Dr. Deanna B. Shoemaker, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Communication & Performance Studies

Graduate Director, Master’s in Communication

Advisor, CommWorks: Students Committed to Performance

Department: Communication
Office: Plangere Center 229
Phone: 732-263-5194
Email: dshoemak@monmouth.edu

Dr. Deanna B. Shoemaker, Ph.D.

Education

Ph.D. Communication Studies (Performance Studies, Gender Studies), University of Texas at Austin

M.A. Communication Studies (Performance Studies, Rhetoric), University of Texas at Austin

B.F.A. Acting (Theatre Conservatory), Webster University, St. Louis, MO

Research Interests

Performance of Identity; Collaborative Directing and Devising; Critical Performance Pedagogy; Performance Auto/Ethnography; Performance Art and Social Justice; Performative Writing;

Publications

Scholarly Articles

Shoemaker, D. (2019). Stepping into Prison: Communication activism and pedagogy beyond Classrooms. Cultural StudiesóCritical Methodologies. https://doi.org/10.1177/1532708619843560

Clayton, P., Stokamer, S., Garvin, L., Shoemaker, D., Muse, S., Norvell, K. (2019). Practical wisdom on “co-“ in research on service learning. In Bringle, R., Hahn, T. & Hatcher, J. (Eds.), Practical Wisdom for Conducting Research on Service Learning: Pursuing Quality and Purpose. Stylus Publishing.

Shoemaker, D. & Carr, T. (2017). Hauntings: Marking flesh, time, memory. Text and Performance Quarterly, 37:1, 68-83.

Shoemaker, D. & Carr, T. (2017, VIDEO). Hauntings: Marking flesh, time, memory. Liminalities: A Journal of Performance Studies,13:2. http://liminalities.net/13-2/hauntings.html

Shoemaker, D. & Dell, C. (2017, VIDEO). Mamafesto! (Why superheroes wear capes). Liminalities: A Journal of Performance Studies, 13:3. http://liminalities.net/13-3/

Shoemaker, D. (2013). Autoethnographic journeys: Performing possibilities/utopias/futures. Handbook of Autoethnography. Adams, T.; Ellis, C.; Holman Jones, S., Eds. Left Coast Press.

Community Engagement

“Alternatives to Violence Project” Certified Co-Facilitator of conflict transformation workshops in prison and community settings

Service Learning and Community Engagement course/student partnerships with Interfaith Neighbors, KYDS, Trinity Episcopal, Visiting Nurses Association in Asbury Park, NJ.

Professional Activities

Siren Arts Sonic Drawing: Lines in the Sand (choreographer, performer). Asbury Park, NJ

Internat’l Assoc. for Research on Service Learning & Community Engagement

National Communication Association member/presenter

International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry member/presenter

Fusebox Festival, Austin Tx.

Awards and Honors

2018-2019 Awarded Urban Coast Institute Faculty Enrichment Grant for “Service Learning and Community Engagement Creative Oral Expression Project” focused on impact of gentrification in Asbury Park, NJ.

2017, July. Invited Keynote: Critical Autoethnography and Activist Practices in Neoliberal University and Prison Settings. Critical Autoethnography and Activism Conference, Monash University. Melbourne, Australia.

2017-2018 Awarded One year Research Sabbatical

2016-2017 Awarded 1st annual Monmouth U. Service Learning Faculty Fellowship

2013-2014 Awarded Monmouth U. Stanley Traveling Fellowship to support Teaching in Humanities

Courses

Frequently Taught Classes

Co-Curricular Practicum in CommWorks (CO 266)
Communication Comprehensive Exam (CO CPE)
Group Techniques in Performance (CO 335, TH 335)

Recently Taught Classes

2020 Spring

2019 Fall

In the News

Audio Storyteller and Sociologist Karen Werner at Monmouth U. for Weeklong Artist Residency

Oct 15, 2019

Graduate Communication Students Partner with Local Nonprofit with Monmouth University Ties

Feb 25, 2019