Education
Ph.D., Sociology, York University ( 2000)
M.A, Communications Studies, University of Windsor (1994)
Honours B.A., in Communication Studies & Sociology, University of Windsor (1990)
Teaching and Research Interests
- 'Culture Wars' and media/political discourse
- popular culture, advertising and media representation
- historical materialism and critical political economy
- critical pedagogy
Selected Publications
Books
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Scatamburlo-D’Annibale, V. (2011). Cold Breezes and Idiot Winds: Patriotic Correctness and the Post-9/11 Assault on Academe. Sense Publishers.
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Scatamburlo, V. (1998). Soldiers of Misfortune: The New Right’s Culture War and the Politics of Political Correctness. Peter Lang. (Recipient of the 2000 American Educational Studies Association Critic’s Choice Award)
Journal Articles and Book Chapters (Last 7 years only)
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Scatamburlo-D’Annibale, V. (2025, forthcoming). Make the academy great again: right-wing think tanks and the ‘crisis’ in universities. Critical Education.
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Scatamburlo-D’Annibale, V. (2025, forthcoming). Paulo Freire’s pedagogy of hope amidst the ruins of neoliberalism and the rise of authoritarian populism. In T. Ramalho, S. Steinberg & J. Suoranta (Eds.), Letters to Paulo. Peter Lang.
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Scatamburlo-D’Annibale, V. (2024). Political correctness: the right’s favourite bugaboo. In J. Steel & J. Petley (Eds.), The Routledge Companion to Freedom of Expression and Censorship (pp. 222-231). London & New York: Routledge.
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Scatamburlo-D’Annibale, V. (2021). The manufactured free speech “crisis.” Critical Education, 12(8), 1-25.
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Scatamburlo-D'Annibale, V. (2019). "The 'culture wars' reloaded: Trump, anti-political correctness and the right's 'free speech' hypocrisy." Journal for Critical Education Policy Studies, 17(1), 69-119.
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Scatamburlo-D'Annibale, V., Brown, B., McLaren, P. (2018). "Marx and the philosophy of praxis." In P. Smeyers (Ed.), International Handbook of Philosophy of Education, Part I, (pp. 549-567). Springer International.
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Scatamburlo-D'Annibale, Valerie; McLaren, Peter; and Monzo, Lilia. (2018). "The complexity of Spivak's project: A Marxist interpretation." Qualitative Research Journal, 18(2), 144-156.
Courses Taught
CMAF-1010 Introduction to Media and Society
CMAF-2610 Public Relations, Media & Society
CMAF-2820 Advertising in Historical and Cultural Context
CMAF-3020 Popular Culture
CMAF-3900 Special Topics: Culture Wars in Context
CMDC-8500 Graduate Pro-Seminar
CMDC-8502 Research Methods
CMDC-8512 Communication and Social Movements
CMDC-8514 Political Economy of Media and Communication
CMDC-8515 Topics in Cultural Studies