Linsay M. Cramer, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Contact Linsay M. Cramer, Ph.D.
843-349-4151 lcramer@coastal.eduBrittain Hall 305
Fall 2020 Office Hours
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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 recently received the Top Faculty Paper Award with her co-author, Dr. Gabe Cruz, in the Critical and Cultural Studies Division of the National Communication Association (2020) for their project entitled, “Whiteness, masculinity, and amorality in Netfilix’s The Punisher.” Dr. Cramer teaches courses related to communication and sport, race, rhetoric, media, culture, persuasion, media literacy, and research methods.
Education
Ph.D. in Media & Communication, Bowling Green State University (2017)
Interesting Facts
Dr. Cramer lived in Slovakia and Germany for three years with her husband Steve while he played European professional basketball.
Expertise
Critical intercultural communication, communication and sport, whiteness, rhetoric, critical pedagogy, racial and gender inequities in the NFL and NBA.
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
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, race, rhetoric, media, media literacy.