Jennifer Peeples
Communication Studies - Communication Studies and Philosophy
Full Professor
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Contact Information
Office Location: Logan (MAIN 204A)Phone: +1 435 797 7440
Email: jennifer.peeples@usu.edu
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Educational Background
PhD, University of Washington, 2000
MA, Northern Illinois University, 1996
Biography
Jennifer Peeples is a Full Professor of Communication Studies. Her work uses environmental and visual rhetoric to examine discourses of energy transition and the construction of toxicity. In addition to journal articles and book chapters, she is the co-author/co-editor of three books, including Under Pressure: Coal Industry Rhetoric and Neoliberalism (2016), and Voice and Environmental Communication (2014).
Alemán, C. G., Bsumek, P. K., Chirindo, K., Peeples, J., Schneider, J., Tarin, C. A., Thomas, M. O., Schwarze, S., eds. (2022). Communication, Race, and Outdoor Spaces. Lausanne: Frontiers Media SA. doi: 10.3389/978-2-88976-903-2 E-book for Frontiers in Communication, https://www.frontiersin.org/research-topics/18313/communication-race-and-outdoor-spaces.
Peeples, J. and Mollie Murphy (2022) “Discourse/rhetorical analysis approaches to environment, media and communication.” Handbook of Environment and Communication. 2nd Ed. New York, New York: Routledge.
Peeples, J. (2022) Toxic grotesque landscapes. In Salomon, D., Velikov, K., Perry, C., Dwyre, C. Eds. Ambiguous Territories. Barcelona, Spain: Actar Publishers.
Bsumek, Peter, Steve Schwarze, Peeples, Jennifer, and Jen Schneider. “Strategic Gestures in Bill McKibben’s Climate Change Rhetoric.” Frontiers in Communication, section Science and Environmental Communication 4 (August 19, 2019). https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fcomm.2019.00040/full/