Ever wonder why you or someone you know just didn’t speak up when it seemed vitally important? That is the everyday issue that drives Amira de la Garza to study communication while spending time immersed in groups and settings where this is happening. She first started by asking why patients would not ask their doctors’ name in a clinic, as well as learning how doctors responded to their first patient who died. After spending a year in Mexico as a Fulbright Scholar, her experiences with the everyday talk and life around her led her to develop methods to integrate the arts, spirituality, and personal reflection into the study of culture. She works with many border-related projects, and has had students from around the world travel with her to many places to learn the methods she teaches.
Professor de la Garza reports her research using creative writing, poetry, fiction, and has often shared her research through staged performances. She’s currently working on a novel and several collections of poetry, as well as leading a faculty research group on the topic of “mindful heresy,” which is something her interests have led her to write about.
culture and identity, spirituality and postcolonial/performance ethnography
Summer 2022 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
COM 799 | Dissertation |
Spring 2022 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
COM 382 | Classroom Apprenticeship |
COM 394 | Special Topics |
COM 492 | Honors Directed Study |
COM 493 | Honors Thesis |
COM 792 | Research |
COM 799 | Dissertation |
Fall 2021 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
LIA 194 | Special Topics |
COM 241 | Intro to Oral Interpretation |
COM 492 | Honors Directed Study |
COM 493 | Honors Thesis |
COM 691 | Seminar |
COM 792 | Research |
COM 799 | Dissertation |
Summer 2021 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
COM 692 | Research |
COM 799 | Dissertation |
Spring 2021 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
COM 241 | Intro to Oral Interpretation |
COM 394 | Special Topics |
COM 492 | Honors Directed Study |
COM 493 | Honors Thesis |
COM 690 | Reading and Conference |
COM 792 | Research |
COM 799 | Dissertation |
Fall 2020 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
COM 241 | Intro to Oral Interpretation |
COM 792 | Research |
COM 799 | Dissertation |
Summer 2020 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
COM 792 | Research |
COM 799 | Dissertation |
Spring 2020 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
COM 394 | Special Topics |
COM 493 | Honors Thesis |
COM 690 | Reading and Conference |
COM 691 | Seminar |
COM 692 | Research |
COM 792 | Research |
COM 799 | Dissertation |
Fall 2019 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
COM 225 | Public Speaking |
COM 382 | Classroom Apprenticeship |
COM 394 | Special Topics |
COM 492 | Honors Directed Study |
COM 499 | Individualized Instruction |
COM 792 | Research |
COM 799 | Dissertation |
Summer 2019 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
COM 792 | Research |
Spring 2019 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
COM 394 | Special Topics |
COM 493 | Honors Thesis |
COM 691 | Seminar |
COM 792 | Research |
COM 799 | Dissertation |
Fall 2018 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
COM 492 | Honors Directed Study |
COM 792 | Research |
Summer 2018 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
COM 692 | Research |
Spring 2018 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
COM 225 | Public Speaking |
COM 493 | Honors Thesis |
COM 499 | Individualized Instruction |
COM 507 | Qual Rsrch Methods in Comm |
COM 692 | Research |
Fall 2017 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
HON 194 | Special Topics |
TCL 194 | Special Topics |
COM 263 | Elements Intercultural Comm |
COM 382 | Classroom Apprenticeship |
COM 492 | Honors Directed Study |
COM 493 | Honors Thesis |
COM 690 | Reading and Conference |
COM 692 | Research |