Kelsi Matwick

Title
WW Adjunct Faculty
Email
Department
Department of Humanities & Communication
College
College of Arts & Sciences

Areas of Expertise

Linguistics, Media Discourse, Sociolinguistics, Cultural Studies

Dr. Kelsi Matwick is an adjunct faculty member in the Department of Humanities and Communication, teaching professional communication and technical writing. She holds a Ph.D. and an M.A. in Linguistics from the University of Florida and an M.A. and B.A. summa cum laude in Romance Languages and Literature from the University of Notre Dame.

A former Personnel Officer in the United States Air Force, Dr. Matwick was stationed at Elmendorf Air Force Base in Anchorage, Alaska, where she enjoyed the squadron moose chili cook-offs and the breathtaking sight of eagles soaring through Eagle River.

Specializing in sociolinguistics, her research focuses on the multimodal discourse of media and food. With over 30 publications in conferences and journals, Dr. Matwick is widely recognized for her contributions to linguistics, media studies, cultural studies, and food studies.

Outside academia, Dr. Matwick is a marathoner, professional pianist and avid world traveler, exploring global flavors and ingredients to deepen her understanding of food, language and culture. Her most recent culinary discovery was wattle seed, a native Australian spice with the warm aroma of roasted coffee, raisin and chocolate. She enjoyed it in a double-scoop gelato at a beachside shop in Bondi Beach, Sydney.

  • Ph.D. - Doctor of Philosophy in Linguistics, University of Florida
  • M.A. - Master of Arts in Linguistics, University of Florida
  • M.A. - Master of Arts in Romance Languages and Literature, University of Notre Dame
  • B.A. - Bachelor of Arts in Spanish, University of Notre Dame
  • ENGL 221: Technical Report Writing

ENGL101 Introduction to Composition

ENGL 124 English Composition

ENGL 143 Studies in Rhetorical Theory

ENGL 222 Business Communication

Publications. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8645-0074

Matwick, K., and Matwick, K. 2022. Comics, humor, and public hygiene on Singapore’s national campaign posters. Discourse, Context, & Media, 46, 100590. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dcm.2022.100590

Matwick, K., and Matwick, K. 2020. Trump-Kim 2018 Singapore Summit and culinary diplomacy: The role of food and symbols in international relations. Place Branding & Public Diplomacy. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41254020-00188-x

Matwick, K., and Matwick, K. 2019. Linguistic Landscape and Authenticity in a Japanese Supermarket in Singapore. Open Linguistics, 5(1), 532-552. https://doi.org/10.1515/opli-2019-0029

Matwick, K., and Matwick, K. 2019. Bloopers and backstage talk on TV cooking shows. Text & Talk. https://doi.org/10.1515/text-2019-2052

Matwick, K., and Matwick, K. 2018. Review of The Discursive Construction of Class and Lifestyle: Celebrity chef cookbooks in post-socialist Slovenia, by Ana Tominc, Discourse & Society. 30(3), pp. 327-329.

Matwick, K., and Matwick, K. (2018). Restaurant reviews and college writing: A framework for teaching. Teaching Journalism & Mass Communication (TJMC), 8(2), 25-37. https://aejmc.us/spig/wpcontent/uploads/sites/9/2018/12/TJMC-8.2-MatwickMatwick.pdf

Matwick, K., and Matwick, K. 2018. Humor and performing gender on TV cooking shows. Humor, 31(3), 125-146. https://doi.org/10.1515/humor-2017-0093

Matwick, K., and Matwick, K. 2018. Politeness and pseudo-intimacy in a food radio call-in program. Discourse, Context, & Media, 21, 46-53. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dcm.2017.11.006

Matwick, K., and Matwick, K. 2018. Culinary tourism in Central America: A cross-analysis of government tourism websites. Journal of Culinary Science & Technology, 16(3), 286-309. https://doi.org/10.1080/15428052.2017.1378601 

Matwick, K. and Matwick, K. 2018. Women’s language in female celebrity chef cookbooks. Celebrity Studies, 9(1), 53-68. https://doi.org/10.1080/19392397.2017.1325761 

Matwick, K., and Matwick, K. 2017. Self-deprecatory humor on TV cooking shows. Language & Communication, 56, 33-41. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.langcom.2017.04.005

Matwick, K., and Matwick, K. 2017. Cooking at home: A multimodal narrative analysis of the Food Network. Discourse, Context, & Media, 17, 20-29. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dcm.2017.03.003 

Matwick, K. 2017. Language and gender in female celebrity chef cookbooks: Cooking to show care for the family and for the self. Critical Discourse Studies 10(4), 1-16.https://doi.org/10.1080/17405904.2017.1309326

Matwick, K., and Matwick, K. 2015. East meets West: The discourse of Japanese American cookbooks as intercultural communication. Journal of Intercultural Communication, 39.https://www.immi.se/intercultural/nr39/matwick.html

Matwick, K., and Matwick, K. 2015. Inquiry in television cooking shows. Discourse & Communication, 9(2), 313-330. https://doi.org/10.1177/1750481315576629

Matwick, K., and Matwick, K. 2014. Storytelling and synthetic personalization in television cooking shows. Journal of Pragmatics, 71, 151- 159. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pragma.2014.08.005

Matwick, K., and Matwick, K. 2009. The role of women in contemporary Spanish immigration films. In Pablo Martinez-Diente and David Wiseman (Eds.), Border Crossing. Vanderbilt University.

Matwick, K., and Matwick, K. 2004. College-aged identical twins’ relationship with each other and their families. In Russell S. Faeges (Ed.), Sociological Voices, 2. University of Notre Dame.

Book

Matwick, K., and Matwick, K. 2019. Food Discourse of Celebrity Chefs on Television Cooking Shows. Palgrave MacMillan. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pragma.2014.08.005

 Book Chapter

Matwick, K., and Matwick, K. 2022. Doing research through cookbooks and cooking shows. In C. Gomez-Corona & H. Rodrigues (Eds.), Consumer Research Methods in Food Science. Springer Nature. Book Chapter.

Book Reviews

Matwick, K., and Matwick, K. 2022. Book Review of Elite Authenticity: Remaking Distinction in Food Discourse, by Gwynne Mapes, Discourse & Society. https://doi.org/10.1177/09579265221077472b

Matwick, K., and Matwick, K. 2019. Book Review of The Discursive Construction of Class and Lifestyle, by Ana Tominc, Discourse & Society¸30(3), 324-329. https://doi.org/10.1177/0957926519842670c  

United States Air Force Officer, 2005-2015

International Pragmatics Association

American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL)

TESOL International Association

Linguistics of Food Research Group

ND Women Connect Mentoring Program, University of Notre Dame, USA

American Women’s Association, Singapore