Jason Black
Jason Black
- B.A. in Political Communication, Florida State University, 1998
- MA in Communication, Wake Forest University, 2002
- Ph.D. in Communication & Rhetoric, University of Maryland, 2006
Dr. Jason Black’s research program is located at the juncture of rhetorical studies and social change, with an emphasis on Indigenous resistance, LGBTQIA2S+ community discourses, and critical music. His work in these areas has appeared in the Quarterly Journal of Speech; Rhetoric & Public Affairs; Argumentation & Advocacy; Southern Communication Journal; American Indian Quarterly; American Indian Culture and Research Journal; Canadian Journal of Native Studies; Cultural Studies<=>Critical Methodologies; Western Journal of Communication; Communication Quarterly; Enculturation; Advances in the History of Rhetoric; Kenneth Burke Journal; International Journal of Media and Cultural Politics; Canadian Journal of Native Studies; and numerous book chapters.
Dr. Black is co-editor, along with Kathleen J. Turner, of “Reframing Rhetorical History: Cases, Theories, and Methodologies” (Univ. of Alabama Press, 2022); co-author, along with Andrew C. Billings, of “Mascot Nation: The Controversy over Native American Representations in Sports” (Univ. of Illinois Press, 2018); co-editor, along with Casey Ryan Kelly, of “Decolonizing Public Address: Indigenous Rhetoric and the Struggle for Self-Determination” (Peter Lang, 2018); author of “American Indians and the Rhetoric of Removal & Allotment” (Univ. Press of Mississippi, 2015); co-editor, with Charles E. Morris, III, of “An Archive of Hope: Harvey Milk’s Speeches and Writings” (Univ. of California Press, 2013); and co-editor, with Greg Goodale, of “Arguments about Animal Ethics” (Lexington Books, 2010). Black and Morris are working on a second book related to the multi-part Harvey Milk project “An Archive of Hope” titled “Milk Delivery.” A book contract has been secured with Ohio State Univ. Press. Read more about Dr. Black.