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Andrew Davis

Visiting Assistant Professor

University of North Texas

Department of Communication Studies

Email: Andrew.Davis@unt.edu

Education

  • PhD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2018
    Major: Communication Studies

Professional Memberships

  • National Communication Association. (2025 - Present).
  • Coalition for Independent Technology Research. (2024 - Present).
  • Association of Internet Researchers. (2018 - Present).

Development Activities

  • Other, Oral History for Social Change training and certification program, Institute for Diversity & Civic Life and ReligionAndPublicLife.org. United States of America. (2023 - 2023).
  • Workshop, Faculty Diversity Recruitment Training, ASU. United States of America. (2021 - 2023).
  • Seminar, Writing in the Disciplines Institute, ASU. United States of America. (2022 - 2022).
  • Seminar, Online Teaching Excellence Institute, ASU. United States of America. (2021 - 2021).
  • Seminar, Assignment (Re)Design for Critical & Creative Thinking, ASU. United States of America. (2020 - 2020).

Teaching

Teaching Experience

    University of North Texas

  • COMM 1440 - Honors Classical Argument, 1 course.
  • COMM 2040 - Public Speaking, 7 courses.
  • COMM 4240 - Rhetoric and Popular Culture, 1 course.
  • COMM 4340 - Rhetoric and Politics, 1 course.
  • COMM 5840 - Seminar in Rhetorical Studies, 1 course.

Teaching at Other Institutions

  • ASU, Spring 2025.
  • ASU, Spring 2025.
  • ASU, Fall 2024.
  • ASU, Fall 2024.
  • Appalachian State University (ASU), Summer 2023.
  • ASU, Spring 2023.
  • ASU, Spring 2022.
  • ASU, Fall 2020.
  • University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill (UNC-CH), Summer 2019.
  • UNC-CH, Fall 2018.
  • ASU, Summer 2018.
  • UNC-CH, Spring 2018.
  • UNC-CH, Summer 2017.
  • UNC-CH, Fall 2016.
  • UNC-CH, Fall 2013.
  • AU, Spring 2010.
  • Auburn University (AU), Fall 2008.

Directed Student Learning

  • Directed Individual/Independent Study, Communication Studies. (2025 - 2025).
  • Master's Thesis Committee Chair, Communication Studies. (2024 - 2025).
  • Directed Individual/Independent Study, Communication Studies. (2024 - 2024).
  • Directed Individual/Independent Study, Communication Studies. (2023 - 2023).
  • Directed Individual/Independent Study, Communication Studies. (2020 - 2020).

Awards and Honors

  • Royster Society of Fellows, UNC-CH. (2016).
  • Most Valuable Professor, ASU wrestling team, Appalachian State University (ASU). (2025).
  • Most Valuable Professor, ASU softball team, ASU. (2024).
  • Most Helpful Faculty, ASU. (2023).
  • Nominated for nominee for Outstanding Teaching Award, CFAA, ASU. (2021).
  • Outstanding Scholarship & Creative Endeavor Award, College of Fine & Applied Arts (CFAA, ASU). (2021).
  • NC Television, Inc. Award, Dept. of Communication, UNC-CH. (2018).
  • Paul Hardin Dissertation Fellowship, UNC-CH. (2016).
  • Martha Nell Hardy Award for Outstanding Achievement in Teaching, Dept. of Communication, UNC-CH. (2016).
  • University Merit Fellowship, UNC-CH. (2011).
  • Outstanding Graduate Service Award, Dept. of Communication & Journalism, Auburn University (AU). (2008).
  • Outstanding Graduate Service Award, Dept. of Communication & Journalism, AU. (2007).

Research

Published Intellectual Contributions

    Book

  • Davis, A. (2025). Better Stories: Mapping Cultural Studies with Lawrence Grossberg.

    • Book Chapter

  • Davis, A. (2025). Artistic Capacities for Confronting Fascist Desire.
  • Davis, A. (2025). Capturing the Legacy of Lawrence Grossberg.
  • Davis, A. (2025). In Defense of Authority: Lawrence Grossberg & the Pedagogical Performance of Expertise.
  • Davis, A. (2019). Teaching Conjuncturally: Cultural Studies as the Practice of Conjunctural Analysis.
  • Davis, A. (2013). Dap-Dippin' Independent Tradition: The Rebirth of Rhythm & Blues.
  • Davis, A. (2010). From Junk to Jesus: Recontextualizing "The Pusher".

    • Book Review

  • Davis, A. (2024). We Are Not One People: Secession & Separatism in American Politics Since 1776 by Michael J. Lee & R. Jarrod Atchison.
  • Davis, A. (2023). A Philosophy of Cover Songs by P.D. Magnus.
  • Davis, A. (2018). Neoliberalism from Below: Popular Pragmatics & Baroque Economies by Veronica Gago.

    • Journal Article

  • Davis, A. (2021). Whose Singularity? Artificial Intelligence as a Mechanism of Corporate Sovereignty.
  • Davis, A. (2019). Failure Is Always an Option: The Necessity, Promise & Peril of Radical Contextualism.
  • Kim, S. (2011). The View at the Border: News Framing of the Definition, Causes & Solutions to the Illegal Immigration Problem.
  • Kim, S. (2010). Talking About Poverty: News Framing of Who Is Responsible for Causing & Fixing the Problem.

Presentations Given

    Invited Talk

  • Davis, A. (Author & Presenter), North Carolina College Media Association Conference for College Media Students & Advisors, Understanding the Media Ecosystem & Where Student Media Fit In, United States of America. (2025 - 2025).
  • Davis, A. (Author & Presenter), Association for Cultural Studies Virtual Lecture Series, Aren't You a Little Short for a Stormtrooper? A Conjunctural Reappraisal of Fascism, United States of America. (2024 - 2024).
  • Davis, A. (Author & Presenter), Writing in the Discipline panel discussion, Rhetoric & Composition Program, ASU, Course Design for a Vertical Writing Curriculum, United States of America. (2024 - 2024).
  • Davis, A. (Author & Presenter), Research Forum: Artificial Intelligence, Office of Research, ASU, Artificial Intelligence & Corporate Power, United States of America. (2022 - 2022).

    • Oral Presentation

  • Davis, A. (Author & Presenter), Cultural Studies Association annual conference, The Ethical Imperatives & Practical Implications of Public Intellectual Life, United States of America. (2019 - 2019).

    • Panel Presentation

  • Davis, A. (Panelist), National Communication Association annual conference, Elevating Ego: The Ethics of Self-Destruction, United States of America. (2025 - 2025).
  • Davis, A. (Panelist), American Studies Association annual meeting, Emergent Contexts of Corporate Power, United States of America. (2018 - 2018).

    • Paper

  • Davis, A. (Author & Presenter), Cultural Studies Association annual conference, Teaching Conjuncturally, United States of America. (2019 - 2019).
  • Davis, A. (Author & Presenter), Cultural Studies Association annual conference, The Smear of Unreality: Monetized Propaganda & the Propagation of Toxic Politics, United States of America. (2019 - 2019).
  • Davis, A. (Author & Presenter), International Zizek Studies Conference biennial conference, Though I Walk through the Valley of the Shadow: Intellectual Property, Appropriation & the Occult Art of the Reverend Doktor Lucifer Dove, United States of America. (2018 - 2018).
  • Davis, A. (Author & Presenter), Hardin, C. (Author & Presenter), Association of American Geographers annual conference, Overcoming the State-Market Dichotomy: Neoliberalism as Corporate Sovereignty, United States of America. (2016 - 2016).
  • Palm, M. (Author & Presenter), Art of Record Production annual conference, The New Vintage: Independent Labels & the Contemporary market in Reissued Records, United States of America. (2015 - 2015).
  • Davis, A. (Author & Presenter), Dahlie, C. (Author & Presenter), International Association for the Study of Popular Music annual conference, From Overground Rivers to Underground Channels: Rethinking Archives & Methods for the Study of Popular Music, United States of America. (2014 - 2014).
  • Davis, A. (Author & Presenter), National Communication Association annual conference, Hidden in Plain Sight: Robert F. Williams & the NAACP, United States of America. (2014 - 2014).
  • Kim, S. (Author & Presenter), Association for Education in Journalism & Mass Communication annual conference, Talking About Poverty: News Framing of Who Is Responsible for Causing and Fixing the Problem, United States of America. (2010 - 2010).
  • Kim, S. (Author & Presenter), Association for Education in Journalism & Mass Communication annual conference, The View at the Border: News Framing of the Definition, Causes, and Solution to the Illegal Immigration Problem, United States of America. (2008 - 2008).

Media Contributions

    Newspaper

  • ""Don't Be an April Fool for 'Fake News'" Appalachian Today," (April 2, 2019).

    • Other

  • "(Untangling) the History of PR: Propaganda Relations podcast, "Episode 1: Power, Platforms & Parasocial Relationships"," (February 24, 2023).

Service

University Service

  • Director, Communication Studies Library. (2025 - Present).
  • Committee Member, Discourse & Civic Engagement Initiative. (2025 - Present).