Demystifying Normativities in Communication Education

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Acknowledgments

I thank Dr. Katherine Hendrix whose fierceness continues to inspire me to examine issues of race and difference in the communication classroom. I am grateful to Ryan Lescure, Sage Russo, Jace Allen, Briana Avila, and Rebecca Gigi who bring joy, dedication, and intellectual rigor to our teaching—you are truly members of my “dream team.” As always, I thank Yogi Enzo and Pierre Lucas, my two furry bodhisattvas, who encourage me to engage the world with innocence and inquisitiveness.

Notes

1. Teachers and students, as participants, have the potential to mutually change and transform each other.

2. I adopted the model from Dr. Donald Arquilla who uses it primarily for psychological transformation.

3. The mythical norm is a particular intersectional identity. By highlighting this aspect, we can unpack how it invisibly creates and marks “Others.”