People

RCID STUDENTS

George Abraham

Research Interests: crisis communications, human/AI agent interactions
Email: gabrah2@clemson.edu

Mark Abueg

Research Interests: technical writing, criminal justice and communications
Email: mabueg@clemson.edu

Bahareh Brittany Alaei

Research Interests: Chora, participatory pedagogy, post-conflict rhetoric, electracy
Email: balaei@clemson.edu

Joy Amponsah

Research Interests: rhetorics of science, critical race theory, composition pedagogy, Digital and visual media, human computer interaction
Email: amponsah@clemson.edu

Seyedehzahra Aslieramsadati

Research Interests: design, film studies, visual rhetoric
Email: saslier@clemson.edu

Victoria Banks

Research Interests: interactive narrative design, videogame script writing, multimodal composition and rhetoric, creative writing
Email: vbanks2@clemson.edu

Derick Burgin

Research Interests: rhetoric of science, rhetoric of health & medicine, biomedical ethics, science fiction
Email: dburgin@clemson.edu

Robynn Butler

Research Interests: visual rhetoric, design, digital publishing
Email: robynnb@clemson.edu

Fran Chapman

Research Interests: ageism, religious rhetorics, sports rhetorics, Southern linguistics
Email: fcsmith@clemson.edu

Leoncia Cruz

Research Interests: sense of place, science communication, rhetorics of nature
Email: leoncic@clemson.edu

Emily Danuser

Research Interests: first-person narratives and their influence on the perception of agency, mediation, and religious rhetoric
Email: edanuse@clemson.edu

Jessica Delgado

Research Interests: Rhetorics of Memory, Rhetoricity of Arrangement in Place, Collective and Cultural Memory Texts
Email: delgad4@clemson.edu

Research Interests: WAC/writing instruction, information literacy, science literacy, science communication, scientometrics, rhetorics of libraries, and rhetorics of sustainability (advocacy and education)
Email: pdhyne@clemson.edu

Jaquial Durham

Research Interests: Educational leadership and administration, Southern prison culture, African American history and culture of Clemson University and Clemson, South Carolina
Email: jaquial@clemson.edu

Jae Dyche

Research Interests: The new left and the anti-establishment, rock n' roll (Folk Revival and Psychedelia), sonic rhetoric, identity, Burke and Dramatism
Email: jdyche@clemson.edu

Justin Shay Easler

Research Interests: digital rhetorics, digital narratives, video game design, digital spaces, socialization in VR
Email: Jeasler@clemson.edu

Jude Enete

Research Interests: usability studies, user experience, cultural studies, innovation and technology, human-computer interaction, technical communication
Email: jenete@clemson.edu

Angela Fabbri

Research Interests: persuasion and influence, artificial intelligence, interpersonal communication, media
Email: ahfabbr@clemson.edu

Galen Faison

Research Interests: kairos of literature, creative writing, hashtag activism and rhetoric as a tool to bridge culture
Email: gfaison@clemson.edu

John Falter

Research Interests: prose style, classical rhetoric, persuasion psychology, folk rhetorics, and multi-modal composition
Email: jfalter@clemson.edu

Amie Flanagan

Research Interests: film studies, visual rhetoric, feminist theory, digital publishing, and history
Email: amief@clemson.edu

Dominique Francisco

Research Interests: political and religious rhetoric, social activism, critical race theory, anti - LGBTQ+ rhetoric in religion
Email: dkf@clemson.edu

Michelle Barry Franco

Research Interests: gender and communication, women's studies in communication, teen girls & communication
Email: franco3@clemson.edu

Hanna Gibson

Research Interests: data analytics, feminist rhetorics in STEM, composition theory
Email: hgibson@clemson.edu

Taylor Henry

Research Interests: preservation, spatial rhetoric, object-oriented ontology and advocacy journalism
Email: thenry4@clemson.edu

McClain Hermes

Research Interests: rhetorical theory, communication theory, feminist theory, disability rights and activism, and LGBTQ+ studies
Email: lhermes@clemson.edu

Shantell Hinton-Hill

Research Interests: Black feminism, womanist theology, afro-futurism, sacred rhetoric, Black folklore
Email: shanteh@clemson.edu

Mike Ledbetter

Research Interests: music history/musicology, Latin-American culture/history, African-American culture/history
Email: mbledbe@clemson.edu

Elizabeth Link

Research Interests: Mimesis, Rhetorics of Media, Electracy
Email: elink@clemson.edu

Julia Longaker

Research Interests: Crisis Communications, Professional Communications, Healthcare Rhetoric
Email: jlongak@clemson.edu

Amy Maciel

Research Interests: risk and crisis communication, media portrayal, renewal messaging
Email: amaciel@clemson.edu

Lucy Manley

Research Interests: feminist rhetorics, pedagogy
Email: lbmanle@clemson.edu

M. Tiffany Messer-Bass

Research Interests: migration and refugee narratives, censorship in American public and school libraries, ethics of censorship, community rhetorics in third places, nationality and identity juxtapositions
Email: mmesser@clemson.edu

Andrew Moore

Research Interests: political rhetoric, media discourse, communication technologies
Email: acmr@clemson.edu

Brittney Nix-Crawford

Research Interests: digital rhetoric, digital visual media, critical cultural communication, feminist theory and the intersection with race, racism in journalism
Email: bnixcra@clemson.edu

Madison Norder

Research Interests: Victorian literature, feminist rhetoric, gothic literature, and pedagogy
Email: manorde@clemson.edu

Andy Notbohm

Research Interests: transmedia / cross-media / multi-media storytelling, media effects
Email: anotboh@clemson.edu

Felix Terngu Nyikwagh

Research Interests: digital humanities, cultural rhetoric, usability studies, risk communication, and film studies
Email: fnyikwa@clemson.edu

Andrew Okai

Research Interests: film rhetoric, digital and visual rhetoric, multimedia production, electracy, media studies, religious rhetoric, African cinema
Email: aokai@clemson.edu

William Ordeman

Research Interests: border rhetorics, ecology, disinformation, big history, narration, doxa, interactionality
Email: wordema@clemson.edu

Janis Palma

Research Interests: rhetorical theory, rhetoric of social justice, rhetorical ethnography, communication and culture
Email: jpalma@clemson.edu

Emily Shelton Poole

Research Interests: political rhetorics and misinformation, affective embodiment, and neurorhetorics
Email: espoole@clemson.edu

Jessica Reeher

Research Interests: critical rhetorics, feminist rhetoric, rhetorical representation in popular culture, social justice
Email: jreeher@clemson.edu

Jessie Reynolds-Clay

Research Interests: intersectional feminist studies, reproductive rhetorics, queer theory, fat studies, and pedagogy
Email: jclay3@clemson.edu

Molly Riddell

Research Interests: digital rhetorics, political campaigns, and rhetorics of identity and difference
Email: mcridde@clemson.edu

Lane Riggs

Research Interests: Migration and diaspora studies; border rhetorics; nationalist identity; and digital rhetorics.
Email: laner@clemson.edu

Dave Rochlin

Research Interests: Electracy, technology and business ethics, impact narratives, rhetoric of collaboration
Email: drochli@clemson.edu

Rebecca Rea Ross

Research Interests: Feminist critical theory, rhetorics of religion, rhetorics of conspiratorial thought, pedagogy, intersectional/constellating rhetorics
Email: rsross@clemson.edu

Don Russell

Research Interests: rhetorics in classical theatrical texts, communication & information design in arts organizations
Email: dtrusse@clemson.edu

Anne Salces Nedeo

Research Interests: Critical theory, continental philosophy, rhetorics of difference and oppression, rhetorics of identity and memory, social justice, and art.
Email: asalces@clemson.edu

Meena Mahabir Seabrook

Research Interests: Caribbean animation, digital rhetoric, cultural representation, edutainment, digital media and learning
Email: mmahabi@clemson.edu

Steven Sheffield

Research Interests: Disinformation, Social Media Narrative Propagation, Pedagogy of Open Source Intelligence, Alternative Data Usage
Email: ssheffi@clemson.edu

Kris Smith

Research Interests: data visualization rhetoric, visual narrative, sports rhetorics, data storytelling, digital literacy, visual communication, sports and gender rhetorics, digital and visual rhetorics
Email: ksmit34@clemson.edu

Brennan Stebbins

Research Interests: information design for news, rhetorics of media, digital and visual media, information literacy, media discourse, data analytics, interactive media
Email: bstebbi@clemson.edu

Haley Swartz

Research Interests: identity and representation, rhetorics of social justice, digital activism, gender and bodily rhetorics, rhetorics of health and sport, feminist material methods and new materialisms
Email: hswartz@clemson.edu

Meghan Sweet

Research Interests: Comparative Rhetorics, Critical Theory, Phenomenology, Contemplative Pedagogy, Histories of Rhetoric
Email: sweet6@clemson.edu

Harrison Taylor

Research Interests: emerging and digital media, film studies, visual rhetoric, rhetoric and composition
Email: htaylo8@clemson.edu

Christian Taylor

Research Interests: rhetoric of religion, Burkean rhetorical theory
Email: ctayl28@clemson.edu

Cecily Rouse Timmons

Research Interests: semiotics, edusemiotics, philosophy of education, identity studies, constitutive rhetoric, social marketing, nonprofit communications, and information design
Email: cecilyt@clemson.edu

Amy Tobin

Research Interests: Political rhetoric, religious rhetoric, social inequalities, racial injustice, educational pedagogies, educational inequalities, political communication, digital rhetorics
Email: aftobin@clemson.edu

Holland Turner

Research Interests: Russian language and translation, cultural and linguistic anthropology, technical writing, information design, rhetorics of disability, rhetorics of addiction, rhetorics relating to health in military and government, documentary filmmaking, unreliable narrators, storytelling
Email: hollant@clemson.edu