Dr. Joshua Gunn

Assistant Professor
CMA 7.126
512-471-3933
FAX: 512-471-3504
slewfoot@mail.utexas.edu

Vita

Dr. Joshua G. Gunn (Ph.D., University of Minnesota, 2002) conducts research at the intersection of rhetorical and cultural studies, currently in pursuit of two, interrelated projects: (1) the integration of psychoanalysis and rhetorical/textual theory; and (2) a demonstration of the relevance and ubiquity of theological forms in public culture and daily life. His latest published research has focused on the role of theological form, from the apocalyptic, occult, and paranormal to the mundane religiosity of the "theory wars" in the humanities. His teaching interests include courses in rhetorical theory and criticism, rhetoric and religion, and rhetoric and popular music. He has recently published a book, Modern Occult Rhetoric: Mass Media and the Drama of Secrecy in the Twentieth Century (2005) with the University of Alabama Press, and has also published in a variety of journals, including The Journal of Communication and Religion, Popular Music and Society, the Quarterly Journal of Speech, Telos, Text and Performance Quarterly, Rhetoric Society Quarterly, and Visual Communication.