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Kathleen Lawrence
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Office Location: Dowd Fine Arts Center, Room 233
Phone Number: (607) 753-4113
E-mail Address: lawrencek@cortland.edu



Education:

    • Ph.D. Indiana University
    • M.A. Indiana Unversity
    • B.A. Boston College


Courses Taught:

    • Intercultural Communication
    • Mass Media Advertising
    • Mass Media and Society
    • Gender Communication
    • Small Group Communication
    • Organizational Communication
    • Interviewing Principles and Practices
    • Media Criticism
    • Critical and Cultural Analysis


Areas of Expertise:
    • Women's studies
    • Interpersonal communication
    • Popular culture

Research Interests:

    • Rhetorical criticism and the study of 19th century women rhetoric
    • Portrayals of Women in Popular Culture
    • Barbie Nation


Recent Publications and Creative Works:

    • "The Barbeque on the Mount", Corporate Advocacy. (1996).
    • "Government as Plausibility Base: The Tactical Interpretation of Violence" World Communication (Spring 1991).
    • "New Barbie May Not Shape Up" The New York Daily News (1997).

Background:

    • Served as Multicultural and Gender Studies Director and as Coordinator of Women's Studies. Dr. Lawrence has been a frequent panelist and has conducted interviews with the French Public Television and International Public Broadcasting on "Barbie Culture". In 2002 she was invited to do a commentary on "What Does the Afterlife Hold for Barbie" for the Associated Press.

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