Faculty Profile

Justin Trudeau

Title
Associate Professor
Department
Communication Studies
College
College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences

    

    

      


                          

            
Curriculum Vitae

            

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Education

            



  

  


  
PhD, Louisiana State University, 2006. 
Major: Communication Studies
Dissertation Title: Jack Kerouac's Spontenous Prose: A Performance Generalogy of The Fiction
MA, Oregon State University, 1999. 
Major: Interdisciplinary Studies
Degree Specialization: Speech Communication
Dissertation Title: Theodre Dwight Weld's Use of the Judicial Motif in "American Slavery As It IS: Testimony of a Thousand Witnesses
BS, Oregon State University, 1995. 
Major: Speech Communication





          

        
                

          
Current Scheduled Teaching*


          
COMM 5265.001, Performance Methods, Spring 2024 Syllabus
COMM 4060.001, Performance Theory, Spring 2024 Syllabus
COMM 5930.708, Research Problems in Lieu of a Thesis, Spring 2024 


          
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  Texas Education Code 51.974 (HB 2504) requires each institution of
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Previous Scheduled Teaching*


            
                    

                    COMM 4460.001, Performance Art, Fall 2023 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    COMM 2040.001, Public Speaking, Fall 2023 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    COMM 2040.201, Public Speaking, Fall 2023 Syllabus
                    

                    COMM 2040.202, Public Speaking, Fall 2023  SPOT
                    

                    COMM 3865.001, Adaptation and Staging, Spring 2023 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    COMM 5160.001, Performative Writing, Spring 2023 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    COMM 5930.708, Research Problems in Lieu of a Thesis, Spring 2023 
                    

                    COMM 4360.001, Performance Composition, Spring 2022 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    COMM 4060.001, Performance Theory, Spring 2022 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    COMM 3865.001, Adaptation and Staging, Fall 2021 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    COMM 5260.001, Seminar in Adaptation and Staging, Fall 2021 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    COMM 5260.601, Seminar in Adaptation and Staging, Fall 2021  SPOT
                    

                    COMM 5910.708, Special Problems, Fall 2021 
                    

                    COMM 5265.001, Performance Methods, Spring 2021 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    COMM 5265.601, Performance Methods, Spring 2021  SPOT
                    

                    COMM 4060.001, Performance Theory, Spring 2021 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    COMM 3865.001, Adaptation and Staging, Fall 2020 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    COMM 5160.001, Performative Writing, Fall 2020  SPOT
                    

                    COMM 5930.708, Research Problems in Lieu of a Thesis, Fall 2020 
                    

                    COMM 4360.001, Performance Composition, Summer 5W2 2020 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    COMM 4360.001, Performance Composition, Spring 2020 Syllabus
                    

                    COMM 4060.001, Performance Theory, Spring 2020 Syllabus
                    

                    COMM 4900.708, Special Problems, Spring 2020 
                    

                    COMM 3865.001, Adaptation and Staging, Fall 2019 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    COMM 5260.001, Seminar in Adaptation and Staging, Fall 2019 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    COMM 4360.001, Performance Composition, Summer 5W2 2019 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    COMM 4360.001, Performance Composition, Spring 2019 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    COMM 5265.001, Performance Methods, Spring 2019  SPOT
                    

                    COMM 4060.001, Performance Theory, Spring 2019 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    COMM 3865.001, Adaptation and Staging, Fall 2018 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    COMM 2060.013, Performance of Literature, Fall 2018 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    COMM 4360.001, Performance Composition, Summer 5W2 2018 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    COMM 4360.001, Performance Composition, Spring 2018 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    COMM 4060.001, Performance Theory, Spring 2018 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    COMM 5160.001, Performative Writing, Spring 2018  SPOT
                    

                    COMM 3865.001, Adaptation and Staging, Fall 2017 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    COMM 5260.001, Seminar in Adaptation and Staging, Fall 2017  SPOT
                    

                    COMM 5900.708, Special Problems, Fall 2017 
                    

                    COMM 4360.001, Performance Composition, Summer 5W2 2017 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    COMM 5265.001, Performance Methods, Fall 2016  SPOT
                    

                    COMM 4060.001, Performance Theory, Fall 2016 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    COMM 3865.001, Adaptation and Staging, Spring 2016 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    COMM 4460.001, Performance Art, Spring 2016 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    COMM 5860.002, Seminar in Performance Studies, Spring 2016  SPOT
                    

                    COMM 4360.001, Performance Composition, Fall 2015 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    COMM 4060.001, Performance Theory, Fall 2015 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    COMM 5930.708, Research Problems in Lieu of a Thesis, Fall 2015 
                    

                    COMM 3865.001, Adaptation and Staging, Summer 5W2 2015 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    COMM 3865.001, Adaptation and Staging, Spring 2015 Syllabus
                    

                    COMM 4360.001, Performance Composition, Spring 2015 Syllabus
                    

                    COMM 5480.708, Practicum, Spring 2015 
                    

                    COMM 5900.708, Special Problems, Spring 2015 
                    

                    COMM 5481.708, Graduate Internship, Fall 2014 
                    

                    COMM 4460.001, Performance Art, Fall 2014 Syllabus
                    

                    COMM 4060.001, Performance Theory, Fall 2014 Syllabus
                    

                    COMM 5365.001, Performance Theory, Fall 2014 
                    

                    COMM 3865.001, Adaptation and Staging, Spring 2014 Syllabus
                    

                    COMM 5950.758, Master's Thesis, Spring 2014 
                    

                    COMM 4360.001, Performance Composition, Spring 2014 Syllabus
                    

                    COMM 5950.758, Master's Thesis, Fall 2013 
                    

                    COMM 4060.001, Performance Theory, Fall 2013 Syllabus
                    

                    COMM 5930.708, Research Problems in Lieu of a Thesis, Fall 2013 
                    

                    COMM 5860.001, Seminar in Performance Studies, Fall 2013 
                    

                    COMM 3865.001, Adaptation and Staging, Summer 5W2 2013 Syllabus
                    

                    COMM 5900.708, Special Problems, Summer 5W1 2013 
                    

                    COMM 3865.001, Adaptation and Staging, Spring 2013 Syllabus
                    

                    COMM 4360.001, Performance Composition, Spring 2013 Syllabus
                    

                    COMM 5930.708, Research Problems in Lieu of a Thesis, Spring 2013 
                    

                    COMM 5950.758, Master's Thesis, Fall 2012 
                    

                    COMM 4460.001, Performance Art, Fall 2012 Syllabus
                    

                    COMM 4060.001, Performance Theory, Fall 2012 Syllabus
                    

                    COMM 5365.001, Performance Theory, Fall 2012 
                    

                    COMM 5365.791, Performance Theory, Fall 2012 
                    

                    COMM 4900.708, Special Problems, Fall 2012 
                    

                    COMM 4360.001, Performance Composition, Summer 5W2 2012 Syllabus
                    

                    COMM 3865.001, Adaptation and Staging, Spring 2012 Syllabus
                    

                    COMM 4360.001, Performance Composition, Spring 2012 Syllabus
                    

                    COMM 5265.001, Performance Methods, Spring 2012 
                    

                    COMM 4900.708, Special Problems, Spring 2012 
                    

                    COMM 4460.001, Performance Art, Fall 2011 Syllabus
                    

                    COMM 4060.001, Performance Theory, Fall 2011 Syllabus
                    

                    COMM 4360.001, Performance Composition, Summer 5W2 2011 Syllabus
                    

                    COMM 3865.001, Adaptation and Staging, Spring 2011 Syllabus
                    

                    COMM 4060.001, Performance Theory, Spring 2011 Syllabus
                    

                    COMM 5365.001, Performance Theory, Spring 2011 
                    

                    COMM 5930.708, Research Problems in Lieu of a Thesis, Spring 2011 
                    

                    COMM 4460.001, Performance Art, Fall 2010 Syllabus
                    

                    COMM 5910.708, Special Problems, Fall 2010 
                    

                    COMM 4900.708, Special Problems, Summer 5W2 2010 
                    

                    COMM 3865.001, Adaptation and Staging, Spring 2010 Syllabus
                    

                    COMM 5950.758, Master's Thesis, Spring 2010 
                    

                    COMM 4060.001, Performance Theory, Spring 2010 Syllabus
                    

                    COMM 5900.708, Special Problems, Spring 2010 
                    

                    COMM 5950.758, Master's Thesis, Fall 2009 
                    

                    COMM 4460.001, Performance Art, Fall 2009 Syllabus
                    

                    COMM 5265.001, Performance Methods, Fall 2009 
                    

                    COMM 5910.708, Special Problems, Fall 2009 
                    

                    COMM 5950.758, Master's Thesis, Spring 2009 
                    

                    COMM 4060.001, Performance Theory, Spring 2009 
                    

                    COMM 5365.001, Performance Theory, Spring 2009 
                    

                    COMM 4900.708, Special Problems, Spring 2009 
                    

                    COMM 5950.758, Master's Thesis, Fall 2008 
                    

                    COMM 4360.001, Rhetoric of Performance, Fall 2008 
                    

                    COMM 4900.708, Special Problems, Fall 2008 
                    

                    COMM 4869.001, Topics in Performance Studies, Fall 2008 
                    

                    COMM 2060.001, Performance of Literature, Summer 5W1 2008 
                    

                    COMM 2060.201, Performance of Literature, Summer 5W1 2008 
                    

                    COMM 2060.202, Performance of Literature, Summer 5W1 2008 
                    

                    COMM 5950.758, Master's Thesis, Spring 2008 
                    

                    COMM 3760.001, Performance Methods, Spring 2008 
                    

                    COMM 4060.001, Performance Theory, Spring 2008 
                    

                    COMM 5860.001, Seminar in Performance Studies, Spring 2008 
                    

                    COMM 5950.758, Master's Thesis, Fall 2007 
                    

                    COMM 4360.001, Rhetoric of Performance, Fall 2007 
                    

                    COMM 4900.708, Special Problems, Fall 2007 
                    

                    COMM 2060.001, Performance of Literature, Summer 5W1 2007 
                    

                    COMM 2060.201, Performance of Literature, Summer 5W1 2007 
                    

                    COMM 2060.202, Performance of Literature, Summer 5W1 2007 
                    

                    COMM 4060.001, Performance Theory, Spring 2007 
                    

                    COMM 5365.002, Performance Theory, Spring 2007 
                    

                    COMM 4900.708, Special Problems, Spring 2007 
                    

                    COMM 2060.001, Performance of Literature, Fall 2006 
                    

                    COMM 2060.201, Performance of Literature, Fall 2006 
                    

                    COMM 2060.202, Performance of Literature, Fall 2006 
                    

                    COMM 2060.203, Performance of Literature, Fall 2006 
                    

                    COMM 2060.001, Performance of Literature, Summer 5W2 2006 
                    

                    COMM 2060.001, Performance of Literature, Spring 2006 
                    

                    COMM 2060.002, Performance of Literature, Spring 2006 
                    

                    COMM 4060.001, Performance Theory, Spring 2006 
                    

                    COMM 2060.001, Performance of Literature, Fall 2005 
                    

                    COMM 2060.201, Performance of Literature, Fall 2005 
                    

                    COMM 2060.202, Performance of Literature, Fall 2005 
                    

                    COMM 2060.203, Performance of Literature, Fall 2005 
                    

                    COMM 5860.001, Seminar in Performance Studies, Fall 2005 
                    

                    COMM 4869.001, Topics in Performance Studies, Fall 2005 

          


          
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  Texas Education Code 51.974 (HB 2504) requires each institution of
  higher education to make available to the public, a syllabus for
  undergraduate lecture courses offered for credit by the institution.
  

        

      

    

  

  
  	

	

	  

		

		   
Published Publications



  

  
Published Intellectual Contributions


  
Journal Article
Trudeau, J.  Adaptation as Augmentation: Performing Writing as a Means of Survival. Text and Perfomance Quarterly. NO. 44(1), . Taylor & Francis. 
Suchy, P., Allison, J. M., Vaughn, H. A., Trudeau, J.  (2018). "Debbie Does Dallas."  A Performance Featured in "A few good swedes: Examples of sweding for your consideration.". Text and Perfomance Quarterly. 38(1-2), 115-117. 
Vaughn, H. A., Trudeau, J.  (2018). “Big Tex is Burning: Performing Iconicity by Means of Collaborative Directing.. Text and Perfomance Quarterly. 38(3), 170-184. Taylor Francis. 
Trudeau, J. T., Vaughn, H., (2018). "Big Tex is Burning: Performing Iconicity by Means of Collaborative Directing.". Text and Perfomance Quarterly. 
Trudeau, J., Morrissey, M. E. (2017). “Bring in an Honest Verdict:" Prosecuting Southern Whiteness in American Slavery As It Is. Southern Communication Journal. 
Trudeau, J.  (2011). Specters in the Rear-View: Haunting Whiteness in Jack Kerouac's On the Road.. Text and Perfomance Quarterly. 31(2), 149-68. 
Trudeau, J.  (2009). 'I … Am No Clown Drunkard Merely': Rehabbing Celebrity in Jack Kerouac's Doctor Sax.. Theatre Annual. 62, 21-45. 
Trudeau, J.  (2008). The Low Down Here. Text and Perfomance Quarterly. 28(3), 369-75. 
Trudeau, J.  (2007). Stooging the Body, Stooging the Text: Jack Kerouac's Visions of Cody. Text and Perfomance Quarterly. 27(4), 334-50. 
Trudeau, J.  Jack Kerouac's Spontaneous America: A Performance Genealogy of The Postwar Avant-Garde. Kaleidoscope: A Graduate Journal of Qualitative Communication Research. 3, 43-62. 



	
		
		
	  

	

	

  
    
	

	

	  

		

		   	
		
		
	  

	

	

	
	

  
  
  

  	

		

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