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Victoria Newsom

Victoria Newsom

Title:
Professor
Primary Discipline:
Humanities  / Communication Studies
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Member Type:
Faculty
Last Login:
October 1, 2024
Member Since:
February 25, 2021
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Contributions

Victoria Newsom is an author of materials Victoria Newsom is a member of the Virtual Speakers Bureau

Affiliations

Primary Affiliation:
Olympic College (Education, Community/Technical College, WA, United States)

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Virtual Speakers Bureau

Member of VSB Since:
February 25, 2021
Best Way to Contact:
Email vnewsom@olympic.edu
Fees Involved:
Negotiable
Topics of Expertise:
International and Intercultural Communication, Communication and Culture, Performance Studies, Rhetorical Theory, Critical Theory, Gender Studies, Popular Culture Studies, Media Criticism, Post-Colonial Theory
Presentation Titles:
International and Intercultural Communication; Sex and Gender in Communication; Mis/Disinformation and Communication Literacies; Covid-19 Pandemic Responses and Crisis Communication; Digital Identity Building in the MENA; Gender Codifications; Indigenous Rights and Environmental Communication; Theories of Fandoms and Fanfiction Studies in International Contexts; The Dark Side of Global Business—Human Trafficking

Skills & Interests

  • Humanities / Women and Gender Studies (Expert)
    Intersectionalities, Gender and Sexuality Studies, International and Intercultural Gender
  • Humanities / Communication Studies (Expert)
    International and Intercultural Communication, Communication and Culture, Performance Studies, Rhetorical Theory, Critical Theory, Gender Studies, Popular Culture Studies, Media Criticism, Post-Colonial Theory.

Associations

  • Central States Communication Association
    Presenter and Awards Committee Member 02/2021 – Current
  • EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative
    Presenter 02/2016 – Current
  • Western States Communication Association
    Presenter 02/2004 – Current

Education History

  • PhD Communication Studies (08/2004)
    School of Media and Communication, Bowling Green State University
  • Graduate Certificate Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies (12/2001)
    Bowling Green State University
  • MA Popular Culture (05/2000)
    Bowling Green State University

Publications

Teaching Experience

  • Introduction to Communication (Current)
    • Olympic College – Communication Studies
  • Sex and Gender in Communication (Fall 2021)
    • Olympic College – Communication Studies
  • Group Communication (Winter 2021)
    • Olympic College – Communication Studies

Honors & Awards

  • Top Competitive Paper (11/2022)
    Autocratic “Sharp Power” and the Corruption of Spirituality: Global Fascisms and Extremist Misappropriation of European Tradition and Religiosity. National Communication Association, Spiritual Communication Division, New Orleans, LA.
  • Top Competitive Paper (11/2021)
    Fake News, Selective Forgetting, and Alt-Right Induced Trauma: Intercultural and Interfaith Responses to Holocaust Denial and Distortion. National Communication Association, Spiritual Communication Division, Seattle, WA.
  • Top Paper Award (11/2020)
    Lengel, L., & Newsom, V. (November, 2020). Anti-Invasion Discourses at the Crossroads of the US-Mexico Borderlands: Shifting Political Landscapes and Trafficking Representations in US Film and Politics. National Communication Association Annual Convention, Theatre, Film, and New Multi-Media Division, Online Convention (COVID-19). Top Paper, 3rd Place in Theatre, Film, and New Multi-Media Division.

Presentations

  • Arming Gendered Kurdistan: A Digitally Reflective Analysis of US Public Diplomacy in the Middle East, 06/27/2021
    International Communication Association Annual Convention, Public Diplomacy Interest Group, Online Convention (COVID-19).
  • Connecting Social Activism and Identity Representations: Cyborg Identities, Robotic Persons, and Middle East and North Africa Women, 06/27/2021
    International Communication Association Annual Convention, Feminist Scholarship Division, Online Convention (COVID-19).
  • Cultivating Care During COVID: Gender and Health Inequities During the Pandemic., 06/27/2021
    International Communication Association Annual Convention, Health Communication Division, Online Convention (COVID-19).

Positions

  • Professor, Communication Studies and Affiliate Faculty in Diversity and Social Justice (09/2011 – Current) Olympic College