Communication: A Critical/Cultural Introduction

About Deanna L. FassettJohn T. Warren

John T. Warren (Late) was professor of Speech Communication at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. His major research and teaching centered in Communication Pedagogy Performance Studies and Communication and Critical/Cultural Studies. He was the author of numerous books including Performing Purity: Whiteness Pedagogy and the Reconstitution of Power; Casting Gender: Women and Performance in Intercultural Contexts; Critical Communication Pedagogy; and the SAGE Handbook of Communication and Instruction. He also authored articles for several education and communication studies journals including Educational Theory Communication Education and Text and Performance Quarterly. Deanna L. Fassett is Department Chair and professor of communication pedagogy at San Jose State University where she has since 2002 mentored her department's graduate student instructors. She is the author and editor of three other books: Coordinating the Communication Course: A Guidebook Critical Communication Pedagogy The SAGE Handbook of Communication and Instruction and Communication: A Critical/Cultural Introduction Second Edition. Her published research has appeared in a broad array of communication studies journals including Basic Communication Course Annual Communication Education Liminalities: A Journal of Performance Studies and Text and Performance Quarterly.