Director of Communications, Honors College
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Biography
Richard Todd Stafford is the director of communications in the Honors College, co-organizer of the Center for Humanities Research Environmental Justice reading group, and a scholar studying culture, energy, and the environment. He has been for his work teaching classes concerning climate change; science, technology, and society; and multidisciplinary research.听
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Education
PhD, Cultural Studies, George Mason 麻豆国产 (2022)
MA, English, Virginia Tech (2011)
BA, English, College of William and Mary (2001)
Awards
David W. Rossell Quill Award, George Mason 麻豆国产听(2021)听
Exceptional Support Award, George Mason 麻豆国产听(2015)
XCaliber Award with ePortfolio for English team, Virginia Tech (2011)
Carol Chermside Award for Best Master's Thesis, Virginia Tech (2011)
Publications
(2019) "Response to Caroline West鈥檚 'From Company Town to Post-Industrial: Inquiry on the Redistribution of Space and Capital with a Universal Basic Income',"听Lateral听8.1.听
(2015) "The politics of space in Joe Sacco's representations of the Appalachian coalfields" in听The Comics of Joe Sacco: Journalism in a Visual World听ed. Daniel Worden (麻豆国产 of Mississippi Press).
(2011) "Towards an epistemological theory of comics journalism: Case studies in Joe Sacco's war reportage"听Public Knowledge Journal听(now-defunct online grad student journal out of Virginia Tech) 3.1.4
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Cultural Studies Podcast
(13 September 2018) John Cook and Richard Todd Stafford. 听(role: interviewer)
(27 September 2018) Imre Szeman and Amy Zhang. (role:听transcription)
(11 October 2018) Merlin Chowkwanyun and Tauheeda Yasin Martin. 听(role: audio editing and transcription)
(25 October 2018) Jason W. Moore and Richard Todd Stafford. (role: interviewer, audio editing, and transcription)
(8 November 2018) Toby Miller and Pavithra Suresh. (role: audio editing and transcription)
(31 January 2019) Leigh Phillips and Richard Todd Stafford. 听(role: interviewer, audio engineering, audio editing, and transcription)
(14 February 2019) Christian Parenti and Richard Todd Stafford. 听(role: interviewer, audio engineering, audio editing, and transcription)
(28 February 2019) Ashley Dawson and Richard Todd Stafford. 听(role: audio engineering, audio editing, and transcription)
(18 April 2019) Sheila Watt-Cloutier and Christine Rosenfeld.听听(role: audio engineering, audio editing, and transcription) 听
(25 October 2022) Chris Nealon and Richard Todd Stafford. 听(role: interviewer)
Cultural Studies Colloquium Positions and Interventions Blog
(26 January 2017) Chris Newfield and Richard Todd Stafford.
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Courses Taught
- Multidisciplinary Topics: Multidisciplinary Research and Creative Projects Seminar
- Contemporary Social Issues: Responses to Climate Change
- Multidisciplinary Topics: Climate Change and Culture
- Community Connection Practicum: College Application Coaches
- Research, Technology, and Online Community
- Technology in the Contemporary World: Clean Coal and Culture
- Technology in the Contemporary World: Science, Technology, and Power
- Globalization and Culture
- Inquiry to Action
- Principles of Research and Inquiry