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padden in 2010 washington , d.c. macarthur fellow communications university of california , san diego 1955 padden-2 cropped.jpg carol padden
 carol padden
carol padden

carol a. padden -lrb- born 1955 in washington , d.c. -rrb- is an american academic , author , and lecturer .
she is a professor in the department of communication at the university of california , san diego , where she has been teaching since 1983 .
she was named a 2010 macarthur fellow and a 1992 guggenheim fellow .
