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Academia in Conflict

Engaging Stakeholders through Transformational Crisis Communication

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  • © 2023

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Editors:
  1. Adrienne P. Lamberti

    1. University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, USA

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  2. Anne R. Richards

    1. Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, USA

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  • Provides a comprehensive examination of higher education’s challenges, from teacher shortages to censorship

  • Focuses on practical communication practices that can mitigate crisis in academia

  • Offers valuable solutions for navigating challengers in higher education today

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Table of contents (6 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Introduction

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Transformational Crisis Communication and the Mission of Academia

      • Anne R. Richards, Adrienne P. Lamberti
      Pages 3-20

  3. Exploring Academic Conflict in International Contexts

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 21-21
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    2. Humanities’ Battlefronts: A Discursive “Is the Enemy of My Enemy My Friend?”

      • Kęstas Kirtiklis, Aldis Gedutis
      Pages 23-35

    3. Campus Hate Crimes During the Trump Era: The Rhetoric of Conflict During the 2017 Unite the Right Rally at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville

      • Kathleen Kirk, Darina Lepadatu
      Pages 37-64

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 131-133
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About this book

This book explores communication as a key influence on the trajectory of conflicts and crises in the specific context of academia. From the ideological responsibilities of academia to the profit-seeking motives of institutions, the authors explore challenges facing faculty across multiple disciplines. Critique of the higher education industry is more necessary than ever in the context of academic corporatization and marketization. Academia in Conflict reveals how institutional discourses can contribute to or mitigate conflict and crisis, offering communication practices that prioritize stakeholder experiences and needs. Enduring academic crises are addressed, including declines in public funding, mental health emergencies, and threats to job stability. Academia in Conflict provides crucial insights for navigating the challenges of higher education today.

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“The book opens a new dialogue on theories and practices of crisis communication for its revolutionary emphasis on stakeholders instead of administration, on crisis transformation instead of crisis management.” (Yong-Kang Wei, Professor, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley)

Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, USA

    Adrienne P. Lamberti

  • Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, USA

    Anne R. Richards

About the editors

Adrienne P. Lamberti is Professor of Languages & Literatures at the University of Northern Iowa, where she coordinates its Professional Writing Program. She has published extensively on the rhetoric of professional and technical communication.

Anne R. Richards is Professor of English at Kennesaw State University, where she has directed the peace studies and religious studies programs and where she helped found the PhD program in International Conflict Management.

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