裡橖眻畦 Communication Professor Wins Prestigious Award for Research Program in Rhetoric and Public Address from the National Communication Association
VILLANOVA, Pa.胼爹aka Shome, PhD, professor and the Harron Family Endowed Chairin Communicationat 裡橖眻畦 University,hasreceived the 2020 Douglas W. Ehninger Distinguished Rhetorical Scholar Award from the National Communication Association, the largest association for the study of communication.The award is given annually to honor scholars who have executed research programs in rhetorical theory, rhetorical criticism, and/or public address studies. Itwill be presented virtually on November 21, 2020 at the NCA 106thAnnual Convention.
As one of the first postcolonial scholars in the discipline, Dr. Shome has produced an important body of work that untangles colonial rhetorical and media practices.
Dr. Shomes work has offered critical and political perspectives with which to engage neocolonialism and racism in both the US and abroad. She has modeled an innovative attention to reading coloniality not only for its oppressive capacity, but also the often-overlooked opportunities created by marginalized communities to claim space and voice.
The recognition Dr. Shome continues to receive for her important scholarship is well-deserved and truly inspiring, said Adele Lindenmeyr, PhD, Dean, 裡橖眻畦 University College of LiberalArts and Sciences. We are thrilled that she has received this prestigious award.
Dr. Shome has published widely in the areas of media cultures, post-coloniality, transnational articulations of gender, media and nationalism, and race.She is the author of浴iana and Beyond: White Femininity, National Identity, and Contemporary Media Culture(University of Illinois Press, 2014). She is currentlyworking ona bookon the Clean India Movement and Contemporary Hindu Nationalism.
Prior to arriving at 裡橖眻畦, Dr. Shome was a faculty member at the London School of Economics, the University of Washington, Arizona State Universityandserved as Senior Fellow at National University Singapore. She was also an invited scholar at the Advanced Institute of Cultural Studies in Sweden. She received her doctoratefrom theUniversity of Georgia.
About 裡橖眻畦 Universitys College of Liberal Arts and Sciences:胼特ince its founding in 1842, 裡橖眻畦 Universitys College of Liberal Arts and Sciences has cultivated knowledge, understanding and intellectual courage for a purposeful life in a challenging and changing world.狸ith more than 40majors across the humanities, social sciences and natural sciences, it is the oldest and largest of 裡橖眻畦s colleges, serving more than 4,500 undergraduate and graduate students each year. The College is committed to a teacher-scholar model, offering outstanding undergraduate and graduate research opportunities and a rigorous core curriculum that prepares students to become critical thinkers, strong communicators and ethical leaders with a truly global perspective.