Graduate Teaching Assistant

About

  • Website:

    http://laurenbuisker.com

  • Office Hours:

    Tuesdays/Thursdays from 10-11am, Wednesdays from 9am-10am

  • Role:

    Graduate Student

  • Position:

    • Graduate Teaching Assistant
    • Ph. D. Candidate

  • Concentration:

    • Rhetoric and Civic Engagement
    • Organizational Communication

  • Department:

    • Communication Studies

  • Education:

    • B. S. in Communication Studies, South Dakota State University, 2019
    • B. S. in Political Science, South Dakota State University, 2019
    • M. A. in Communication, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2021

  • Curriculum Vitae:

Biography

Lauren Buisker (she/her) is a Ph. D. Candidate and Graduate Teaching Assistant at Colorado State University. She earned her undergraduate degrees in Communication Studies and Political Science from South Dakota State University in 2019, and her master's degree in Communication from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2021. Her research uses feminist rhetorical perspectives to understand discourses about sexual violence, particularly as they relate to organizing and organizational life. Lauren has been the instructor of record in classes on argumentation, debate, introductory writing, public speaking, interpersonal communication, political communication, pop culture, and rhetorical criticism. Additionally, she has worked as a teaching assistant in a workplace communication course. Lauren currently serves as an instructor for SPCM 335: Gender and Communication, and she also co-teaches a graduate-level course called SPCM 675: Communication Pedagogy.

Publications

Peer-Reviewed Research Articles:

Buisker, Lauren L. "Articulating Hierarchical Victimhood: Rhetorical Mirroring in Anti-Fat and Rape Culture Discourse." Rhetoric Society Quarterly 0, no. 0 (2024): 1-16. doi:10.1080/02773945.2024.2408555

Buisker, Lauren L. “Erasing Race: Convenience Memories of Anita Hill and Rhetorics of White ‘Worthy’ Victimhood in Coverage of the Ford/Kavanaugh Hearings.” Southern Communication Journal 0, no. 0 (2024) 1-14. doi:10.1080/1041794X.2024.2389813.

Buzzetta, Autumn, Lauren L. Buisker, Elizabeth A. Williams, and Cari Whittenburg. “‘Nobody Knew the Rules’: Nonprofit Resilience, Rules, and Resources during the COVID-19 Pandemic.” Communication Studies 75, no. 5 (2024): 537-558. doi:10.1080/10510974.2024.2382623.

Buisker, Lauren L. “Weaponizing Apologia in Response to Me Too: Organizational Silencing in CBS Coverage of Charlie Rose.” Women & Language 46, no. 2 (2023): 331-362. doi:10.34036/WL.2023.019.

Peer-Reviewed Teaching Article:

Buisker, Lauren L., and Kylie J. Johnson. “What is ‘So Severe, Pervasive, and Objectively Offensive?’: Defining Sexual Harassment, Investigating Reporting Requirements, and Supporting Disclosures with Feminist Role-Playing.” Feminist Pedagogy. (Accepted; forthcoming 2024).

Book Chapter:

Long, Ziyu, and Lauren L. Buisker. “Care, Justice, and Resilience: Designing Positive Employee Communication from Organizational Communication Perspectives” in The Routledge Handbook of Employee Communication and Organizational Process, eds. Soojin Kim, Patrice M. Buzzanell, Jeong-Nam Kim, and Alessandra Mazzei. (Accepted; forthcoming 2025).

Book Review:

Buisker, Lauren L. Review of “What It Feels Like: Visceral Rhetoric and the Politics of Rape Culture.” Quarterly Journal of Speech 109, no. 2 (2023): 199-200. doi:10.1080/00335630.2023.2201433.

Courses

  • SPCM 675: Communication Pedagogy

  • SPCM 335: Gender and Communication

  • SPCM 420: Political Communication

  • SPCM 412: Rhetorical Criticism

  • SPCM 200: Public Speaking