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College of Arts and Humanities

Hillary A. Jones

Associate Professor

Communication | Office: SA9

hjones@csufresno.edu

Education

  • Ph.D. | The Pennsylvania State University (Department of Communciation Arts & Sciences and Department of Women's Studies)
  • M.A. | Colorado State University (Department of Speech Communication)
  • B.A. | Colorado State University (Department of Speech Communication; University Honors Scholar and Distinguished First Generation Scholar)

Courses Taught

  • Core courses in rhetoric, including rhetorical theory (COMM 140) and rhetorical criticism (COMM 142)
  • Core courses in rhetoric in the graduate program, including rhetorical theory (COMM 241) and rhetorical criticism (COMM 242M)
  • Courses drawing on her particular areas of expertise, including rhetorical approaches to popular culture, digital media and culture, visual culture and rhetorics, and game studies
Dr. Jones is a member of ΦΒΚ (Phi Beta Kappa) and ΛΠΗ (Lamdba Pi Eta), and she is active in numerous professional organizations, including the Rhetoric Society of America, Western States Communication Association, and the Organization for Research on Women in Communication.
Rhetorical Approaches to Popular Culture, Posthumanism, Visual and Digital Media, Game Studies, Rhetorical Criticism, Technofeminisms, and Rhetorical and Critical Theory

Dr. Jones’s research employs rhetorical criticism and critical theory (posthumanism, feminism, Marxian) to illuminate the social justice possibilities and constraints of new media and of speculative and science fiction texts (both on the screen on and on the page). Her research has appeared in Critical Studies in Media Communication, Southern Communication Journal, Rhetoric Society Quarterly, Communication, Culture, and Critique, and edited collections about rhetoric and media.

Dr. Jones co-edited one of the foundational readers in rhetorical criticism methodology: Readings in Rhetorical Criticism.

With her most current research, Dr. Jones is exploring posthumanisms and feminisms in science fiction television and video games. Her recent book (co-authored with Heather Hundley and Roberta Chevrette), Dangerous Dames: Representing Female-Bodied Empowerment in Postfeminist Media, led off Peter Lang's new Cultural Media Studies book series in 2020.