Dr. Rachel Anderson Droogsma

Assistant Professor

201-Q Armstrong Hall
(507) 389-1270
Fax: (507) 389-3284
rachel.droogsma@mnsu.edu

Education

• B.S., Northwestern University, 2002
• M.A., Howard University, 2004
• Graduate Certificate, Howard University, 2006
• Ph.D., Howard University, 2006

Research/Creative Interests

Communication, culture, and power; Culturally marginalized group members' rhetorical resistance to oppression (protest rhetoric and oppositional discourses); Identity in cross-cultural and cross-gender communication; Feminist theory in communication and culture research; Activist (social justice) research. Check out http://www.clotheslineproject.org/

Courses

Intercultural Communication, Advanced Intercultural Communication, Gender Communication, Nonverbal Communication, Interpersonal Communication, Public Speaking

Additional Information

I am an advocate for survivors of gendered violence and am involved with an international public arts project called The Clothesline Project (see link above). I am also committed to other social justice causes both in my personal and professional life, including racial and gender equality.