Rate My Professor Laura Prividera

Dr. Laura Prividera serves as Director and Professor in the School of Communication at East Carolina University. She holds a Ph.D. in Communication Studies from Bowling Green State University (2002), an M.A. in Interpersonal Communication from Bowling Green State University (1998), and a B.S. in Accounting from the University at Albany (1993). Her research interests encompass organizational communication, communication in education, and media messages. Prividera teaches courses in gender and communication, interpersonal communication, intercultural communication, organizational communication, communication theory, and communication pedagogy. Her scholarly work has been published in prestigious journals such as Women’s Studies in Communication, Women & Language, Health Communication, Basic Communication Course Annual, Carolinas Communication Annual, and Texas Speech Communication Journal. Representative publications include "Masculinity, Whiteness, and the Warrior Hero: Perpetuating the Strategic Rhetoric of U.S. Militarism and the Marginalization of Women" (Women’s Studies in Communication, 2006, co-authored with John W. Howard III), "Obesity and Health: A Textual Analysis of Consumption Product Advertisements in African American and General Readership Magazines" (2008, co-authored with Linda Kean), and "Health, Weight, and Fitness Messages in Ebony and Essence: A Framing Analysis of Articles in Ebony and Essence Magazines, 1979–2008" (Health Communication, 2014, co-authored with Linda Kean and John W. Howard III).