Dr. Elizabeth (Liz Desnoyers-Colas)

Courses Taught

• Introduction to African American History (AFAS 2000)
• Communication Between the Genders (Comm 5600U)
• Nonverbal Communication, (Comm. 5200U)
• Interpersonal Communication in the Workplace (Comm. 5050U)
• Introduction to Public Speaking (Comm. 2280)
• Interpersonal Communication in Small Groups (Comm. 3050)

Academic Profile

• Ph.D in Communication:  Regent University Virginia Beach, VA
  • Emphasis: Intercultural/International Communication
• MA in Communication: Regent University, Virginia Beach, Va.
  • Emphasis: Creative Writing/Journalism
• B.A. in Mass Media/Journalism, Central Washington University, Ellensburg, WN

Research Interests

• Narrative and  Story telling in the African American Community
• African American Language/Code Switching 
• Racial/social Identity
• Womanism/Black Feminism
• African American Music
• African American Theater

Publications

• Marching asto War: Personal Narratives of African American Women’s Experiences in the Gulf Wars. Lanham, MD,:  University Press of America(Scheduled for publication summer 2011)
• Sista MC Droppin’ Rhymes with a Beat:  Rap, Rhetoric and Resistance.Published Feb 2009, VDM Verlag Publications: Germany.
• Bridge over Troubled Waters: The Cross Cultural Appeal of Thomas A. Dorsey’s Signature Songs.” Co-written chapter in More Than Precious Memories,” The Rhetoric of Southern Gospel Music. Macon, Ga., Mercer University Press 2004.