Jessica Hughes Profile

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Dr. Jessica M. F. Hughes is an associate professor of digital communication and cultural studies at Millersville University in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA.

Jessica HughesJess researches at the intersection of critical discourse and disability studies. Her scholarship focuses on discourse around disability, neurodiversity, & social justice. Her most recent work analyzes digital activism in disability rights and justice movements. She is also working on open educational resources on inclusive pedagogy and communication studies. She has recently co-edited the anthology Disability in Dialogue for John Benjamins’ Dialogue Series (with Mariaelena Bartesaghi).

Jess was born in Florida, grew up outside Pittsburgh, and studied at the University of Colorado Boulder; Lancaster University; Boston University; and the Technische Universitaet Dresden.

Selected publications:

Hughes, J. M. F. (2023). Death and traumatic affect on Twitter. In J. M. F. Hughes & M. Bartesaghi (Eds.), Disability in dialogue. John Benjamins.

Pfannenstiel, A. N., Baldys, E., Hughes, J. M. F., Licata, A. M., & Rice, K. (Eds). (2023). Inclusive teaching practices. OER Commons.

Hughes, J. M. F. (2022). Anti-racism [lesson module]. OER Commons.

Hughes, J. M. F. (2018). Progressing positive discourse analysis and/in critical discourse studies: Reconstructing resistance through progressive discourse analysis. Review of Communication, 18(3), 193-211. DOI: 10.1080/15358593.2018.1479880

Hughes, J. M. F. & Tracy, K. (2015). Indexicality. In K. Tracy, C. Ilie, & T. Sandel (Eds.), International encyclopedia of language and social interaction. Boston: John Wiley & Sons. DOI: 10.1002/9781118611463/wbielsi078

Work for CID:

Jessica Hughesis the co-author of a guest post on Disability as Intercultural Dialogue.

U East Anglia: Communication Studies (UK)

“JobLecturer in Communication Studies, School of Politics, Philosophy, Language and Communication Studies, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK. Deadline: 18 September 2023.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Lecturer to join the School of Politics, Philosophy, Language and Communication Studies to deliver lectures and seminars and carry out teaching-related duties. The Department of Language and Communication Studies submits to Area Studies for the REF, were top 5 in the unit of assessment in REF 2021 and have achieved strong NSS scores.

Teaching is a key part of this role and as such you will be expected to plan, teach and assess undergraduate and postgraduate programmes, taking responsibility for the delivery and assessment of specific modules. This will include organising modules and developing teaching and learning materials. You will also take responsibility for some of the degree programmes within the school, regularly interview prospective students and promote enterprise and engagement at UEA.

They are looking for a scholar with a PhD (or equivalent) in area connected with communication studies and/or linguistics, relevant teaching experience, and a passion for student experience. They are particularly looking for specialism(s) in Intercultural Communication and Linguistics (specifically pragmatics).

This full-time post is available on a fixed-term basis to cover maternity leave. The post is available from 2 January 2024 until 31 July 2024.

NTU: Inquiry & Communication in an Interdisciplinary World (Singapore)

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Lecturer for “Inquiry and Communication in an Interdisciplinary World”, Language and Communication Center, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. Deadline: 16 September 2023.

The School of Humanities seeks to fill 1 Lecturer position in the Language and Communication Centre. Instructors are sought for a course titled “Inquiry and Communication in an Interdisciplinary World,” one of the core courses in its new Interdisciplinary Collaborative Curriculum (ICC) for all NTU undergraduates. This foundational course will develop students’ written and oral communication skills, as well as their ability to read and analyse texts.
Successful candidates will be expected to teach academic writing and communication skills, and to conduct research.

Candidates with the following qualifications are encouraged to apply:

  • PhD in Applied Linguistics, English for Academic Purposes, Linguistics, Literature, or Rhetoric and Composition
  • Experience in teaching academic and/or discipline-specific writing
  • Interest in new media and digital literacy
  • An active research agenda

Central European U IAS Fellowships 2024-5 (Hungary)

Fellowships

Junior and Senior core Fellowships, Institute for Advanced Studies, Central European University, Budapest, Hungary. Deadline: 21 September 2023.

The Institute for Advanced Study at CEU (IAS CEU) is pleased to invite applications for its Core Junior and Senior Fellowship programs for the academic year 2024/25. Fellowships are available in all research areas of the social sciences and humanities, broadly defined. Fellowships run for the full 9- month period (October-June), for the 3-month short fall semester (October- December), the 5-month fall semester (October-February) or the 6-month spring semester (January-June).

Each year, IAS CEU selects some twenty fellows for its fellowship programs. Fellows are chosen through a rigorous selection process, which includes stages of pre-selection and peer reviews as well as a final decision made by an independent, interdisciplinary, and international Selection Committee. The Institute is committed to the pursuit of cutting-edge interdisciplinary scholarship and will seek innovative research proposals. Young scholars with demonstrable promise of excellence will be considered; established senior scholars are expected to have solid records of first-rate scholarship. All disciplines within this remit are welcome. A primary criterion for selection is the expectation that each fellow’s stay at the Institute will yield original and significant research results.

CFP ICA 2024: Communication & Global Human Rights (Australia)

ConferencesCall for proposals: Theme call for papers: Communication and Global Human Rights, International Communication Association, 22-24 June 2024, Gold Coast, Australia. Deadline: 1 November 2023.

The purpose of this year’s theme, Communication and global human rights is threefold: to take stock of the contributions of communication scholarship to the study of human rights; to foreground current research and practice; and to  outline promising directions for communication studies.

Human rights is a global priority. It is a political and moral language, grounded on the notion that all human beings share universal attributes and deserve recognition and support. It is a normative horizon for making our world more humane and just. It is central to the cosmopolitan imaginary that posits the existence of a moral and political order above nation-states. It is woven into fundamental questions of our times, such as overlapping crises (e.g., climate/environment, health, migration, food insecurity), entrenched global inequalities, armed conflicts, threats to public safety, and social exclusion and hate.

Communication is central to contemporary global human rights in many ways. It is manifest in public debates spurred by the mobilization of “rights” movements as well as political/cultural backlash; efforts to raise public awareness about the significance of rights, especially given continuous violations of human rights and the tragic failure of inter-government institutions, states, and other actors to enforce rights; the evidentiary claims of human rights reporting, based on both standardized and contested communication practices; the use and critique of human rights as a discourse; conflicts over the balance between speech rights with other rights such as privacy and safety; debates over whether human rights is a universalist project embedded in Western principles and globalist projects, or an inspiring political, moral and legal framework sensitive to difference, inclusivity, localization, and reappropriation.

As a research topic, human rights cuts across the vast landscape of communication studies. Several areas of specialization explore theoretical and empirical questions situated at the intersection of communication and human rights: linguistic, historical, legal, epistemological, and political dimensions; rights movements and counter-movements; narrative about rights violation and repair; large-scale persuasion and information campaigns; institutionalization and enforcement of rights in communication and media policies. Altogether, these lines of inquiry lay out wide-ranging research agendas, as well as theoretical and empirical questions and arguments, with significant implications for scholarship, education, and public engagement.

CFP Dialogue and Medicine

“PublicationCFP Dialogue and Medicine. Deadline for abstracts: 15 October 2023.

Book Editor: Mariaelena Bartesaghi, University of South Florida, USA.

The notion of dialogue in medicine is institutionalized as an ideal, effective, and skillful interaction between provider and patient. Dialogue is in vogue in health professions education (e.g., medical humanities, narrative medicine, communication skills training, etc.) and incorporated into medical licensing, as well. The institutionalization of dialogue in medicine reflects commitments to industrialization and capitalism with the construction of the need for medical services being entangled with social and financial gain. This anthology is born out of empirical work in clinical settings, personal illness experiences, and the pursuit of a livable philosophy of dialogue.

Is dialogue a state to be achieved or a goal to be obtained? Can dialogue be planned for? Are there certain positionalities one might foster to encourage an organic unfolding of dialogue? Or must dialogue be entirely spontaneous? What does it mean to know it is happening?

As the editor sees it, dialogue in everyday communicative practice extends beyond oral exchanges to encompass multimodal and multigeneric practices. The medicalization of society extends dialogue to contexts beyond the conventional clinic, including technology, therapy, education, and more. We hope to include work that examines medical encounters, discourses of medicalization, philosophical inquiries of dialogue, and medicine more broadly conceived, including allopathic and alternative medicine, veterinary medicine, mental health counseling, speech language pathology, etc.

Asked whether the volume is open to those examining specifically intercultural dialogue and medicine, the editor’s response was: “Of course intercultural dialogue is dialogue!”

Howard U: Rangel Fellowships in Foreign Service for 2024 (USA)

FellowshipsGraduate Fellowships in Foreign Service, Charles B. Rangel International Affairs Program, U.S. Department of State, Washington, D.C., USA. Deadline: 28 September, 2023.

The Rangel Graduate Fellowship is a program that aims to attract and prepare outstanding young people for careers in the Foreign Service of the U.S. Department of State in which they can help formulate, represent, and implement U.S. foreign policy. The Rangel Program selects outstanding Rangel Fellows annually in a highly competitive nationwide process and supports them through two years of graduate study, internships, mentoring, and professional development activities. This program encourages the application of members of minority groups historically underrepresented in the Foreign Service, women, and those with financial need. Fellows who successfully complete the program and Foreign Service entry requirements will receive appointments as Foreign Service Officers, in accordance with applicable law and State Department policy, one of the most exciting and rewarding careers available.

Dollar Street: Starting Intercultural Dialogues by Sharing Images

Intercultural Pedagogy

Dollar Street is a carefully organized set of photographs and videos turned into a game and tool created by Anna Rosling Rönnlund of Gapminder. It can serve as one way to start intercultural dialogues, whether you have a diverse, international group of students, or a more homogeneous set.

“People in other cultures are often portrayed as scary or exotic.” Anna explains: “This has to change. We want to show how people really live. It seemed natural to use photos as data so people can see for themselves what life looks like on different income levels. Dollar Street lets you visit many, many homes all over the world. Without travelling.”

Dollar Street is a Gapminder project – free for anyone to use. Today the database features 457 families in 66 countries, with 43,969 photos and 8,065 videos and counting!

King’s College London: Global Mobility Officer (UK)

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Global Mobility Officer, King’s College London, London, UK. Deadline: 3 September 2023.

King’s College is seeking to recruit a proactive and flexible team-player with excellent administration skills and an intercultural sensibility to support our international partnerships worldwide and the student opportunities enabled through them. The role-holder will work with various professional services teams to provide guidance, support and direction to staff at King’s and with partners negotiating, managing and implementing mobility partnership agreements.

The role combines programme administration, day to day student support and international relationship liaison as well as some contractual negotiation and writing. Although there are no direct line-report responsibilities, the role-holder is responsible for delegating relevant tasks to Global Mobility Peer Advisors. These are a small group of students returning from abroad who work with our team to support other students.

This is an exciting opportunity for candidates looking to apply skills and knowledge of student travel and university-to-university partnerships, and who wish to utilise their skills and expertise in support of the international student experience. They encourage applications from candidates who have experience from both within and outside of the Higher Education sector where they can demonstrate the skills needed to succeed in this role.

NCA: Chief Diversity Officer (USA)

“JobChief Diversity Officer, National Communication Association, Washington, DC, USA. Deadline: open until filled; posted 9 August 2023.

The Chief Diversity Officer (CDO) leads and implements a transformational agenda that infuses – throughout the National Communication Association (NCA) and in all of its work – a focus on and commitment to inclusion, diversity, equity, and accessibility (IDEA) to promote NCA’s mission to advance communication scholarship, teaching, and practice to foster a better world.

While IDEA is the priority and responsibility of the entire Association, the CDO will play a leading role in interpreting, communicating, and promulgating NCA’s IDEA Framework, which guides and supports the ongoing development, implementation, and evaluation of IDEA-related goals. The CDO will steer the development, execution, and assessment of these goals related to three broad areas – (1) the Association itself, (2) the field of communication, and (3) the benefits of communication for society – and ensure that these goals are woven into the fabric the organization. The CDO’s scope of work will also be informed by the IDEA strategic plan and goals and the NCA’s strategic priorities. This position will report directly to the Executive Director, serve as a member of the Senior Team, and work closely with NCA’s Executive Committee and governance groups.