Dr. Erin O'Connor

Communication Studies
Senior Lecturer, Director of Undergraduate Studies
Dr. Erin O'Connor

Personal Bio

Dr. Erin O'Connor recently joined the UNT Department of Communication Studies faculty as a Lecturer in the fall of 2020. Recently, she has also assumed the role of Director of Undergraduate Studies for the department and is excited to work more closely with the undergraduate students in our department through advising. She received her PhD at the Moody College of Communication with a focus on Rhetoric and Language at the University of Texas at Austin. Her dissertation explored the rhetoric of clothing and uniformity.

Representative Publications

Bahrainwala, L., and O'Connor, Erin. (2019). Nike Unveils Women Muslim Athletes. Feminist Media Studies. doi: 10.1080/14680777.2019.1620822

O'Connor, E. (2019). Performative Rhetorics in Invisibility: Phoebe Philo's Undone Authorship. Australian Feminist Studies, 530-547. doi:10.1080/08164649.2019.1567254