Dr. Eric Shouse
Education: Ph.D. University of South Florida
M.A. San Diego State
B.A. Indiana University
Research (Areas of interest): Cultural studies, rhetoric, the role of humor in popular culture
Research Publications
Shouse, Eric (2007). "Suicide: or the Future of Medicine (A 'Satire by Entelechy' of Biotechnology)," KB Journal (Kenneth Burke Journal), Fall 2007.
Shouse, Eric & Fraley, Todd. (2007). “Vote for Pedro: Film Comedy, Youth and Electoral Politics,” in Jody C. Baumgartner and Jonathan S. Morris, eds. Laughing Matters: Humor and American Politics in the Media Age. New York: Routeledge.
“Feeling, Emotion, Affect,” M/C Journal: A Journal of Media and Culture, December 2005, available:http://journal.media-culture.org.au/0512/03-shouse.php
“Stand-up Comedy: A Theory?” [review of Stand-up Comedy in Theory, or, Abjection in America by John Limon (Durham: Duke University Press, 2000)], Cultural Studies, 16, 2002, pp. 328-329.
In addition to the above publications, Dr. Shouse has presented papers at the International Communication Association, the International Society for Humor Studies, the National Communication Association, the Southern States Communication Associaton, the Western Communication Association, and the Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction Couch/Stone Symposium.
Courses Taught: Media, Culture and Society
Business and Professional Communication
Public Speaking