Alexandra Balaram
- Teaching Assistant - Doctoral, Communication
Education
- Ph.D., Communication, University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee (expected May 2025)
- M.A., Communication, University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee
- Graduate Certificate, Rhetorical Leadership & Ethics
- B.A., Communication Studies, Kansas State University
- B.A., Modern Languages: Spanish, Kansas State University
- Minor Certificate, Leadership Studies
Teaching Schedule
| Course Num | Title | Meets |
|---|---|---|
| COMMUN 103-207 | Public Speaking | No Meeting Pattern |
| COMMUN 103-208 | Public Speaking | No Meeting Pattern |
Courses Taught
- COMMUN 402: Gender and Communication
- COMMUN 335: Critical Analysis of Communication
- COMMUN 103: Public Speaking
Research Interests
I am a critical rhetoric scholar specializing in rhetorics of mobility and race. In connection with mobility, my research often explores rhetorics of space and place, time and memory, and agency. More specifically, I use and invest in the practice of racial rhetorical criticism to study how the topics listed above are racialized and co-constituted with race. My current body of research focuses on the rhetorical construction of racialized mobility, especially in its re-construction as resistive practice.
Selected Publications
Balaram, Alexandra Parr. “Rhetorical Altermobilities: A Framework for the Study of Discourse, Mobility, and Resistance.” Southern Communication Journal, 88 no. 4 (2023): 366-378.
Balaram, Alexandra Parr. “Lewis, Tiffany. Uprising: How Women Used the US West to Win the Right to Vote.” Women’s Studies in Communication 46, no. 3 (2023): 339-341. .