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Department of Communication

Dr. Shane Moreman

California State University, Fresno
Department of Communication
5201 North Maple Ave, Mail Stop SA 46
Fresno, CA  93740-8027

Office: Speech Arts 5
Phone: 559.278.2994 | Fax: 559.278.4113
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Position: Associate Professor
Education: Ph.D., University of South Florida

Interests:  Critical Approaches to Intercultural Communication, Performance Studies, Qualitative Research Methods, and the Communication Issues surrounding Latina/o Populations.

Dr. Moreman joined the Communication department in 2003 as its Intercultural Communication scholar. In addition to the nuanced ethnic and racial diversity of California State University, Fresno, Dr. Moreman appreciates that Fresno State honors active involvement in the local and regional issues of Fresno, the San Joaquin Valley, and the Southwestern U.S.

Dr. Moreman's research mainly concerns Latina/o populations, but more generally it involves critical approaches to the communicative and performative aspects of all cultural identity expression and interaction. He has publications in Communication and Critical/Cultural Studies, Text and Performance Quarterly, Journal of International & Intercultural Communication, Liminalities, The Communication Review and Theatre Journal.  He was also co-editor of a special issue of TPQ on “Latina/o Performativities.” Additionally, he has book chapters in Latina/o Communication Studies Today and The Handbook of Critical Intercultural Communication. In 2008, he received “Latina/o Scholar of the Year” from the Latina/o Communication Studies Division of the National Communication Association.

Dr. Moreman teaches Intercultural Communication at both the undergraduate and the graduate level. Currently his undergraduate Intercultural Communication course is a completely on-line course—the department’s first completely on-line course. He also teaches a fully online version of Communication Theory. Additionally, he has developed and taught Cultural Criticism of Media (graduate), Gender Communication, Ethnography as Communication Inquiry (graduate), Fundamentals of Public Communication, Performance as Communication, and Tourist as Cultural Communicator (held in México over Spring Break). In Spring 2009, Dr. Moreman was in England teaching and co-Directing the College of A&H’s London Semester.

In 2008, Dr. Moreman was awarded the Outstanding Advisor of the Year Award, as nominated by his undergraduate and graduate students. Currently he is the President of the Latina/o Faculty and Staff Association. Additionally, he is the Communication Department’s Interim Graduate Coordinator. [updated 13/Jan/10]