Dr. Deanna 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
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;
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
Recently Taught Classes
2023 Spring
- Co-Curricular Practicum in CommWorks – CO 266
- Performance Theory and Practice – CO 337
- The Power of Story – CO 381
2022 Fall
2022 Spring
- Co-Curricular Practicum in CommWorks – CO 266
- Communication Comprehensive Exam – CO CPE
- Intercultural Communication – CO 226
- Multicultural Voices: From Page to Stage – CO 231
2021 Fall
- Co-Curricular Practicum in CommWorks – CO 266
- Communication Comprehensive Exam – CO CPE
- Communication, Culture, and Community – CO 509
- Intercultural Communication – CO 226
- Voice and Diction – CO 210
2021 Summer C
- Communication Comprehensive Exam – CO CPE
2021 Spring
- Co-Curricular Practicum in CommWorks – CO 266
- Communication Comprehensive Exam – CO CPE
- Performance Theory and Practice – CO 337
- Voice and Diction – CO 210
2020 Fall
- Co-Curricular Practicum in CommWorks – CO 266
- Communication Comprehensive Exam – CO CPE
- Communication, Culture, and Community – CO 509
- Intercultural Communication – CO 226
- Voice and Diction – CO 210
2020 Summer C
- Communication Comprehensive Exam – CO CPE
2020 Spring
Frequently Taught Classes
- Co-Curricular Practicum in CommWorks (CO 266)
- Communication Comprehensive Exam (CO CPE)
- Communication, Culture, and Community (CO 509)
- Group Techniques in Performance (CO 335, TH 335)
- Group Techniques in Performance of Literature (CO 335, TH 335)
- Intercultural Communication (CO 226)
- Oral Interpretation (CO 231)
- Performance of Literature (CO 231)
- Performance Theory and Practice (CO 337)
- Voice and Diction (CO 210)
