ÿþ<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Language" content="en-us"> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /> <title>Brett Lunceford</title> </head> <body bgcolor="#231f20" text="white" link="#FFA039" vlink="#FFA039" style="color: #FFFFFF; background-color: #000000"> <div align="center" style="width: 898; height: 694"> <p> <img border="0" src="images/header.jpg" width="927" height="127"></p> <table width="733" border="1" cellpadding="7" style="border-collapse: collapse" bordercolor="#111111" bgcolor="#666666"> <tr> <td valign="top" width="184"> <p align="left"> <a href="research.html"> <img border="0" src="images/research2.jpg" width="146" height="25"></a><br> <a href="teaching.html"> <img border="0" src="images/teachinterests.jpg" width="146" height="25"></a><br> <a href="philosophy.html"> <img border="0" src="images/philosophy2.jpg" width="176" height="25"></a><br> <a href="vita.html"> <img border="0" src="images/vita.jpg" width="146" height="25"></a><br> <a target="_blank" href="luncefordcv.pdf"> <img border="0" src="images/vitapdf.jpg" width="146" height="25"></a><br> <a href="classes.html"> <img border="0" src="images/courses.jpg" width="146" height="25"></a><br> <a href="index.html"> <img border="0" src="images/home.jpg" width="146" height="25"></a><br> <a href="mailto:brettlunceford@gmail.com?subject=your website"> <img border="0" src="images/email.jpg" width="146" height="25"></a></p> </td> <td valign="top" width="537"> <font face="Helvetica, Geneva, Arial, SunSans-Regular, sans-serif"> <div align="left"> <table cellpadding="30" style="border-collapse: collapse" cellspacing="0"> <td> <p><b><u><font size="5">Brett Lunceford: The Man, The Myth, The Legend</font> </u></b></p> <p>Welcome to my site. Here you will find information about Brett Lunceford, assistant professor of communication at the University of South Alabama. I am a rhetorical scholar focusing on new technologies, social movements, and protest. I am especially interested in the rhetorical implications of new media. Above all, I am interested in how we make sense of the world symbolically.</p> <p> For more on my research interests, see my <a href="research.html">Research Interests page</a>. Here is a brief list of areas I explore: <ul> <li>Rhetorical Theory and Criticism</li> <li>New Media and Technology</li> <li>Social Movement Rhetoric</li> <li>Media Ecology</li> <li>Rhetoric and Democratic Practice</li> <li>Theories of Orality and Literacy</li> <li>Pedagogical Practice</li> <li>Gender Performance</li> <li>Rhetoric of the Body</li> </ul> <p>Lately, I have been working on two book manuscripts, one on the use of nudity in political action and an edited volume on teaching rhetoric. I have also recently revised my dissertation on politically motivated hacking into a book manuscript.</p> <p>In other news, I just finished a year as chair of the <a target="_blank" href="http://www.hctd.net/">Human Communication and Technology Division</a> of the National Communication Association. This is the division that I consider my home at NCA, so I have enjoyed becoming more involved in the division. I really cannot think of a better group of people to work with, so this is not the end, but simply the beginning of a cycle of service in the division.</p> <p>Maybe I didn't learn my lesson from planning the program for HCTD two years ago, but I have jumped into the fray again. Only this time it was by being elected Vice-Chair of the Freedom of Speech division of the Southern States Communication Association. That means I get to plan again, but like HCTD I couldn't ask for a better group of scholars than I have in the Freedom of Speech division.</p> <p><b>Who is this guy?</b></p> <p>I was born in California and have lived up and down the West coast, most recently in the San Francisco Bay Area. My doctoral program at Penn State took me on an extended sojourn to the East coast and my current position brought me to the South. When I am not working on research or teaching, I enjoy creating experimental music. I perform noise and dark ambient music under the names <a target="_blank" href="http://www.zaftigresearch.com/stolenlight.html">Stolen Light </a>and <a target="_blank" href="http://www.zaftigresearch.com/goose.html">Goose</a>, respectively. Between the two projects I have over thirty releases and tracks on compilations from all over the world. When I am not creating my own music, I review experimental music for the webzine <a target="_blank" href="http://chaindlk.com">ChainDLK</a>. I am also an avid cook, and I have enjoyed learning how to cook Southern style cuisine. My wife likes my Jambalya over some of the best in New Orleans and I make a pretty mean shrimp and grits. Drop me a line if you want the recipe.</p> <p>Last update: December 12, 2011</p> </td> </table> </div> </font> </td> </tr> </table> </div> <p> </p> </body> </html>