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Robert Joseph
Lecturer
Full-Time Faculty
College of Arts and Sciences: Communication
Degrees
- Ph.D., American Culture Studies, Bowling Green State University, 2018
- M.A., Communication, University of Dayton, 2014
- B.A., History, University of Dayton, 2011
Profile
Robert Joseph’s scholarly focus is interdisciplinary, primarily focusing on cinematic geography, American independent cinema and intersections of film and cultural studies. He has presented his research at the Society for Cinema and Media Studies, The Literature/Film Association and the PCA/ACA National Conference.
Dr. Joseph’s approach to teaching emphasizes the classroom as a site of mutual respect, where students and teachers exchange knowledge and learn together. He teaches Principals of Oral Communication (CMM 100), which he also taught in its pilot form while an M.A. student, along with courses on mass media and culture, the history of Hollywood and cityscapes in media.
Faculty perspective
"As a third-generation University of Dayton alumni, I am a Flyer born-and-raised, and I have a deep and abiding love of UD’s campus culture. Though the Marianist emphasis on 'community' is an oft-repeated campus tour talking point, I believe there really is no place like UD."
Courses taught
- CMM 100: Principals of Oral Communication
- SSC 200: Mapping Cityscapes in Media
- CMM 201: Foundations of Mass Communication
- CMM 345: Classic American Film
- CMM 346: Topics in Film Genres
- CMM/REL 359: The Road to Hell
- COM 571: Mass Communication Processes and Effects
Selected publications
Joseph, Robert Gordon. “Lincoln the Woodsman: Native Americans and Obscene Patriarchs in Frost and Lynch’s Twin Peaks,” Quarterly Review of Film and Video (forthcoming)
Joseph, Robert Gordon. “Rust Belt Grindhouse: Deadbeat at Dawn and the Gentrification of East Dayton’s Warehouse District.” New Review of Film and Television Studies (forthcoming).
Joseph, Robert. “Mapping the Media Landscape of New Orleans.” Mediapolis: A Journal of Cities and Culture 4, On Teaching/Student Voices, no. 6 (September 2021): https://www.
Joseph, Robert Gordon. “Dead Bodies in Katrina Fridges: Moral Panic and Sleaze in Home Video Exploitation.” The Projector 20, no. 2 (Summer 2020): https://www.
Joseph, Robert Gordon. “‘I’m from the future. You should go to China’: Looper as Representative of U.S. Anxieties about China.” The Projector 17, no. 1 (Winter 2017): https://www.