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Department ofCommunication

Amy Eriksson

Amy Tully Eriksson

Academic Year Adjunct Lecturer

B.A. in Communication Arts (Rhetorical Studies and Communication Science), University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2004

M.A. in Communication Arts (Rhetoric), University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2008

Ph.D. in Communication Arts (Rhetoric, Politics, and Culture), University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2013

Amy Tully Eriksson’s work primarily investigates how gender shapes our conceptions of political leadership. Her research also focuses on public memory of the Vietnam War in contemporary politics, interactions among discourse and visual rhetoric, and the rhetorical implications of image manipulation. Her dissertation examined how gender and Vietnam memory functioned in official and vernacular communication during 2004 presidential election campaign. She received a Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2013. Eriksson joined the communication faculty at SCU in January 2013, and teaches courses in public speaking and interpersonal communication.

Courses

Public Speaking (COMM 20)
Introduction to Interpersonal Communication (COMM 1)