of Journalism, Ramkhamhaeng University, Bangkok, 2004.

Introduction to Mass Media, University of Innsbruck, 2001.

Public Speaking, University of Innsbruck, 2001.

Rhetorical Criticism, Dept. of Speech Communication, UGA, 2000.  This is an upper-level undergraduate seminar.

Rhetoric of Environmentalism and Science, Dept. of Speech Communication, UGA 2000.  This is a undergraduate/graduate class.

Rhetorics of Space and Place, Dept. of Speech Communication, UGA, 1999.  This is a graduate seminar.

Rhetorics of Bodies, Dept. of Speech Communication, Penn State, 1998.  This is a graduate seminar.

Rhetoric of Film and Television, Dept. of Speech Communication, The Pennsylvania State University, 1995-97.  This is an upper-level seminar.

Rhetoric and Cultural Studies, Dept. of Speech Communication, Penn State, 1997, 1999.  This is a graduate seminar.

Science, Technology, and Society: Environmental Rhetoric, Dept. of Speech Communication, Penn State, 1997.  This is an undergraduate seminar.

Social Movement Rhetoric: Environmentalism, Dept. of Speech Communication, Penn State, 1996.  This is a graduate seminar.

Public Speaking, Dept. Of Speech Communication, Penn State, 1995-99.  This is a required course.

Approaches to Media and Culture, Rhetoric and Communication Studies, University of Virginia, 1993-1995.  This is a required lecture course (over one hundred students) for majors. 

Media and Modern Politics, Rhetoric and Communication Studies, University of Virginia, 1993-94.  This is an upper-level course.

Social Movement Rhetoric, Rhetoric and Communication Studies, University of Virginia, 1994-95.  This is a graduate seminar.

Rhetoric and Politics: Environmental Communication, Dept. of Communication Studies, University of Iowa, Fall 1991 and Spring 1992.  I was solely responsible for curriculum development, lecture, and discussion for this undergraduate course.

Media, Technology, and Culture, Communication Studies, U of Iowa, Spring 1992.  I was solely responsible for curriculum development, lecture, and discussion for this upper-level undergraduate course.

Mass Media and Mass Society, Communication Studies, U of Iowa, Fall, 1991.  T.A. for Professor Sam Becker.  I taught three discussion sections.

Introduction to Mass Communication, Dept. of Communication, U of Massachusetts, Fall 1989.  T.A. for Professor Sut Jhally.

Advertising as Social Communication, Communication, U of Massachusetts, Fall 1989.  T.A. for Professor Sut Jhally.

Writing for Communication, Communication, U of Massachusetts, Spring, 1989.

"The Spectacle in Seattle: Portents and Possibilities for Environmental Activism." NCA Seattle, 2000.
"A Wilderness Manifesto." NCA Seattle, 2000.
"The Impact of Images: Force, Arrangiasti, and the Character of Rhetoric." Rhetoric of Images Conference, University of Iowa, 2000.
"Picturing Yellowstone: Art, Tourism, and America's Wonderland." National Communication Association annual conference, Chicago, 1999.
"Rethinking PR, Ethics, and Community." National Communication Association annual conference, Chicago, 1999.
"Meeting in a Redwood: The Convergence of Wilderness and Environmental Justice." National Communication Association annual conference, Chicago, 1999.
"Trains in the Wilderness: The Corporate Roots of Environmentalism." Environmental Discourse Conference, Flagstaff, AZ, 1999.
"Image and Argumentative Practice: The Case of Radical Ecology." Alta Argumentation Conference, Alta, Utah, 1999.
"The Rhetorical Force of Landscape Art." National Communication Association annual conference, New York City, 1998.
"Imaging Nature: Watkins, Yosemite, and the Birth of Environmentalism." (with Anne Demo) National Communication Association annual conference, New York City, 1998.
"Imagining Nature and Erasing Class and Race in the Works of Carleton Watkins and John Muir." (with Anne Demo) National Communication Association annual conference, New York City, 1998.
"Creating Wilderness: Tracing the Environmental Effects of Landscape Photography." Invited Lecture to the Science, Technology, Society Program. The Pennsylvania State University, November, 1998.
"Unruly Acts: The Body Rhetoric of Earth First!, ACT UP, and Queer Nation." Public Address Conference, Iowa, 1998.
"Hearing the Voices of the Environmental Justice Movement: A Poststructuralist Critical Rhetoric." National Communication Association annual conference, Chicago, 1997.
"Images of Nature on the Nightly News: ABC News' Construction of the 'War in the Woods.'" Speech Communication Association annual conference, San Diego, 1996.
"Articulation and Rhetorical Theory: Necessary Supplements." Speech Communication Association annual conference, San Antonio, 1995.
"Setting the Context for Social Movement." Speech Communication Association annual conference, New Orleans, 1994.
"Media Disidentifications: Social Movement Articulations and the Rhetorical Theorist." Speech Communication Association annual conference, Miami, 1993.
"The Construction of Identity in Environmental Groups." Speech Communication Association annual conference, Miami, 1993.
"Tractors and the Rationalization of Farming: John Deere Advertising as Hegemonic Discourse." Central/Southern States Communication Association conference, Lexington, 1993.
"Constituting Nature Anew Through Judgment: The Possibilities of Media." Eastern Communication Association annual conference, New Haven, 1993.
"Articulating Tactics for Environmental Groups in a Postmodern Age." Speech Communication Association annual conference, Chicago, 1992.
"Humanity, Technology, and Nature: The Possibilities of Seeing the World Anew Through Media." International Communication Association annual conference, Miami, 1992.
"Reconsidering Children's Television: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles as Commercial and Fairy Tale." Central States Communication Association annual conference, Cleveland, 1992.
"The Greening of Corporate Discourse and the Consumption of the Environment." Central States Communication Association annual conference, Cleveland, 1992.
"Articulation, Progress, and the Environment." Thematic Showcase. The Conference on the Discourse of Environmental Advocacy, Alta, Utah, 1991.
"Environment as Cause and Casualty." Presented at MediaEYE's "Understanding Media Presentations of the Gulf War." University of Iowa, April, 1991.

National Communication Association Golden Monograph Award, 2003 for “From Public Sphere to Public Screen: Democracy, Activism, and the Violence of Seattle.” Critical Studies in Media Communication [with second author Jennifer Peeples (Lead article,19:2, June, 2002), 125-151.
International Travel Grant, ($580), University of Georgia, 2003.
Center for Humanites and Arts Grant ($6000), University of Georgia, 2002
Center for Humanities and Arts Research Fellowship, University of Georgia, 2002.
Sarah H. Moss Fellowship ($7000), University of Georgia, 2000
Humanities Center Faculty Research Fellowship ($3000), University of Georgia, 2000
Faculty Research Grant ($4000), University of Georgia, 2000
Top paper ($500 award) for “Unruly Relations: Not Managing Communication in the Construction of the Activist Model of Public Relations.”  Annual Public Relations Educators’ Conference, 1999.  Co-authored with Virginia Rodino.
Iowa Fellowship ($60,000), University of Iowa, 1990-93.
Research Grant ($3,000), University of Massachusetts, 1990, under the direction of Ian  Angus.

Graduate Admissions Committee, Dept. of Speech Communication, UGA.
Franklin College Faculty Senator, Dept. of Speech Communication, UGA.
Director and Board Member, Environmental Ethics program, UGA.
Advisory Committee, Dept. of Speech Communication, Penn State.
Undergraduate Committee, Dept. of Speech Communication, Penn State.
Technology Committee, Dept. of Speech Communication, Penn State.
Chair/Member of student committees, Dept. of Speech Communication, Penn State.
Thesis adviser or second reader for MA students, University of Virginia.
Undergraduate Committee, University of Virginia.
Search Committee for tenure-track rhetoric position, Penn State, Spring, 1997.
Search Committee for tenure-track film position, University of Iowa, Spring 1992.
Member of MediaEYE research group, University of Iowa.  Helped develop archives and generate critical discourse during Persian Gulf War, 1991.

Co-Editor, Special Issue Ethics and the Environment :Ethics of Seeing: Consuming Environments , 9:2, 2004.
Conference Organizer, “8th Biennial Conference on Communication and the Environment/Discourse of Environmental Advocacy”, June 24-27, 2005.
Co-founder of Environmental Communication and Culture, an informal faculty group that is designing a Center for the proposed Environmental College.
Advisor to UGA Students for Environmental Awareness.
Advisor to UGA Student Chapter of the Sierra Club.
Editorial Board, Quarterly Journal of Speech
Editorial Board, Critical Studies in Media Communication
Referee, Journal of Communication
Referee, Communication Theory
Referee, Women’s Studies in Communication
Referee, International Journal of Intercultural Relations
Referee, Western Journal of Communication
Referee, Rhetoric & Public Affairs