Dr. Linsay M. Cramer
Associate Professor - Communication, Media, & Culture
"Never forget that justice is what love looks like in public.” - Dr. Cornel West
Biography
Dr. Linsay M. Cramer earned her Ph.D. in 2017 from the School of Media & Communication at Bowling Green State University in Bowling Green, Ohio. Dr. Cramer grew up on a third-generation family farm in Unionville, Michigan before earning her B.A. and M.A. from Western Michigan University. Her research is centered in critical intercultural communication and racial and critical rhetorical criticism. Her research examines the discursive constructions of race, whiteness, and postracism, and their intersections with gender in mediated sport and various forms of film, TV, and popular culture. She also studies whiteness and critical pedagogy, advocating for more just instructional practices in higher education. Dr. Cramer teaches courses related to communication and sport, race, rhetoric, media, culture, persuasion, media literacy, and research methods.
Education
Ph.D. Media & Communication, Bowling Green State University (2017)
M.A., Communication Studies, Western Michigan University
B.A., Organizational Communication & Comparative Religion, Western Michigan University
Interesting Facts
Dr. Cramer lived in Slovakia and Germany for three years with her husband Steve while he played European professional basketball.
Expertise
Rhetorical criticism, critical intercultural communication, race, whiteness, sport, media, critical communication pedagogy
Recent Publications
- Cramer, L. M., & Donofrio, A. (2021). Threatening whiteness: “Angry Russell” and the rhetoricity of race. Rhetoric Society Quarterly, 51(2), 152-166, doi: 10.1080/02773945.2021.1877802
- González, A., Heumann, A., & Cramer, L. M. (2021). Draining the democracy: Donald J. Trump and anti-Immigrant rhetoric. In A. Angel, N. Gómez, and M. L. Butterworth (Eds.). Rhetorics of democracy in the Americas. University Park, PA: Penn State University Press. https://www.psupress.org/books/titles/978-0-271-08932-4.html
- Cramer, L. M. (2020). Whiteness and the postracial imaginary in Disney’s Zootopia. Howard Journal of Communications, 31(3), 264-281, doi: 10.1080/10646175.2019.1666070
- Cramer, L. M. (2019). Postracism mythology: NBA Commissioner Adam Silver’s “heroic” banishment of racism from the NBA. Communication and Sport, 7(3), 271-291. doi: doi.org/10.1177/2167479518769895
- Cramer, L. M. (2019). Cam Newton and Russell Westbrook’s symbolic resistance to whiteness in the NFL and NBA. Howard Journal of Communications. 30(1), 57 75. doi: 10.1080/10646175.2018.1439421
- González, A., & Cramer, L. M. (2018). Dialogue and intercultural communication pedagogy. In A. Atay and S. Toyosaki (Eds.),Critical intercultural communication pedagogy, pp. 117-226. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books.https://redshelf.com/app/ecom/book/834147/critical-intercultural-communication-pedagogy-834147-9781498531214
- González, A., & Cramer, L. M.(2016). Building toward inclusion: A response to forum essays. Communication Education,65(1), 125-127. doi:10.1080/03634523.2015.1110606
- Cramer, L. M. (2016). The whitening of ‘Grey’s Anatomy’. Communication Studies, 67(4), 474-487. doi: doi.org/10.1080/10510974.2016.1205640
Awards
- Cramer, L. M. (2021). Emerging Scholar Award. Award granted by the Communication and Sport Division of the National Communication Association at the 107th annual meeting of the National Communication Association, Seattle, WA.
- Cramer, L. M., & Cruz, G. (2020). Whiteness, masculinity, and amorality in Netfilix’s The Punisher. Top Faculty Paper Award in the Critical and Cultural Studies Division at the 106th annual meeting of the National Communication Association, Indianapolis, IN.
- Cramer, L. M. (2020). Making the “strange” familiar and the “familiar” strange: Decentralizing whiteness through Anthony Bourdain’s Parts Unknown. Awarded the Top Panel Award in the Intercultural Communication Interest Group. Paper accepted for presentation at the 89th annual meeting of the Central States Communication Association, Chicago, IL.
- Cramer, L. M. (2019). The role of dialogue in intercultural communication. Top Discussion Panel in the Intercultural Communication Interest Group. Discussion panel presented at the 88th annual meeting of the Central States Communication Association, Omaha, NE.
Program Affiliations
Women’s and Gender Studies; Graduate Studies
Research Interests
Rhetorical criticism, critical intercultural communication, whiteness studies, postracism, popular media, sport, critical communication pedagogy
Teaching Areas
Sports communication, research methods, pedagogy, persuasion, intercultural communication, media, race, rhetoric, media literacy.