Rhetoric and communication studies professor recognized for outstanding dissertation
July 12, 2012
Presented each year by the Political Communication Division of the National Communication Association, the Lynda Lee Kaid Award recognizes the top dissertation submitted in the previous year.
Barney, who teaches in the rhetoric and communications studies department, focused his dissertation, (Re)placing America: Cold War Mapping and the Mediation of International Space, on how maps became part of communicating America’s identity and values during the Cold War, as the United States rose to the status of international superpower.
Barney’s interest in maps began when he was young, and he has used his childhood passion to drive his research. “The main thing I’m trying to get across with this work is that maps don’t simply reflect the world around us,” he said, “but that they shape the way we actually see ourselves and our place on the globe.”
Barney will receive the Lynda Lee Kaid award at the National Communication Association conference in Orlando, Fla. in November.
Barney, who teaches in the rhetoric and communications studies department, focused his dissertation, (Re)placing America: Cold War Mapping and the Mediation of International Space, on how maps became part of communicating America’s identity and values during the Cold War, as the United States rose to the status of international superpower.
Barney’s interest in maps began when he was young, and he has used his childhood passion to drive his research. “The main thing I’m trying to get across with this work is that maps don’t simply reflect the world around us,” he said, “but that they shape the way we actually see ourselves and our place on the globe.”
Barney will receive the Lynda Lee Kaid award at the National Communication Association conference in Orlando, Fla. in November.