Daniel Munksgaard
Lecturer in Multiculturalism
CONTACT
Office: Davis Hall
Phone: 319-325-0940
E-mail: dmunksgaard@uri.edu
- Ph.D., Communication Studies
- University of Iowa, 2010
- Graduate Certificate, Interdisciplinary Program, Rhetorics of Inquiry (POROI)
- University of Iowa, 2009
- M.A., Religious Studies
- University of Iowa, 2004
- B.A., English and Composition
- University of Nebraska - Lincoln, 2000
- COM100: Communication Fundamentals
- COM361: Intercultural Communication
- Rhetoric of Hate Speech
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS/PRESENTATIONS
"Up to his ears in macaca: George Allen, YouTube, and the changing boundaries of political competence." 95th Annual National Communication Association Convention, November 12-15, 2009. (Chicago, IL)
"Free Parking: Parking lots, modernity, and the invisibility of necessity," in "Panel: Public Technology/Communicative Practice: Rethinking Utilities for Media Histories." International Communication Association 58th Annual Conference, May 22-26, 2008. (Montreal, Quebec, Canada)
"Intoonfadah: Humor, rationality, and the Muhammad cartoon controversy." NCA Conference: Rethinking the Role of Communication in a Post-9/11 World, June 28-30, 2007. (Orono, ME)
BIO
Dr. Munksgaard joined the Department of Communication Studies at URI as a Lecturer in 2011. He teaches undergraduate courses in intercultural communication, communication fundamentals, and the rhetoric of hate speech.
With over ten years of award-winning teaching experience, he has taught a wide variety of courses dealing with media, persuasion, religion, and intercultural communication. His research focuses primarily on the "dark side" of intercultural communication in the form of hate speech and antipathy, particularly online hate speech and Islamophobic rhetoric.
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