Kristan Poirot

Assistant Professor

Office: 421 Humanities Office Building
(803) 777-2518
poirot@mailbox.sc.edu

Education

Ph.D., University of Georgia, 2004

Specialization Areas

• Contemporary Rhetorical Theory
• Rhetorical Criticism
• Rhetoric of Gender & Sexuality

Recent Courses

See Course Descriptions for detailed information.

• SCCC 158: Rhetoric
• SPCH 441: Speech Criticism
• WOST 430: Sexual Subjects
• SPCH 546: Alternative Voices (First & Second Wave Feminism)
• SPCH 790/WOST 796: Post-Feminist Rhetorics
• SPCH 741: Rhetorical Criticism

Current Research Project(s)

Currently, I am working on a book-length project concerned with the disciplinary and pragmatic consequences of identity politics in feminism's second wave. My goal in this project is to show the "stakes" of a poststructural critique of feminism for not only theories of gender, but also movement practice.

In addition to the book project, I am also working on a journal-length manuscript which offers various readings of Sojourner Truth's "A---'t I a Woman." I use these readings to facilitate a broader discussion concerning authenticity and the relationship(s) between experience, rhetoric, and ethics.

Publications

“(Re)Domesticating the Liberated Woman.” Under review at Communication and Critical/Cultural Studies.

“Mediating a Movement, Authorizing Discourse.” (2004) Women’s Studies in Communication.

“Evaluating Direct-to-Consumer Marketing of Race-Based Pharmacogenomics” (2004) Journal of Health Communication.