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My teaching interests center on understanding people鈥檚 experiences of institutional marginalization. I am interested in the relationship between communication, social differences, and power. I explore these concepts, along with other learners, in courses such as diversity and communication, intercultural communication, and organizational culture and identity.

I view teaching as a profoundly relational activity. This relationship involves attention to processes of self and other awareness, thoughtful listening, cooperation, building and sustaining trust, and open and honest communication to create and maintain a high-quality personal connection to support students鈥� journey to becoming learners.

Alvarez, W. (2024). Communicating stereotypes in janitorial work. In Y. Hu, & A. Kurylo (Eds.), Stereotypes at Work. Rowman & Littlefield.

Alvarez, W., & Genao-Homs, M. J. (2023). Reimagining faculty engagement with equitable and inclusive practices to foster organizational changemaking in higher education. In B. J. Van Gilder, J. T. Austin, & S. Scott (Eds.), Organizational changemaking in diversity, equity, and inclusion: A case studies approach. Routledge.

Alvarez, W. (2022). Everyday dirty work: Invisibility, communication, and immigrant labor. The Ohio State University Press.

Alvarez, W., & De Walt, P. S. (Eds.) (2022). Voicing diverse teaching experiences, approaches, and perspectives in higher education. IGI Global.

Alvarez, W. (2018). Disciplining the immigrant body through collective bullying. In R. West, & C. Beck (Eds.), The handbook of communication and bullying (pp. 64鈥�69). Routledge.

Alvarez, W. (2018). Phenomenology of cultural communication. In Y.Y. Kim (Editor), International encyclopedia of intercultural communication. Wiley.

If you are an adult with diagnosed Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD), I would love to work with you! My research aims to help people with OCD find, keep, and enjoy employment. I offer free career coaching if you鈥檇 like to participate in my research.

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ERP at Work/School. 鈥淓xposure Palooza鈥� booth offering individual career coaching for adults with OCD and strategies for organizational identity management, CU Anschutz OCD Program

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: What do Primary Care Physicians Need to Know? Invited lecture for practicing primary care physicians about OCD 鈥渟ymptom variety, how to communicatively approach a patient that is suspected to have OCD鈥�and the social consequences of the disorder for the patient, featuring qualitative research on the struggles of individuals with OCD at work.鈥� Oklahoma State University Hospital

Managing Stigma and Social Identity with a Hidden Disability. Invited lecture and Q&A, University of Colorado School of Medicine

Chorley, S. K. (2021). Variations on exposure therapy: Best practices for managing public speaking anxiety in the online communication classroom. Journal of Communication Pedagogy, 4, 103-109.

Chorley, S. K. (2019). Four-day magic: Finding help and healing from obsessive-compulsive disorder. In F. Soelberg, L. Browning, & J. S酶rnes (Eds.),听The high north in a time of transition: Gutsy narratives and wild observations听(pp. 137-146).听New York, NY: Routledge.

B.S. Southern Illinois University, Carbondale; M.S. Southern Illinois University, Carbondale; ABD Southern Illinois University Carbondale

鈥淣acht Der TextLichen Leiche: A Movie Riffer鈥檚 Performative Guide to Reanimating Bodies in the Dark.鈥� Marion Kleinau Theatre, Southern Illinois University, April 2013.

鈥淰illain.鈥� Marion Kleinau Theatre, Southern Illinois University,听 December 2012.

鈥淐utting the Fat.鈥� Marion Kleinau Theatre, Southern Illinois University, December 2010

鈥淛ust Before the War with the Eskimos.鈥� Petite Jean Performance Festival, April 2010.

鈥淧enelopiad.鈥� Marion Kleinau Theatre, Southern Illinois University, February 2010.

鈥淢iles Away from 鈥楾he Cool鈥�.鈥� Marion Kleinau Theatre, Southern Illinois University, December 2009.

鈥漈ending the Crocodile.鈥� Marion Kleinau Theatre, Southern Illinois University, October 2009.

鈥淏at on a Wyre.鈥� Marion Kleinau Theatre, Southern Illinois University, March 2009. 鈥淭he Bureau of Artistic Resources Corporation presents.鈥� Marion Kleinau Theatre, Southern Illinois University, February 2009.

鈥淩ip Cardigan and the History of the Future鈥� Marion Kleinau Theatre, Southern Illinois University, October 2008.

鈥淏lood from a Stone: Mining Elemental Genealogies.鈥� Marion Kleinau Theatre, Sothern Illinois University, March 2008.

鈥淭he Bureau of Artistic Resources Corporation presents Remainder.鈥� Big Muddy Independent Media Center, Southern Illinois University, February 2008.

鈥淚chor & The Four Humours Present: Percy Per Se Himself Presenting: Fopulous! or All is Vanity (A Tragicomedy of Manners in Five Acts with Narrated Interludes and Dancing).鈥� Marion Kleinau Theatre, Southern Illinois University, October 2007.

鈥淒octor Weathervaine鈥檚 adjective adjective Olde Timey Medicine Show (and Revue).鈥� Marion Kleinau Theatre, Southern Illinois University, March 2007.

鈥淯ndergraduate Advanced Spotlight Hour.鈥� Marion Kleinau Theatre, Southern Illinois University, May 2006.

鈥淭he Phrenologist鈥檚 Daughter (or Potato鈥檚 Night Out).鈥� Marion Kleinau Theatre, Southern Illinois University, April 2006.

鈥淥n The Line.鈥� Marion Kleinau Theatre, Southern Illinois University, March 2006.

鈥淓xpression Pig: A Dancing Lucid Dream.鈥� Southern Illinois University. Marion Kleinau Theatre, November 2005.

鈥淎 Shakespeare Hike.鈥� also Co- Directed, Mathis Theatre, Sauk Valley Community College, April 2004.

鈥淔rankenstein.鈥� Mathis Theatre, Sauk Valley Community College, October 2003.

鈥淭he Laramie Project.鈥� Mathis Theatre, Sauk Valley Community College, April 2003.

鈥淭he Zoo Story.鈥� Mathis Theatre, Sauk Valley Community College, October 2002.

BS in History, University of Mary Hardin-Baylor; MS in Communication Studies, University of North Texas; PhD in Communication, University of Utah

Practical speaking & argumentation skills, Research methods, Rhetoric & Cultural Studies.

Ruralism, Communication Pedagogy, Debate & Forensics, Rhetorical Field Methods

Jordan, J.听(Forthcoming/2024). Two Yorks: A rhetorical study of ruralism in situ. Texas Speech Communication Journal, 48(1).

Park-Ozee, D. & Jordan, J.听(2020). When do perpetrators count: A longitudinal analysis of news framing of deceased mass shooters. In C. Winkler (Ed.), Networked Argumentation听(pp. 128鈥�133). New York, NY: Routledge.

Jordan, J. (2019). Camoface: Performances of ruralism in Duck Dynasty. Discourse: The Journal of the SCASD, 5(1).

Pack-Jordan, E. & Jordan, J. (2017). Remembering rural debate. Texas Speech Communication Journal, 41(2).

听Jordan, J., & Stewart, D. (2016). There is no debate community. Parliamentary Debate, 30(2).

Jordan, J. (2015). De jure Blackness: A rhetorical investigation of processes of racialization in Brown v. Board of Education. Texas Speech Communication Journal 39(1).

B.A., Communication Studies, University of Montana
M.A., Communication, University of Utah
Ph.D., Communication, University of Utah

Kendall, B. (2025). Teaching Communication Ethics. In J. P. Mazer (ed.), Teaching communication, volume II.听 San Diego, CA: Cognella.

Kendall, B. (ed.). (2024). Communication Theory Virtual Issue: .

听Cheney, G., Kendall, B., Munshi, D. (2015). Ethical Universalism. In J. M. Barret (ed.), The Sage encyclopedia of intercultural competence (pp. 301-305). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

Cheney, G., Lair, D. J., Ritz, D., & Kendall, B. E. (2010). Just a job? Communication, ethics, and professional life. New York: Oxford University Press.

Courses taught: COMM-1010 Public Presentation, COMM-1100 Fundamentals of Oral Communication, COMM-2200 Interpersonal Communication, COMM-3510 Communication and Conflict, COMM-3070 Interpersonal Conflict

Critical cultural communication theories, international political communication, performance theories, autoethnography

Using critical performance autoethnography to study the relationship between individual performances and the intersection of social identities and oppression, macro social theories, war and peace, and social change.

B.A. Politics, University of California, Santa Cruz
M.A. Political Science, University of Colorado, Boulder
M.A. Conflict Resolution, University of Denver
A.B.D. Political Science, University of Colorado, Boulder
Ph.D. Communication Studies, University of Denver

LuLevitt, Charles, and Bernadette Calafell. 鈥淩everberations of Familial and Cultural Histories.鈥� Interrogating the Communicative Power of Whiteness, edited by Dawn Marie D. MacIntosh, Dreama G. Moon, and Thomas K. Nakayama, Routledge, 2018.

Anime and manga, Star Wars, Warhammer 40K, bouldering and rock climbing, roller hockey, beach volleyball, weight training, trail running, hiking, and I LOVE SACHI!

Doctor of Philosophy in Communication, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida (2019-2023)

Master鈥檚 in Communication, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio (2017-2019)

Postgraduate Diploma in Media and Communication, NSHM Institute of Media and Communication, Kolkata, West Bengal (2007-2009)

Bachelor of Science in Geography (Honors.), University of Calcutta, Kolkata, West Bengal (2004- 2007)

• Health Communication
• Organizational Communication
• Applied Communication Research Methods
• Communication Theory
• Interpersonal Communication
• Fundamentals of Oral Communication
• Presentational Communication

Mukherjee, P., & Ivancic, S.R. (2024). Safe water as empowerment, structural dilemma, and savior: conflicting discourses about arsenic groundwater contamination in West Bengal. Journal of Applied Communication. https://doi.org/10.1080/00909882.2024.2345211

Mukherjee, P., & Basu, A. (2023). Critical approaches. Wiley international encyclopedia of health communication. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119678816.iehc0539

Sastry, S., B, Siegenthaler., Mukherjee, P., S, Abdul Raheem., & Basu, A. (2023). Locating community in appeals for community participation in COVID-19 vaccine discourse: A critical analysis of public health communication in the United States. Human Communication Research. https://doi.org/10.1093/hcr/hqad018

McRae, C., Basu, A., Mukherjee, P., & McDowell, M. (2023). Critical intercultural communication at the margins: performative listening and solidarity. In Listening, Community Engagement, and Peacebuilding: International Perspectives (pp. 36-55). New York: Routledge.

Basu, A., & Mukherjee, P. (2022). India鈥檚 Covid gestures: From maitri to coloniality. Communication and Critical/Cultural Studies Journal. Taylor & Francis. https://doi.org/10.1080/14791420.2022.2064529.

Mukherjee, P., & Sastry, S. (2020). Problem definition and community participation in environmental health interventions: An exploratory study of groundwater arsenic Remediation.听Health Communication, 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1080/10410236.2020.1864891.

My research is focused on the rhetoric of health and medicine, the history, theory, and practice of debate, argumentation theory, and classical rhetoric.

Rief, J. J., Schrader, B. J. (2024). Debating 海角社区, Against, and With ChatGPT: Redesigning Academic Debate Pedagogy for the World of Generative Artificial Intelligence. In Sanae Elmoudden and Jason S. Wrench (Eds.), The Role of Generative AI in the Communication Classroom (pp. 87-105). IGI Global.

Cummings, K. J., Rief, J. (2023). Health Praxis in the Age of Artificial Intelligence: Diagnostics, Caregiving, and the Role(s) of Healthcare Practitioners. In Tina Sikka (Ed.), Genetic Science and New Digital Technologies: Science and Technology Studies and Health Praxis (pp. 103-131). Bristol University Press.

Rief, J. (2022). Historical vs. Ahistorical Narratives of The Pandemic: The Discordant Rhetoric of Our Unprecedented Times. In Shing-Ling S. Chen and Nicole Allaire (Ed.), Discordant Pandemic Narratives in the U.S. (pp. 83-108). Lexington Books.

Rief, J. (2021). Post-Pandemic Pedagogy in Intercollegiate Academic Debate: Performing Civic Life in Hybrid, Virtual, and In-Person Environments. In Joseph M. Valenzano III (Ed.), Post-Pandemic Pedagogy: A Paradigm Shift (pp. 239-257). Lexington Books.

听Rief, J., Schrader, B. J. (2021). Reconciling Playing the Game with Civic Education in Intercollegiate Academic Debate. In Takeshi Suzuki, Toshiharu Tateyama, Takayuki Kato, and Justin Eckstein (Eds.), Proceedings of the Tokyo Conference on Argumentation, Volume 6 (pp. 119-127). Japan Debate Association.

Errera, D., Rief, J. J. (2021). Featuring Performance in Intercollegiate Academic Debate Pedagogy and Practice. In Dale Hample (Ed.), Local Theories of Argument (pp. 433-438). New York, NY: Routledge. [Alta Argumentation Conference, Alta, UT]

I have taught and developed courses for various modalities including in-person, synchronous, asynchronous, and hybrid classroom environments. Courses I have taught include Human Communication Theory, Public Speaking, Intercultural Communication, Discourse, Culture, and Identity, Gender and Communication, Multiracial and Decolonial Feminisms, Group Communication, Rhetoric and Popular Culture, and others. Broadly, these courses examined the intersection of communicative lenses, culture, intersectional identities, and how these bear upon interaction in everyday life, organizations, institutions, and the broader socio-cultural milieu. Because my area of specialization is democratic engagement, I center dialogue and other forms of democratic talk as a means of learning and as skills to be learned in my pedagogy.

My research focuses on democratic engagement across difference. Broadly, I draw on social interaction and critical perspectives to dig into questions of discourse, difference, and democracy.听 In particular, I am interested in how persons in dialogue and deliberation engage in discursive practices that support and limit quality communication across difference and ultimately democratic action. Often times, well-meaning people perpetuate prejudice and polarization, and the practical aim of my research is to support responsible, accountable, and critically reflexive communication practices that contribute to social change. In the spirit of democratic engagement, I welcome conversations about these research interests and how they might be applicable in various forms of pedagogy, community activism, and everyday relationships.

• Dialogue, Deliberation, and other forms of Democratic Talk
• Community and Social Interaction
• Discourse Analysis
• Communication as Design

Varela, E. M., & Sprain, L. (in press). Facilitating speaking for others in democratic talk. Communication and Democracy.

Ward, M., Spencer, L. G., Stewart, C. O., & Varela, E. M. (2022). Return to Teamsterville: A reconsideration and dialogue on ethnography and critique. Communication Quarterly, 70, 84颅鈥�106. doi:10.1080/01463373.2021.2021261