E-mail this pageCommunication Faculty - Dr. Lori Walters-Kramer
Assistant Professor
Lori Walters-Kramer teaches a variety of communication studies courses including Rhetorical Criticism, Small Group Communication, Introduction to Human Communication, Speechwriting, and Culture & Communication. Service-learning projects that have been integrated into Lori's courses - allowing students to apply course concepts and share their informed perspectives with others while meeting community needs. For example, students in the 2004 Small Group Communication course partnered with the local neighborhood association, "For All Interested Residents," conducting surveys and interviews to better understand challenges faced by off-campus students and residents. In the Fall of 2006, students in the Speechwriting course collaborated with candidates for area political offices - completing audience analysis, research, and speechwriting tasks for candidates.
Lori's interest in women's discourses has led her to use rhetorical approaches to better understand music created by women, women's communication in the classroom, and vegetarian discourses as they intersect with feminist discourses. For her dissertation, she crafted a critical framework of emancipatory rhetoric to better understand musician Michelle Shocked's discourses, musics, and performances.
Her latest scholarship includes conference presentations at the annual meetings of the American Democracy Project and the Eastern Communication Association. As well, recent writing has been or will be published in Quick Hits for Educating Citizens , The Encyclopedia of Activism and Social Justice , The Encyclopedia of Women's History , and The Encyclopedia of Motherhood .
Outside of the university, Lori has volunteered for the Radio Reading Service of the North Country Center for Independence and is on the Board of the Red Hummingbird Foundation.
Education:
- Ph.D., Bowling Green State University (2001)
- M.A., Central Michigan University (1993)
- B.S., University of Wisconsin at Oshkosh
Teaching & Research Areas:
- Small Group Communication
- Rhetorical Theories
- Communication and Culture
- Service Learning
- Music & Communication
- Women's Studies
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Contact Lori Walters-Kramer
Office: Yokum 106
Phone: (518) 564-2264
E-mail: Lori.Walterskramer@plattsburgh.edu