Jennifer Peeples
Communication & Media
Full Professor
Contact Information
Office Location: Old Main 209Email: jennifer.peeples@usu.edu
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Educational Background
PhD, University of Washington, 2000
MA, Northern Illinois University, 1996
Biography
Jennifer Peeples is a Full Professor of Communication Studies. Her research examines environmental and visual rhetoric to understand how people think and talk about energy and toxicity. In addition to her books, articles, and chapters, she has a new book, Toxic Imaginary: Visual Rhetoric for a Polluted Planet, coming out with Michigan State University Press, fall 2026.
Peeples, J. Toxic imaginary: Visual Rhetoric for a Polluted Planet. In press, Michigan State University Press. Expected publication Fall 2026.
Bsumek, Pete., Peeples, Jennifer. & Schneider, Jen. (2024) “Democratic melodrama and authoritarian melodrama,” Quarterly Journal of Speech, 110.1, p. 130-140. DOI: 10.1080/00335630.2023.2293505.
Alemán, C. G., Bsumek, P. K., Chirindo, K., Peeples, J., Schneider, J., Tarin, C. A., Thomas, M. O., Schwarze, S., eds. (2022). Communication, Race, and Outdoor Spaces. Lausanne: Frontiers Media SA. doi: 10.3389/978-2-88976-903-2 E-book for Frontiers in Communication, https://www.frontiersin.org/research-topics/18313/communication-race-and-outdoor-spaces.
Invited speaker, Vietnam National University, Ha Noi, University of Social Science and Humanities, 20th anniversary celebration of the American Studies program in Vietnam, Nov 11, 2025.
Seminar speaker Center for Leadership in Environmental Awareness and Research (CLEAR) Seminar, Wayne State University, January 11, 2024. YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZILytJcp60.