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Assistant Professor
Communication - Tenure-Track Faculty
144-A McMicken Hall
513-556-6232
eric.jenkins@uc.edu
http://homepages.uc.edu/~jenkinec/Eric_Jenkins_Media_and_Cultural_Studies_SIte/Home.html

Professional Summary

Eric Jenkins, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor in Communication at the University of Cincinnati. He studies the connection between media technology and consumerism, with a particular focus on visual media. His theoretical perspectives include cultural studies, media ecology, and critical theory. He has published articles in Critical Inquiry, Quarterly Review of Film & Video, Critical Studies in Media Communication, and Visual Communication Quarterly, as well as presenting over 30 papers at national and international conferences. He currently has a book manuscript entitled Consumer Modes: Animation, Affect, and the American Dream under review with the University of Nebraska Press. Eric teaches undergraduate and graduate classes in cultural studies, popular culture, digital media, visual rhetoric, postmodern media theory, and communication technology.

Education

Ph.D., University of Georgia, Athens, GA, 2009 (Speech Communication).

M.A., University of Texas, Austin, TX, 2000 (Speech Communication).

B.A., University of Missouri-Kansas City, Kansas City, MO, 1997 (Political Science).

Positions & Work Experience

08/01/2002-06/01/2005, RTA Lecturer, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA.

08/01/2005-06/01/2009, Graduate Teaching Assistant, University of Georgia, Athens, GA.

08/01/2009-06/01/2010, Assistant Professor of Communication, Angelo State University, San Angelo, TX.

09/01/2010 to Present, Assistant Professor of Communication, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH.

Research Interests

Eric studies the connection between media technology and consumerism, with a particular focus on visual media. His theoretical perspectives include cultural studies, media ecology, and critical theory. He has published articles in Critical Inquiry, Quarterly Review of Film & Video, Critical Studies in Media Communication, and Visual Communication Quarterly, as well as presenting over 30 papers at national and international conferences. He currently has a book manuscript entitled Consumer Modes: Animation, Affect, and the American Dream under review with the University of Nebraska Press. Eric teaches undergraduate and graduate classes in cultural studies, popular culture, digital media, visual rhetoric, postmodern media theory, and communication technology.

Peer Reviewed Publications

Eric S. Jenkins (2008). My iPod, My iCon: How and Why Images Become Icons. Critical Studies in Media Communication, 25(5), 466-489.

Eric S. Jenkins (2007). Seeing Katrina: Perspectives of Judgment in a Cultural/Natural Disaster. Visual Communication Quarterly, 14(Spring), 90.

"Another Punctum: Animation, Affect, and Ideology." Critical Inquiry. V. 39, 3. Spring 2013. P. 575-591

"Death by PowerPoint? A Media Ecology Examination of the Debates Over Slideware." Explorations in Media Ecology. Vol. 10, 3-4. July 2010. p. 225-246

"Bindings and Becomings: Korzbyski, Deleuze, and Ecological Thinking." Written with Peter Zhang. et Cetera, V. 69, 4, October 2012. P. 459-473

Under Review Publications

Consumer Modes: Animation, Affect, and the American Dream is under review with the  University ofNebraska Press.

"Supplementing the Dialectical Theory of Visual Rhetoric: Internet Memes, Modes, and Circulation." Quarterly Journal of Speech.

"The Affections of the American Pickers: Commodity Fetishism, Made for T.V." Submitted to Communication and Critical/Cultural Studies

The Message is the Mode: Modes in Digital Media and Media Theory. Submitted to Explorations in Media Ecology.

"Updating Narcissus, the ur-Myth of Media, for the Digital Age." Submitted to Games and Culture.

Book Chapters

"Argumentation." In Persuasion in Your Life. Shawn T. Wahl (ed). Boston, MA: Pearson, 2012.

"Persuasive Presentation." In Persuasion in Your Life. Shawn T. Wahl, ed. Boston, MA: Pearson, 2012.

"Smooth Space." In Demystifying Deleuze: An Introductory Assemblage of Crucial Concepts. Mickey Valle, ed. Ottawa, ON: Red Quill Books. Expected Publication Date 2012.

"Striated Space." In Demystifying Deleuze: An Introductory Assemblage of Crucial Concepts. Mickey Valle, ed. Ottawa, ON: Red Quill Books. Expected Publication Date 2012.

"The War Machine." In Demystifying Deleuze: An Introductory Assemblage of Crucial Concepts. Mickey Valle, ed. Ottawa, ON: Red Quill Books. Expected Publication Date 2012.

"Of Memes, Modes, Minor Audiences, and Formal Cause." in McLuhan and Formal Cause: A Collection of Comments. Eds: Robert Logan, Corey Anton and Lance Strate.

In Press

"Seeing Life in Disney's Mutual-Affection Images." Quarterly Review of Film and Video. Vol. 30, 3. May 2013. Forthcoming.

"Rhetoric and this Crazy Little 'Thing' Called Love." Written with Josue Cisneros. Review of Communication. Accepted and Pending Publication

Invited Presentations

Eric S. Jenkins (04/20/2012). Mediated Minds: The Undergraduate Experience. TUC, University of Cincinnati.

Eric Jenkins (03/18/2013). Homo Modus: Digital Media, Mode Switching, and the Ethics of Conversation. James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA.

Eric Jenkins (06/28/2012). Interview with Figure/Ground. N/A, N/A.

Colloquia

Eric S. Jenkins (01/20/2012). The Modes of Visual Rhetoric. McMicken Hall.

Lectures

Eric Jenkins (11/23/2010). Digital Media and Media Ecology. Guest Lecturer for Tayo Banjo's Class, 620 Swift Hall.

Paper Presentations

Eric Jenkins. Of Mice and Mimesis: Disney and the Commodity Fetish. 9th Annual International Conference on Communication and Mass Media, Athens Institute for Educational Research, Athens, Greece. 05/17/2011.

Eric Jenkins. Disney Live-Action Movies as Cheesy Cliches of Consumerism. Pop Praxis Conference, Cincinnati, OH. 04/08/2011.

Eric Jenkins. Animation's Other Punctum. The Twelfth Annual Convention of the Media Ecology Association, Alberta. Edmonton, Canada. 06/24/2011.

Eric S. Jenkins. “The Message is the Mode: Modes in Digital Media and Media Theory.” . The 13th Annual Media Ecology Association Convention., Riverdale, NY. 06/08/2012.

Eric S. Jenkins. Updating Narcissus, the ur-Myth of Media, for the Digital Age. The 13th Annual Media Ecology Association Convention., Riverdale, NY. 06/08/2012.

Eric S. Jenkins and J. David Cisneros. Love and Rhetoric: A Dear Josh Letter. Rhetoric Society of America Biannual Convention, Philadelphia, PA. 05/26/2012.

Eric S. Jenkins. Life and Death of the American Pickers: Commodity Fetishism, Made for T.V.. National Communication Association Annual Conference, New Orleans, LA. 11/19/2012.

Eric Jenkins, Peter Zhang. "Deleuze the Media Ecologist? Extensions of and Advances on McLuhan". Media Ecology Association Annual Convention, Grand Rapids, MI. 06/20/2013.

Eric Jenkins. Of Extensions and Folds. Media Ecology Association Annual Convention, Grand Rapids, MI. 06/20/2013.

Events Organized

Conference. Mediated Minds: Undergraduate Student Research Conference (04/20/2012 to 04/20/2012), University of Cincinnati.

Honors & Awards

The 2011 MEA Convention Top Paper Award, Media Ecology Association, 06/23/2011 to 06/26/2011.

Top 3 Papers in the Critical-Cultural Studies Division, National Communication Association, 11-2012 to 11-2012.

The Top Paper Award for the 2012 Media Ecology Association Convention, Media Ecology Association, 06/07/2012 to 06/09/2012.

Service

Committee Member, Department of Communication Graduate Admissions Committee, 10/01/2010 to 08/31/2011.

Reviewer, Media Ecology Association 10/01/2010 to 01/01/2011.

Reviewer, Management Communication Quarterly 02/01/2011 to 03/01/2011.

Reviewer, American Behavioral Scientist 02/01/2011 to 03/01/2011.

Member, Media Communication Committee, 09/01/2010 to 01/01/2011.

Member, Critical Visions Certificate Critical Visions Certificate Committee, 10/01/2010 to 02/01/2011.

Other, Graduate Recruitment Weekend, 03/05/2011 to 03/05/2011.

Other, McMicken Monthly 11/17/2010 to 11/17/2010.

Other, 02/01/2011 to 03/01/2011.

Member, Core Semester Conversion for COMM 371, 04/01/2011 to 06/01/2011.

Committee Member, Graduate Program Admissions Committee, 09-2011 to 04-2012.

Director, Department of Communication Colloquium and Brown Bag Series, 09-2011 to 06-2012.

Faculty Sponsor, Orange Band 09/01/2012 to 05/01/2013.

Member, Graduate Program Admissions Committee, 09/01/2012 to 05/01/2013.

Member, Research Group, .

Reviewer, Rhetoric Society Quarterly .

Reviewer, Western Journal of Communication .

Director, Colloquium and Brown Bag Series, 09/01/2012 to 05/01/2013.

Member, Pilot Program for Teaching/ Research Portfolios, .

Other Experience and Professional Memberships

09/01/2005-to Present, Member National Communication Association.

04/01/2011-to Present, Member Media Ecology Association.

10/01/2012 Society for Cinema and Media Studies.

Courses Taught

15-COMM-437 TOPICS IN COMMUNIC Digital Media.

15-COMM-228 COMM & POPULAR CULT .

15-COMM-429 COMM & TECHNOLOGY .

15-COMM-228 COMM & POPULAR CULT .

COMM 429, Communication Technology.

COMM 228, Communication and Popular Culture.

COMM 639, Communication Technology.

COMM 429, Communication Technology.

15-COMM-429 COMM & TECHNOLOGY .

COMM 8080, Visual Culture and Visual Rhetoric.

15-COMM-228 COMM & POPULAR CULT .

COMM 3030 Honors, Communicating Images: Rhetoric, Design, and Culture.