Biography

Professor of Communication Studies
Director, Center for the Advancement of Women in Communication

Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University
M.A., Texas A&M University
B.A., University of Richmond

Dr. Haynes’ research explores how categories of identity, such as gender, race, and class, influence public discourse, particularly in mediated and pop culture settings. She is especially interested in how regional identity complicates or enriches our understanding of self and place, and frequently writes on gender and region in the areas of reality television, horror, sport, and country music. Her work has been presented at numerous national and international conferences, including at Oxford University, and published in edited volumes and journals, such as Feminist Media Studies. Her dissertation on gender in country music videos is housed at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Library and Archives and was consulted in the making of Ken Burns’ documentary, Country Music. She teaches a variety of courses in the Rhetoric and Cultural Criticism track of the Communication Studies major, as well as interdisciplinary courses in Women and Gender Studies, Sports Communication and Media, and Radio, Television, and Film. She currently serves as the director of the Center for the Advancement of Women in Communication at Rowan, the Associate Chair of Faculty Affairs for the Department of Communication Studies, and the Co-Chair of the Faculty Senate Tenure, Recontracting, and Promotion committee, overseeing Promotion. She is also a Bildner Fellow and previously served as the Associate Dean of the College of Communication and Creative Arts.

In addition to teaching and research some of Dr. Haynes’ other favorite things include: the Chicago Cubs, Sting, good puns, British mysteries, snowy owls, 80s music, waterfowl photography, live theatre/concerts, and hanging out with her three almost-adult sons.

Courses

CMS 04200  Introduction to Communication Studies
CMS 04310  Images of Gender in Popular Culture
CMS 04390  Rhetorical Criticism
CMS 04395  Rhetoric of Sport
CMS 04440  Rhetoric of Reality TV
CMS 04450  Seminar in Communication Studies (topics include Gender and Horror; Rhetoric of Social Protest & Resistance)
CMS/RTF 04375  Special Topics: Gender and Hitchcock
INTR 01130  Women and Gender in Perspective
RTF 10525  Rhetoric of Reality TV (graduate level)

Selected Publications

Julie Haynes, "Looking for (Women's) Rights in All the Wrong Places? Country Music and Hillbilly Feminism in the 1990s." Feminist Media Studies, vol. 18, no. 2 (2018).

Julie Haynes, "'I See Swamp People': Swamp People, Southern Horrors, and Reality Television," in Reality Television: Oddities of Culture, edited by Alison F. Slade, Amber Narro, and Burton P. Buchanan (Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, 2014): 249-262.

Julie Haynes, "Gators, Beavers, and Roaches: Whiteness and Regional Identity in Reality Television," in Images of Whiteness, edited by Clarissa Behar and Anastasia Chung (Oxfordshire: Interdisciplinary Press, 2013): 79-88.

Julie Haynes, "Exposing Domestic Violence in Country Music Videos," Local Violence, Global Media: Feminist Analyses of Gendered Representations, edited by Lisa Cuklanz and Sujata Moorti (New York: Peter Lang, 2009): 201-221.

Ongoing Projects

Hillbilly Feminism—Continued explorations and theorizing of this type of feminism, particularly in popular culture settings

Use of masculine icons/patriarchal symbols to critique hegemonic norms in popular culture (current projects include Garth Brooks’ performance at Joe Biden’s Inauguration; sports broadcaster, Dale Hansen’s rhetoric)

Consultant for the College of Humanities and Social Sciences’ Digital Humanities project on the Miss America archives; conference co-planner “Gowns, Crowns, and Contradictions” September 2023