Recent research has focused on the role of humor in communication and on enhancing communication effectiveness in the classroom. Works in cultural studies, popular culture, art and technology, feminist theory. Her current work examines cultural memory, American national identity, and visual culture. Focuses on the intersection of rhetorical theory and contemporary Continental philosophy. Recent publications have explored rhetorical theory in the works of Friedrich Nietzsche, Gilles Deleuze, Jacques Lacan, and Michel Foucault.
Current project examines the construction of time in the texts of modern and postmodern philosophy.
Focuses his research on the intersection between public policy, communication, and political economy. Special areas of interest are the effects of advanced communications technology on local politics and on the institutional structure of telecommunications regulation. Examines communications, First Amendment and regulatory law affecting broadcasting, cable television, Internet, microwave, satellites and telecommunications. Tracy Westen See archive.