Jeremiah Favara, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Department of Communication Studies

Dr. Jeremiah Favara is a feminist media studies scholar whose research and teaching focus on intersecting dynamics of gender, race, sexuality, and class in media production and representations. His work is guided by feminist theory, intersectionality,...

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Jeremiah Favara, Ph.D.

Contact Information

  • Office Hours Fall 2024

    Monday: 10:00am - 11:00am
    Wednesday: 9:00am - 11:00am
    Thursday: 10:00am to 11:00am
    or by appointment

  • (509) 313-3923

Education & Curriculum Vitae

Ph.D., Media Studies, University of Oregon

MSc, Gender, Development, and Globalisation, London School of Economics and Political Science

B.S., Montana State University


Courses Taught

COMM 100: Communication and Speech

COMM 230: Understanding Identity

COMM 275: Analyzing Public Texts

Dr. Jeremiah Favara is a feminist media studies scholar whose research and teaching focus on intersecting dynamics of gender, race, sexuality, and class in media production and representations. His work is guided by feminist theory, intersectionality, and queer of color critique.

His scholarship has been published in Communication, Culture and Critique, Feminist Media Studies, Critical Military Studies, and Ada: A Journal of Gender, New Media, and Technology.

His book, Tactical Inclusion: Difference and Vulnerability in U.S. Military Advertising was published in April 2024 as part of the Feminist Media Studies series with University of Illinois Press.


Referred Journal Articles

  • Favara, Jeremiah and Clark Brinson, "White at Heart': Making Race in Marine Corps Recruitment Advertising", Communication, Culture and Critique 16, no.1 (2023): 33-40
  • Favara, Jeremiah. “Good Black Soldiers: Race, Masculinity and U.S. Military Recruiting in the 1970s.” Critical Military Studies 7, no. 1 (2021): 1-22.
  • Favara, Jeremiah and Caitlin Kawamura. “Let’s Be Abominable Feminists: Yeti: Campus Stories and Sexism in the Digital College Party Scene.” Ada: A Journal of Gender, New Media, and Technology 10 (2016).
  • Favara, Jeremiah. “A Maternal Heart: Angelina Jolie, Choices of Maternity and Hegemonic Femininity in People Magazine.” Feminist Media Studies 15, no. 4 (2015): 626-642.

Manuscripts

  • Favara, Jeremiah. Tactical Inclusion: Difference and Vulnerability in US Military Advertising. University of Illinois Press, 2024.

Edited Book Chapters

  • Favara, Jeremiah. “Gods and Freaks, Soldiers and Men: Gender and Technology in The Avengers.” In Marvel Comics Into Film, edited by Peaslee, R.M., McEniry, M., & Weiner, R.G., 177-188. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland Press, 2016.

Media and Industry Publications

  • "How the US Military used Magazines to Target 'Vulnerable' Groups with Recruiting Ads." The Conversation. 
  • Favara, Jeremiah. “The Unfortunate Familiarity of Marines United: Masculinity, Digital Sex Talk and the Military.” Ms. Magazine Blog. (2017).
  • Favara, Jeremiah and Carol Stabile. “Hollywood, the Sexual Violence Factory.” Ms. Magazine Blog. (2015).