Marquese McFerguson
About
PhD, University of South Florida, Communication Studies, 2020Ìý
MA, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, 2010Ìý
BA, Ouachita Baptist University,Ìý 2005Ìý
Email: mmcferguson@fau.edu
Areas of Expertise:ÌýCritical Media Studies, Hip Hop Studies, Gender Studies, Performance auto/ethnography, Intercultural CommunicationÌý
Dr. Marquese McFerguson is an Assistant Professor of Intercultural Communication within the School of Communication and Multimedia Studies at ´óÏó´«Ã½. His research and teaching examine how individuals in society communicate and perform identity across a diverse number of cultural intersections. His scholarship is centered on building bridges of understanding across cultures by examining how identities are produced/portrayed by media makers and interpreted/performed by media audiences. His research about representation and media-created scripts is guided by aesthetic and narrative sensibilities and situated within the fields of Communication Studies and Media Studies. Dr. McFerguson is also an award-winning slam poet/storyteller and teaching artist who has performed at academic institutions and performance venues throughout the United States and United Kingdom.
Recent Publications
Durham, A., McFerguson, M., Sanders, S., & Woodruffe, A. (2020). The Future of Autoethnography is Black.ÌýJournal of Autoethnography,Ìý1(3), 289-296.Ìý
Recent Media
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Courses
COM 4930 – Hip Hop: Communicating IdentityÌý
COM 4703 – Storytelling: The History of Slam/Spoken Word PoetryÌý
SPC 3710 – Intercultural CommunicationÌý
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