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May 2008

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Donna M. Kowal

Associate Professor

Education: PhD, MA, University of Pittsburgh
Graduate Certificate, Women's Studies Program, University of Pittsburgh
BS, SUNY Brockport
Area(s) of Specialty: Rhetorical criticism; political communication;
Research Interests:

Rhetoric of social movements, focusing on representations of gender and culture; History and social influence of American feminism

Publications:
  • “Anarchist Women and the Feminine Ideal: Voltairine de Claire, Emma Goldman and Lucy Parsons.” Co-authored with Catherine H. Palczewski and Linda Horwitz.  The Rhetoric of Nineteenth Century Reform and the Perfecting of American Society, Vol. 5 of Rhetorical History of the United States. Ed. Martha Watson and Thomas Burkholder.  Michigan State UP. In Press.

  • “Digitizing and Globalizing Indigenous Voices: The Zapatista Movement.” Critical Perspectives on the Internet, Ed. Greg Elmer, Lanham, MD: Rowman Littlefield: 2002. 105-126.

  • “Academic/Activist, Theory/Practice: Academic Studies on Ecofeminist Activism.” Book Rev. Women’s Studies Quarterly.  Vol. 14.1&2 (Spring/Summer 2001): 279-283.

  • “One Cause, Two Paths: Militant vs. Adjustive Strategies in the British and American Suffrage Movements.” Communication Quarterly. 48.3 (Summer 2000): 240-255.
In Progress:
  • Emma Goldman, Public Womanhood, and the ‘Sex Question,’ a book that explores the influence of Goldman, an early twentieth-century anarchist-feminist and prominent radical orator, on the transformation of gender roles in America.
Awards:
  • Donald H. Ecroyd and Caroline Drummond Ecroyd Teaching Excellence Award, Eastern Communication Association, 2005.
  • State University of New York Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching, 2000.
Administrative Roles:
  • Assistant Director of the College Honors Program, SUNY Brockport, 2004-present.
  • Past chair and program planner for the following Eastern Communication Association Interest Groups: Kenneth Burke (2004-06), Voices of Diversity (1999-2000), and Rhetoric and Public Address (1997-98).
E-mail: dkowal@brockport.edu
Office: 235 Holmes Hall
(585) 395-5295