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Victoria A. Newsom
Victoria A. Newsom, Ph.D., is a professor of communication studies and affiliate faculty in social justice and diversity at Olympic College in Bremerton, Washington. Her research centres on the negotiation of power, gender and identity in performative and communication contexts, as well as international media analysis and activism, peace studies, transnational policies, and Islamophobia studies. She has published articles in, among others, International Journal of Communication, Global Media Journal, Studies in Symbolic Interaction, Communication Studies, Communication Yearbook, Journal of International Women’s Studies, Feminist Media Studies, French Journal for Media Research and Women & Language. Her books include Contained Empowerment and the Liminal Nature of Feminisms and Activisms (Lexington, 2022) and Embodied Activisms: Performative Expressions of Political and Social Action (Lexington, 2022). She is guest associate co-editor of the Frontiers in Political Communication and Society Special Issue, ‘Strategic Narratives in Political and Crisis Communication: Responses to COVID-19’.
Contact: Communication Studies, Olympic College, 1600 Chester Avenue, Bremerton, WA 98337-1699, USA.