Communication Studies
College of Humanities & Social Sciences
Education Theory and Critical Education, Activism Pedagogy
Books:
Frey, L. R., & Palmer, D. L. (Eds.). (2014). Teaching communication activism: Communication education for social justice. New York, NY: Hampton Press. *Awarded the 2015 Edited Book of the Year Award by the Applied Division of the National Communication Association.
Recent Scholarship:
Palmer, D. (2021). Student activist mentor letters as a form of social movement-building in communication activism pedagogy (pp 133-162). In K. Blinne (Ed.) Grading justice: Teacher-activist approaches to assessment. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books.
Palmer, D., Artz, L., McConnell, K., & Russel, V. (2018, November). Current Dilemmas in Communication Activism Pedagogy. Presented at the National Communication Association Convention; Salt Lake City, Utah.
Palmer, D. L. (2017). Exploring how communication is central to social activism. In C. K. Rudick, K. B. Golsan, & K. Cheesewright (Eds.), Teaching from the Heart: Critical Communication Pedagogy in the Communication Classroom (pp.125-131). San Diego, CA: Cognella.
Frey, L. R. & Palmer, D. L. (2017). Communication activism pedagogy and research: communication education scholarship to promote social justice. Communication Education 66, 3, 362-367.
Frey, L. R. & Palmer, D. L. (2017). Turning communication activism pedagogy teaching into communication activism pedagogy research. Communication Education 66, 3, 380-382.
Palmer. D. L. (2016). Advocacy and the perils of group membership. In A. Kurylo (Ed.), Negotiating Group Identity in the Research Process: Are You In or Are You Out? (pp. 169-186). Lanham, MD: Lexington Books.
Palmer, D. L., Del Gandio, J., and Huffman, T. (2016, November). National Communication Association Preconference Workshop: Teaching Communication Activism for Social Justice. Philadelphia, PA.
Palmer, D. L., & Frey, L. R. (2015). Fostering civic resilience and hope through communication activism education. In G. Beck & T. Socha (Eds.), Communicating Hope and Resilience Across the Lifespan (pp. 235-257). New York, NY: Peter Lang Publishers.
Palmer, D. L. (2014). Communication education as vocational training and the marginalization of activist pedagogies. In L. R. Frey & D. L. Palmer (Eds.), Teaching communication activism: Communication education for social justice (pp. 45–76). New York, NY: Hampton Press.
Frey, L. R., & Palmer, D. L. (2014). Introduction: Teaching communication activism. In L. R. Frey & D. L. Palmer (Eds.), Teaching communication activism: Communication education for social justice (pp. 1–42). New York, NY: Hampton Press.