{"id":9563,"date":"2025-04-21T08:29:02","date_gmt":"2025-04-21T13:29:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.winona.edu\/academics\/?page_id=9563"},"modified":"2025-04-21T08:29:03","modified_gmt":"2025-04-21T13:29:03","slug":"adam-gaffey","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.winona.edu\/academics\/colleges\/liberal-arts\/communication-studies-department\/faculty\/adam-gaffey\/","title":{"rendered":"Adam Gaffey"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>View <a href=\"https:\/\/winona.academia.edu\/AdamGaffey\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/winona.academia.edu\/AdamGaffey\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Adam Gaffey\u2019s complete academic profile<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n    <div class=\"panel panel--white\">\n        <div class=\"panel__container\">\n            <div class=\"panel__intro\">\n                        <\/div>\n            \n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Educational Background<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>PhD:\u00a0Communication | Texas A&amp;M University (2013)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>MA:\u00a0Communication and Rhetorical Studies | Syracuse University (2008)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>BA:&nbsp;Communication | University of Minnesota-Duluth (2005)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n\n\n\n    <div class=\"panel panel--white\">\n        <div class=\"panel__container\">\n            <div class=\"panel__intro\">\n                        <\/div>\n            \n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Personal Statement<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>I joined the faculty at Winona State University in Fall 2016. Professional and educational prospects led me to New York, Texas, and South Dakota, but I&#8217;m very glad to once again call Minnesota home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When not teaching classes or writing, I enjoy taking in the scenery of Bluff Country, trying my hand at amateur photography, and strumming a ukulele to my family\u2019s amusement. Though the organization has disbanded, I remain a card-carrying member of the Corduroy Appreciation Club.<\/p>\n\n\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n\n\n\n    <div class=\"panel panel--white\">\n        <div class=\"panel__container\">\n            <div class=\"panel__intro\">\n                        <\/div>\n            \n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Professional Statement<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>As a scholar of rhetoric and public affairs, I\u2019m interested in how people use messages to influence others and reconcile competing commitments and perspectives. Since communication is the best way to understand culture, I study a broad range of rhetorical artifacts from political oratory to popular film.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My research has been published in Southern Communication Journal, Western Journal of Communication, Rhetoric &amp; Public Affairs, Communication Teacher, and Rhetoric Society Quarterly. My favorite topics for classroom discussion are presidential rhetoric, public art, and emerging trends in technology.<\/p>\n\n\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n\n\n\n    <div class=\"panel panel--white\">\n        <div class=\"panel__container\">\n            <div class=\"panel__intro\">\n                        <\/div>\n            \n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Courses Taught<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>CMST 191: Introduction to Public Speaking<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>CMST 266: Professional Communication<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>CMST 283: Introduction to Rhetorical Studies<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>CMST 292: U.S. Multicultural Rhetoric (Civil Rights)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>CMST 380: Communication Research Methods<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>CMST 383:\u00a0Rhetoric, Culture, and Power: Analysis of Public Communication<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>CMST 389: Creating Change through Persuasion<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>CMST 452: Topics (Visual Culture)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>CMST 475:\u00a0 Argumentation and Advocacy<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>CMST 485: Senior Seminar<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n\n\n\n    <div class=\"panel panel--white\">\n        <div class=\"panel__container\">\n            <div class=\"panel__intro\">\n                            <div class=\"h3\">Contact<\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n            \n<div class=\"wsu-block contact-card mb-1\">\n   <div class=\"contact-card__content\">\n       <div class=\"contact-card__title h4\">\n           Adam J. Gaffey (PhD)\n       <\/div>\n       <div class=\"contact-card__subtitle h4\">\n           Department Chair, Associate Professor\n       <\/div>\n       <div class=\"contact-card__description\">\n           <p>DuFresne PAC 204<\/p>\n<p>507.457.2362<\/p>\n\n       <\/div>\n       <a class=\"wsu-link contact-card__link\"><\/a>\n   <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Learn about the academic background of Adam Gaffey, a faculty member of WSU&#8217;s Communication Studies department.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"parent":9559,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_tec_requires_first_save":true,"_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"_tribe_blocks_recurrence_rules":"","_tribe_blocks_recurrence_description":"","_tribe_blocks_recurrence_exclusions":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[406],"tags":[330,352],"class_list":["post-9563","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","category-communication-studies","tag-contact-profile","tag-legacy"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.winona.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9563","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.winona.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.winona.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.winona.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.winona.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9563"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.winona.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9563\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16776,"href":"https:\/\/www.winona.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9563\/revisions\/16776"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.winona.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9559"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.winona.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9563"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.winona.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9563"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.winona.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9563"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}