Dr. Stacey Sowards

Biography

Stacey K. Sowards is a Professor in the Department of Communication Studies at The University of Texas at Austin. She received her Ph.D. from the University of Kansas in 2001 and has taught courses in communication theory, rhetorical theory, environmental communication, gender communication, and intercultural communication. Her research primarily focuses on environmental communication, intercultural communication, and gender communication, especially as they relate to Latin America, Southeast Asia, and the United States. She conducted a dissertation study on environmental organizations in Kalimantan, Indonesia, which was supported by a J. William Fulbright grant in 2000-2001, and later received a Fulbright-Hays grant in 2005 for further research in Indonesia. Sowards has published work in various academic journals and contributed book chapters, with topics often centered on cultural and gender representations. Notably, her book on Dolores Huerta and the United Farm Workers was published in 2019 by the University of Texas Press. Prior to her role at The University of Texas at Austin, she served as department chair and was a research fellow at the Sam Donaldson Center at the University of Texas at El Paso.

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