Dr. JOSEPH M FAINA
Contact Information
Office Communication Studies Dept. Los Angeles Valley College [email protected]
Website: https://lavc.academia.edu/JosephFaina
Education
Ph.D. University of Texas, Austin, 2014 Major: Communication Studies (emphasis in Rhetoric, Language, New Media) Dissertation Title: “New Media is a Joke: Tracing Irony, Satire, and Remediation in Online Discourse” Dissertation Chair: Dr. Barry Brummett
M.A. Arizona State University, 2008 Major: Communication (emphasis in Rhetoric, Cultural Studies, Forensics) Thesis Title: “Rhetorical Gravitas: Political Satire, the Public Sphere, and Stephen Colbert”
B.A. California State University, Long Beach, 2006 Major: Communication Studies- Interpersonal and Organizational Communication
Teaching Experience Courses Taught Public Speaking Professional Communication Introduction to Communication Argumentation and Debate Critical Thinking Communication Theory & Research Methods Small Group Communication Communication, Media, & Society (Graduate Course) Knowledge & New Media (Graduate Course)
Courses Assisted Rhetoric and Popular Culture (with Dr. Barry Brummett) Rhetoric and Celebrity Culture (with Dr. Joshua Gunn) Rhetoric and Religion (with Dr. Joshua Gunn) Communication and Civic Participation (with Dr. Sharon Jarvis) Communication and Public Opinion (with Dr. Talia Stroud)
Los Angeles Valley College Los Angeles, CA
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Position: Associate Professor 2016-Present
Southern New Hampshire University Position: Adjunct Graduate Faculty 2015-2016 College of Online and Continuing Education
St. Edwards University Austin, TX Position: Adjunct Faculty 2014-2016
Austin Community College Austin, TX Position: Adjunct Assistant Professor 2012-2016
University of Texas, Austin Austin, TX Position: Assistant Instructor/ 2009-2014 Teaching Assistant Athletics Communication Tutor
Arizona State University Tempe, AZ Position: Graduate Teaching Assistant 2006-2009 Graduate Teaching Associate Forensics Coach
Academic Publications Faina, Joseph M. (2013). “Public Journalism is a Joke: The Case for Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert.” Journalism, 14(4), 541-555.
Faina, Joseph M. (2012). “Twitter and the New Publicity.” Educational Technology and Change, 69(1), 55-71.
Faina, Joseph M. (2011). “The Rhetoric of Style for a New Millennium: Project Runway’s Tim Gunn as Apocalyptic Prophet.” in The Politics of Style and the Style of Politics (Ed. Barry Brummett), 105-118. Book Reviews Faina, Joseph M. (2012) "Review: A Decade of Dark Humor: How Comedy, Irony, and Satire Shaped Post-9/11 America (2011)," Journal of Media Literacy Education, 4(3), 272- 274. Available at: http://digitalcommons.uri.edu/jmle/vol4/iss3/8
Competitive Conference Panels Faina, Joseph M. “Creating Connections and Curbing Apprehension: Improv in the Classroom, Part 2.” November, 2013. Panel presentation for Communication Apprehension Division, NCA convention, Washington D.C.
Faina, Joseph M. “Reducing Apprehension and Building COMMunity: Improv Comedy in the Classroom.” November, 2012. Panel presentation for Communication Apprehension Division, NCA convention, Orlando.
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Faina, Joseph M. “You Need a Few More Sources: The Forensics Community’s Rejection of Blog Media.” November, 2007. Panel presentation for the American Forensics Association Division at the NCA Convention, Chicago, IL.
Competitive Conference Papers Faina, Joseph M. “Between Two Passions: Negotiating Two Professional Identities With Creative Aspirations.” November 2016. Organizational Communication Division, National Communication Association Convention. Philadelphia, PA.
Faina, Joseph M. “Interpersonal Communication and the Post-Date Email: Illustrating Core Communication Principles in a Real World Example.” April 2016. GIFTS Presentation. Community College Division. Southern States Communication Association Convention, Austin, TX.
Birdsell, J and Faina, Joseph M. “The Student as Citizen Metaphor.” November 2014. Scholar to Scholar Presentation. Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Division. National Communication Association Convention, Chicago, IL.
Naputi, T. and Faina, Joseph M. “Unpacking the Duffel Blog: Satire and the Borderless State of American Security.” May 2014. Paper presented at Rhetoric Society of America annual conference, San Antonio, TX.
Faina, Joseph M. “Citizenship is a Joke: Jon Stewart's Rally to Restore Sanity and Ironic Civic Engagement.” November, 2013, Political Communication Division, National Communication Association Convention, Washington D.C.
Faina, Joseph M. "New Media, Political Satire, and the Elaborate Joke: The Case of Occupy Wall Street." November, 2013. Media Ecology Division, National Communication Association Convention, Washington D.C.
Faina, Joseph M. “Ironic Casuistries: Toward a Burkean Theory of Comedy.” November, 2012. Kenneth Burke Society, National Communication Association Convention, Orlando. *Top Paper
Faina, Joseph M. “New Media is a Joke: Irony, Satire, and Remediation in Twitter.” November, 2012. Media Ecology Division, National Communication Association Convention, Orlando.
Faina, Joseph M. and Christopher, Roy. “Floating Signifiers: The Haunting of Hip-Hop by the Ghosts of Emcees Passed.” November, 2010. Scholar to Scholar Presentation. Critical/ Cultural Studies Division, National Communication Association Convention, San Francisco, CA. *Award-Most Innovative Presentation, Critical/Cultural Studies Division
Faina, Joseph M. “Twitter and New Publicity.” October, 2010. International Society of General Semantics Conference, Fordham University, New York, NY.
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Faina, Joseph M. “Twitter’s New Celebrity: The Mediated Need for Recognition.” October, 2010. Roundtable presentation, FLOW Conference, Department of Radio Television and Film, University of Texas, Austin.
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Faina, Joseph M. “Mass Mediated and Contested Bodies in the Beijing Olympics.” November 2009. Mass Media Division, National Communication Association Convention, Chicago, Il.
Faina, Joseph M. “Brutal Honesty and Dirty Jokes: Understanding Identity and Community in a Stand Up Comedy Club.” June 2009. International Society for Humor Studies Conference, California State University, Long Beach.
Faina, Joseph M. “Stephen Colbert’s Wikiality.” February 2009. Media Studies Interest Group, Western States Communication Association Conference, Mesa, AZ.
Faina, Joseph M. “Reduction to Absurdity: The Colbert Report as Burlesque Humor.” February 2009. Rhetoric and Public Address Interest Group, Western States Communication Association, Mesa, AZ.
Faina, Joseph M. “Stephen Colbert’s Press Corps Video and the Continued Implosion of Meaning in the Media.” October, 2008. Roundtable presentation, FLOW Conference, Department of Radio Television and Film, University of Texas at Austin.
Faina, Joseph M. “Exploring Memory and Trauma Through Personal Narrative: How I Survived a Fatal Car Accident.” February, 2008. Performance Studies Interest Group, Western States Communication Association Conference, Denver, CO. *Top Debut Paper
Faina, Joseph M. “Remembering What We Will Never Forget: Public Memory, Postmodernity, and the Arizona 9/11 Memorial.” February, 2008. Rhetoric and Public Address Interest Group, Western States Communication Association Conference, Denver, CO.
Faina, Joseph M. “Stephen Colbert’s White House Press Corps Performance as Simulation: The Continued Implosion of Meaning in the Media.” February, 2008. Media Studies Interest Group, Western States Communication Association Conference, Denver, CO. *Top Debut Paper
Faina, Joseph M. “A Pill That Cures What?: Homosexuality, Hetracil, and the Hoax as Rhetorical Genre.” February 2008. Western Forensics Association Interest Group, Western States Communication Association Conference, Denver, CO. * Top 4 Paper
Other Publications Faina, Joe (2012, June 8). “A Gameplan on Basketball and Postmodernism.” Huffington Post. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/joe-faina/a-gameplan-on-basketball-_b_1581755.html
Faina, Joe (2012, May 7). “Owning Your Jokes: Louis C. K. and Digital Distribution.” Humor in America.http://humorinamerica.wordpress.com/2012/05/07/owning-your-jokes-louis-c-k- and-digital-distribution/
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Trethewey, Angela and Faina, Joseph M. “Senator Lieberman’s Not-So-Straight Talk on Public Diplomacy.” September, 2008. Blog Post for the Commops Journal of the Center For Strategic Communication, Arizona State University. http://comops.org/journal/2008/09/11/sen-liebermans-not-so-straight-talk-on-public- diplomacy/
Morris, Matthew B. and Faina, Joseph M. “Making Sense of Islamo-Fascism Awareness Week.” November, 2007. Blog Post for the Commops Journal of the Center For Strategic Communication, Arizona State University. http://comops.org/journal/2007/11/07/analysis-remembering-islamo-fascism-awareness- week/
Faina, Joseph M. “Educating Future Counterterrorists.” October, 2007. Blog Post for the Commops Journal of the Center For Strategic Communication, Arizona State University. http://comops.org/journal/2007/10/23/analysis-educating-future-counterterrorists/
Invited Lectures “Floating Signifiers: The Haunting of Hip-Hop by the Ghosts of Emcees Passed.” November 2015. Guest lecture presented to a course on Rhetoric and Popular Music, taught by Dr. Joshua Gunn, University of Texas, Austin.
“A Gameplan on Basketball and Postmodernism.” November 2014. Presentation given at the monthly “Nerd Nite” lecture series. Austin, TX
“On Becoming Twitter Famous.” November 2014. Guest lecture presented to a course on Rhetoric and Celebrity Culture, taught by Dr. Joshua Gunn. University of Texas, Austin.
Honors and Awards Nomination, Adjunct Professor of the Year, St. Edwards University, 2015-2016 academic year (nominated by full time faculty)
Nomination, Adjunct Professor of the Year, St. Edwards University, 2014-2015 academic year (nominated by full time faculty)
Nomination, Teaching Excellence Award, Austin Community College, 2014-2015 academic year (determined by student, faculty nominations)
Nomination, Teaching Excellence Award, Austin Community College, 2013-2014 academic year (determined by student, faculty nominations)
Top Paper, Kenneth Burke Society, National Communication Association, November 2012
Most Innovative Scholar to Scholar Presentation, National Communication Association, November 2010
Top Debut Paper, Performance Studies Interest Group of the Western States Communication Association, February 2008
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Top Debut Paper, Media Studies Interest Group of the Western States Communication Association, February 2008
Top 4 Paper, Western Forensics Association Interest Group of the Western States Communication Association, February 2008
Bovero Award, Pacific Southwest Collegiate Forensics Association, February 2006. ---Annual award honoring outstanding undergraduate achievement and success in competitive forensics, academics, and community service.
Semifinalist-After Dinner Speaking, Communication Analysis/Rhetorical Criticism AFA-NIET, NFA National Tournaments 2005, 2006
Quarterfinalist- After Dinner Speaking, Persuasive Speaking AFA-NIET, NFA National Tournaments 2004, 2006 Bronze Medal-Informative Speaking, Communication Analysis Phi Rho Pi, 2003
Eagle Scout, Boy Scouts of America, 1999
Academic/Professional Service
Department/Faculty Committees Adjunct Faculty Representative, Hiring Committee, Department of Speech. 2014-2015 Academic Year. Austin Community College.
Voting Adjunct Member, Department of Speech. 2012-2013 Academic Year. Austin Community College
Writing Chair, Communication Graduate Student Association. 2012-13 Academic Year. University of Texas, Austin
Measurements and Evaluations Committee. Professional Communication Skills Course. University of Texas, Austin 2011-2014
Professional Speechwriting/Consulting Commencement Speaker Selection Committee, Los Angeles Valley College, 2017-Present
Marcus Paulsen, Commencement Address, University of Texas-LBJ School of Public Policy, May 2015
Service to Discipline Reviewer-Communication & Sport Division, NCA, 2016-Present Reviewer-Public Address Division, NCA, 2011-Present Reviewer-Rhetorical and Communication Theory Division, NCA, 2011-Present
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Curriculum Development Developed critical thinking assessments, course development rubrics implemented in Interpersonal, Business, Introduction, and Public Speaking Communication courses, Austin Community College, 2012-2013 academic year
Developed teaching and lecture activities implemented in Professional, Interpersonal, Media, and Public Speaking Communication courses, University of Texas, Austin. 2011-2014 academic years. These activities include management of a faculty instructional resource Blackboard Page open to all department faculty.
Organized series of workshops with Fallout Theater, a local improvisational comedy theater, aimed at fostering more engaging teaching activities with graduate communication instructors. Austin. 2011-2013
Salzburg Academy on Media and Global Change. Summer 2011. Joint project with the University of Maryland and the Salzburg Global Seminar in Salzburg, Austria.
Forensics Service Individual Events Coach, Los Angeles Valley College, 2016-Present
Individual Events Coach, University of Texas, Austin, 2014-2016, Director Randy Cox.
Individual Events Coach, Arizona State University Forensics Team, 2006-2009, Director Michael Graupmann
Creative Activities Sports Contributor, The Onion, 2016
Host/Producer, Not A Fan Podcast, 2015-Present
Performer/Writer/Producer, Fallout Theater, 2012-2016
Humor Writer, The Salutatorian, 2013-2015
Performer/Writer, Encyclopedia Show Austin, 2010-2014
Humor writer, Texas Travesty (University of Texas), 2010-2013.
Contributing Writer, Huffington Post, 2012
Contributing Writer, Austin CultureMap, 2011-2012
Contributing Editor, Humor in America (University of Texas American Studies Department), 2012.
Professional Organizations
National Communication Association
Pacific Southwest Collegiate Forensics Association
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Rhetoric Society of America
References Dr. Barry Brummett Professor and Department Chair University of Texas, Austin Dept. of Communication Studies 512-471-5251 Office: CMA 7.112C [email protected]
Professor Joshua Miller Department Chair, Los Angeles Valley College, Dept. of Communication Studies Office: H 104 [email protected]
Dr. Joshua Gunn Associate Professor University of Texas, Austin Dept. of Communication Studies 512-471-3933 Office: CMA 7.138C [email protected]
Dr. Sharon Jarvis Associate Professor and Associate Director of the Annette Strauss Institute for Civic Participation University of Texas, Austin Dept. of Communication Studies 512-471-1961 Office: CMA 7. 1116A [email protected]
Professor Randy Cox Senior Lecturer, Director of Forensics University of Texas, Austin Dept. of Communication Studies 512-471-1957 Office: CMA 5.182 [email protected]