Rachel Silverman

Title
Adjunct Faculty, College of Arts and Sciences
Email
Department
Department of Humanities & Communication
College
College of Arts & Sciences
Rachel Silverman

Dr. Rachel E. Silverman (she/her) is an adjunct instructor in the Department of Humanities and Communication. Dr Silverman holds a Ph.D. (2011) in communication from the University of South Florida, an M.A. (2005) from the University of Pennsylvania and a B.A. (2000) from McGill University. Dr. Silverman’s teaching and research interests focus on women’s health narratives, memory and memorialization of traumatic events, and representations of gender, sexuality, and religion in popular culture. She is the author of over 15 peer-reviewed articles and 6 book chapter; she has edited two books, served as a special editor for two issues of academic journals, and is the co-founder and co-editor of Feminist Pedagogy, a journal committed to publishing intersectional and interdisciplinary teaching strategies.

  • Ph.D. - Doctor of Philosophy in Communication, University of South Florida
  • COMD 350: Environmental Communication
  • COMD 260: Introduction to Media

Embry Riddle Aeronautical University

Speech Communication
Introduction to Rhetoric
Mass Media and Current Events: Critical Media Studies
Communication and Society: Gender and Sexuality
Environmental Communication: Food Studies
Study Abroad:
Travel Communication (eaglesingreece.com)
Communication and Society: Memory and Memorialization in Berlin

Silverman, R.E. (2015). The Fantasy of Reality: Critical essays on The Real Housewives. New York: Peter Lang

Silverman, R. E. & Baglia, J. (Eds.). (2014). Communicating Pregnancy Loss: Narrative as a methodology for change. New York: Peter Lang
 
Silverman, R.E. (2014) Jewish performativity on Sex and The City, Journal of Religion and Popular Culture 26(2) 173-186
 
Silverman, R. E. & Purnell, D (2014). Barefoot (Contessa) in the Kitchen. Teaching Media Quarterly 2(2) (http://www.teachingmedia.org/?attachment_id=4612)
 
Silverman, R.E. (2013) Comedy as Correction: Perspective by Incongruity on Will & Grace and Queer as Folk. Sexuality & Culture: An Interdisciplinary Quarterly 17(2) 260-274
 
Gould, M. & Silverman, R. E. (2012) Stumbling Through History: Voice, Memory and the Urban Landscape. GeoJournal 78(5) 791-801