Gordon Coonfield

Dr. Coonfield, an expert in the inter-relation of technology and visual imagery in contemporary culture, can explain how communication is either fostered or hindered by this relationship, how it is processed, and the effect it has on individual identity, and society. He can also speak to the emergence and proliferation of the issue of addiction in contemporary discourse.

Education:

• Ph.D., Rhetoric & Technical Communication, Michigan Technological University (2003)
• B.A., English, Central Washington University (1997).
• A.A.S. Yakima Valley College (1995)

Teaching Areas:

• visual communication & culture | media technology | cultural studies | philosophy of communication

Grants:

• Faculty Summer Research Grant (June, 2020)

Area of Expertise:

• Visual Communication, visual media, photojournalism and photography
• Popular Culture, Cultural Studies, Urban communication
• "New" media (they were all new once)
• Collective memory and memorializing