Tasha Dubriwny , Assistant Professor (Ph.D., University of Georgia)

Email: tdubriwny@tamu.edu
Office phone: (979) 845-5177

Office: 202A Bolton, 4234 TAMU
Department of Communication
Texas A&M University
College Station, TX  77843-4234

Dr. Dubriwny holds a joint appointment with Communication and Women’s Studies. Her research focuses on how feminist discourse shapes (or is shaped by) contemporary political and/or medical issues. She is currently working on a book project tentatively titled Representations of Women’s Health in a Postfeminist Era. Her work has been published in The Quarterly Journal of Speech, Women’s Studies in Communication, and Health Communication.

Tasha Dubriwny Vita
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Ph.D., University of Georgia , Department of Speech Communication, 2005
Advisor: Celeste M. Condit. Committee Members: Bonnie J. Dow, Kevin M. DeLuca, Thomas Lessl, Jeffrey Springston.
Dissertation: Postpartum disorders and the psychiatric subject.  

M.A., University of Cincinnati, Center for Women's Studies, 2001  

B.A., University of Oklahoma, Women's Studies Program, 1999

Assistant Professor, Department of Communication & Women's Studies Program, Texas A&M University (2007-present)

Assistant Professor, Department of Communication, University of South Florida (2005-2007)

University of South Florida , CAS New Researcher Grant, 2006, $9,611

University of South Florida , CAS Faculty Research and Development Grant, 2005, $1000

Lynch, J. & Dubriwny, T. (2006). Drugs and double binds: Racial identity and pharmacogenomics in a system of binary race logic . Health Communication, 19 (1), 61-73.

Dubriwny, T. (2005). Consciousness-raising as collective rhetoric: The Redstockings' abortion speak-out of 1969. Quarterly Journal of Speech, 91 (4), 395-422.

Dubriwny, T. (2004). First ladies and feminism: Laura Bush as advocate for women's and children's rights. Women's Studies in Communication , 28 (1), 84-114.

Dubriwny, T., Bates, B., & Bevan, L. (2004). Lay understandings of race: Social and genetic definitions. Community Genetics, 7, 185-195.

Condit, C.M., Dubriwny, T. , Lynch, J., & Parrot, R. (2004). Lay people's understanding of and preference against the word “mutation.” American Journal of Medical Genetics, 130A, 245-250.  

Condit, C.M., Parrott, R., Harris, T., Lynch, J., & Dubriwny, T. (2004). The role of "genetics" in popular understandings of race. Public Understanding of Science, 13, 249-272.

Bevan, J., Lynch, J., Dubriwny, T ., Harris, T., Achter, P., Reeder, A., & Condit, C. M. (2003). Informed lay preferences for delivery of racially varied pharmacogenomics. Genetics in Medicine, 5 (5), 393-399.

Condit, C.M., Condit, D., Dubriwny, T. , Sefcovic, E., Acosta-Alzura, C., Brown-Givens, S., Dietz, C., & Parrott, R. (2003). Lay understandings of sex/gender and genetics: A methodology preserving polyvocal coder input. Sex Roles . 49(1), 557-570.

Dubriwny, T. (2003). Review of Postfeminist News: Political Women in Media Culture. Women's Studies in Communication. 26(2), 296.

Dubriwny, T. (2006, November). Blurring the public/private divide: Betty Ford's advocacy of breast cancer awareness. National Communication Association Convention, Political Communication Division.

Dubriwny, T. (2006, November). Psychiatric articulations of women during the postpartum period. National Communication Association Convention, Feminist and Women's Studies Division.

Dubriwny, T. (2006, May). Envisioning postpartum disorders: Visual rhetoric and the articulation of mother. Rhetoric Society of America Biennial Conference.

Dubriwny, T. (2005, November). Where is the mother in genetic engineering discourse?: Implications for subjectivity, science, and capitalism. National Communication Association Convention, American Association for the Rhetoric of Science and Technology.

Dubriwny, T. & Bates, B. (2005, November). Theorizing radical democracy through the negative: Two lessons from Lenina Huxley. National Communication Association Convention, Association for Psychoanalysis.

Dubriwny, T. (2004, November). Framing menopause: News coverage of the HRT controversy. National Communication Association Convention, Health Communication Division.

Lynch, J. and Dubriwny, T. (2004, November). Homoambivalence: Conspicuous consumption, class and sexuality in Queer Eye for the Straight Guy . National Communication Association Convention, Gay/Lesbian/Bisexual/Transgender Communication Studies Division.

Dubriwny, T. (2004, November). Researching the women's health movement: Women's clinics and abortion rights. National Communication Association Convention, Feminist and Women's Studies Division.

Dubriwny, T. (2004, July). Consciousness raising and perspective by incongruity: The Redstockings' abortion speak-out of 1969. Doctoral Honors Seminar.

Dubriwny, T. (2003, November). Consciousness raising and perspective by incongruity: The Redstockings' abortion speak-out of 1969. National Communication Association Convention, Feminist and Women's Studies Division.

Bevan, J., Lynch, J., Dubriwny, T., et al. (2003, April). Informed lay preferences for delivery of racially varied pharmacogenomics. Eastern States Communication Association Convention, Health Communication Division. (Top Graduate Student Paper)

Dubriwny, T. (2002, November). Alternative or conventional medicine: An analysis of demarcation rhetoric. National Communication Association Convention, Student Division.

Condit, C.M., Condit, D., Dubriwny, T., et al. (2002, November). Lay understandings of sex/gender and genetics: A methodology preserving polyvocal coder input. National Communication Association Convention, Poster Session.

Dubriwny, T. (1999, April). Neurobiological foundations of addictive behavior and preventive strategies. University of Oklahoma Undergraduate Research Day.

Respondent to “Public Arguments about Public Health,” AARST, NCA, 2005

Respondent to “Top Gender Papers” Student Division, NCA, 2005

Top Three Paper, Organization for Research on Women and Communication, Western States Communication Association Convention, 2005.

Competitive paper accepted for Doctoral Honors Seminar, 2004.

Top Graduate Student Paper, Health Communication Division, Eastern States Communication Association Convention, 2003.

Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Funding, University of Oklahoma , 1999.

Gender and Communication

Rhetoric of Health

Rhetorical Theory

Rhetorical Criticism

Persuasion in the Media Age

Health Communication (Undergraduate and Graduate)

Introduction to Public Speaking

Introduction to Women's Studies

Invited Lecture: Effective Doctor/Patient Communication. University of South Florida Medical School , Physical Diagnosis I, October 2006.

Invited Lecture: Effective Doctor/Patient Communication in a Geriatric Setting. University of South Florida continuing education conference, “Geriatric Healthcare: Standards of Excellence,” June 2006.

Invited Colloquium: Visualizing Postpartum Disorders. Department of Communication, University of South Florida , March 2006.

Invited Lecture on Abortion Rhetoric, February Sisters Association, University of Kansas , February 2005.

Invited Colloquium: Postpartum Disorders and the Psychiatric Subject. Department of Speech Communication, University of Georgia , November 2004.

Invited Lecture on Gender and Communication, FRES 1020 (Freshman Seminar), University of Georgia , 2004.

Disciplinary Service:

Editorial Board (2005-2007), Quarterly Journal of Speech

Editorial Board (2003-present), Kaleidoscope: A Graduate Journal of Qualitative Communication Research

Guest Reviewer (2006), Communication and Critical/Cultural Studies

Guest Reviewer (2002-2004), Critical Studies in Media Communication

Student Representative (2002-2003), Feminist and Women's Studies Division, NCA

University Service:

Member, College of Arts and Sciences Advisory Committee, University of South Florida (2006-2007)

Member, Executive Committee, Department of Communication, University of South Florida (2006-2007)

Member, Research Committee, Department of Communication, University of South Florida (2006-2007)

Member, SPR Committee, Department of Communication, University of South Florida (2005-2006)

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