Department of Women’s and Gender Studies
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Leland G. Spencer
Title: | Professor and Chair |
Department of Women’s and Gender Studies | |
Email: | spencelg@sc.edu |
Office: | Close-Hipp 510 |
Resources: | Curriculum Vitae [pdf] |
Bio
Leland G. Spencer (PhD, University of Georgia, 2013) is professor and chair in the
Department of Women's and Gender Studies at the University of South Carolina. Leland
holds a graduate certificate in Women's Studies from UGA (2011), an MA in Communication
from the University of Cincinnati (2009), and a BA in Communication Studies from Mount
Union College (now known as University of Mount Union, 2007).
Leland's research interests are in feminist rhetoric, gender, sexuality, and gender
identity, and religious communication. Leland is the author of Rape, Agency, and Carceral Solutions (University of Massachusetts Press, 2023), coauthor (with Theresa Kulbaga) of Campuses of Consent (University of Massachusetts Press, 2019), author of Women Bishops and Rhetorics of Shalom (Lexington, 2017), and coeditor (with Jamie Capuzza) of Transgender Communication Studies (Lexington, 2015). He has published more than forty peer-reviewed articles in journals
such as the Quarterly Journal of Speech, Critical Studies in Media Communication, Text and Performance Quarterly, QED: A Journal in GLBTQ Worldmaking, Women & Language, and others.
Leland's scholarship has received local and national recognition. Leland holds the
Randy Majors Award from the Caucus on LGBTQ Concerns of the National Communication
Association (NCA), the Janice Hocker Rushing Award from the Southern States Communication
Association (SSCA), and the Gender Scholar of the Year Award from the Gender Studies
Division of SSCA. Leland has won several awards for conference presentations and publications
from the Organization for the Study of Communication, Language, and Gender as well
as different divisions of NCA.