Kevin Cummings, Ph.D.
Professor of Communication Studies
Education
- Ph.D., Denver University
- M.A., Denver University
- B.A., University of Texas at El Paso
Biography
Kevin Cummings, Ph.D., is a professor in the Department of Communication Studies and Theatre at Mercer University and an affiliated faculty member in the Department of Women’s and Gender Studies. His undergraduate degree is from the University of Texas at El Paso, and he completed his Ph.D. at Denver University. In his free time, he enjoys riding roller coasters and reading (and watching) science fiction and fantasy. His academic research explores intersections between rhetoric and media, including scholarship on artificial intelligence, invasive species and Twitter. He has been awarded grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities, AT&T and the International Debate Education Association. His prior work in argumentation studies was featured in Controversia and Critical Problems in Argumentation, and his most recent publications are a co-authored chapter in The Handbook of Media and Mass Communication Theory on the subject of citizenship and consumption in the age of Twitter, a co-authored chapter in the book Communication and Control on chatbots and affective labor, and a co-edited volume titled The Ethics and Rhetoric of Invasion Ecology.
Contact Kevin Cummings, Ph.D.
478-301-2875
cummings_k@mercer.edu