Assistant Professor
246 Smith Hall
Spring 2024 Office Hours:
Mon: 1:00 – 4:00
Tue: 9:00 – 10:00
Thu: 1:00 – 4:00
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About
Julie Snyder-Yuly is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication Studies at Marshall University. Her research engages qualitative and rhetorical methods to examine textual and visual microaggressions in online communication, with an additional focus on the intersection of race, class, and gender in society. She is particularly interested in how historical presentations of race continue to be revived in online media. Additionally, she has researching student to professor bullying with faculty at University of Wyoming and Weber State. Dr. Snyder-Yuly loves road trips on her scooter, rollerblading, outdoor activities, her cats, painting and stained glass projects. Having primarily lived in the Midwest, she is excited by the West Virginia landscape and the opportunity to see bears.
Education
Ph.D. in Communication Studies, University of Utah
M.S. in Interdisciplinary Graduate Studies, Iowa State University
B.S. in Psychology, University of Iowa
Joined Marshall faculty in August 2018.
Scholarly Interests
Critical Cultural Studies, Media Studies, New Media, Visual Communication, Digital Humanities, Race, Class, and Gender
Courses Taught
CMM 103: Fundamentals of Public Speaking
DH 201: Introduction to Digital Humanities
CMM 207: Business and Professional Communication
CMM 213: Interpersonal Communication
CMM 255: Introduction to Computer Mediated Communication
CMM 315: Group Communication
CMM 408/508: Leadership and Communication
CMM 456/556: Computer Mediated Communication
CMM 605: Qualitative Methods
CMM 674: Seminar in Communication Pedagogy
Awards and Honors
November 2021 – NCA Top 4 Paper in the Basic Course Division
June 2017–University of Utah’s CGS/ProQuest Outstanding Dissertation in the Humanities
April 2017–Selected to the 2017-2018 Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) Scholars Program
April 2016–University of Utah Communication Studies Outstanding Student Service Award for 2015-2016
July 2015–Selected to participate in the National Communication Association Doctoral Honors Seminar
Administrative Service
Basic Course Director for Fundamentals of Public Speaking
Advisory Committee for the John Marshall Fellows program
Advisory Board for the Digital Humanities program
Digital Humanities Interim Director
Selected Publications and Presentations
Snyder-Yuly, J., Patton, T.O. & Gomez, S. (2020). “Welcome to academia, expect cyberbullying: Contrapower and incivility in higher education.” In L.R. Salazaar (Ed). Handbook of Research on Cyberbullying and Online Harassment in the Workplace. Hershey, PA: IGI Global
Kinney, T., Snyder-Yuly, J. & Martinez, S. (2019). “Cultivation graduate writing groups as communities of practice: A call to action for the Writing Center.” Praxis: A Writing Center Journal 16(3), 16-24. Available: https://repositories.lib.utexas.edu/handle/2152/76077
Owens Patton, T. & Snyder-Yuly, J. (2016). “The ‘Tyra Tyrade’: Reinforcing the sapphire through online parody.” In D. Allison (Ed). Black women’s portrayals on reality television: The new sapphire. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group.
Gehl, R. & Snyder-Yuly, J. (2016). “The need for social media alternatives.” Democratic Comminuqué, 27(1). Available: http://journals.fcla.edu/demcom/article/view/88323
Owens Patton, T. & Snyder-Yuly, J. (2012). “Roles, rules and rebellions: Creating the carnivalesque through judges’ behaviors on America’s Next Top Model.” Communication Studies 2012 Special Issue: New Directions in Critical Television Studies, 63(3), 364-384.
Owens Patton, T. & Snyder-Yuly, J. (2007). “Any four black men will do: Rape, race, and the ultimate scapegoat.” Journal of Black Studies 37(6), 859-895.
Social Media:
Web: https://jsyuly.com/
Twitter: @DrJulieYuly
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/julieyuly/