Garnet Butchart | Department of Communication at USF

department of communication — faculty & staff

Garnet Butchart, Ph.D.

cultural studies, philosophy of communication

Assistant Professor
813.974.2145
CIS 3046
gbutchar@cas.usf.edu

Professor Butchart teaches courses in philosophy of communication, cultural studies, media theory and criticism. His research has been published in Communication Theory, Communication, Culture & Critique, Canadian Journal of Communication, Cultural Critique and elsewhere. He co-edited (with B. Chang) Succeeding Failure: Openings in Communication and Media Studies, a special issue of Communication Theory. He is 2009 recipient of the NCA Top Paper Award in Semiotics and Communication, and 2005 recipient of the ICA Top Student Paper in Philosophy of Communication. Prior to joining the faculty at USF, he was Assistant Professor in the Cultural Studies Program at Trent University, Canada.

Undergraduate course offerings

Communication Theory
Analyzing Media and Culture
Cultural Studies and Communication

Graduate course offerings

Semiotics
Contemporary Cultural Studies
Theories and Histories of Communication

Representative publications

"The exceptional community: On strangers, foreigners, and communication," Communication, Culture & Critique, 3 (1), March, 2010
Succeeding Failure: Openings in communication and media studies. Special issue of Communication Theory, 17 (1), 2007. Co-edited with Briankle G. Chang.
Guest editors' words. (with B. G. Chang). Communication Theory, 17 (1), 2007, 1-2.
On ethics and documentary: A real and actual truth. Communication Theory, 16 (4), 427- 452, 2007.
On the void: The fascinating object of evil in Human Remains. In M. F. Norden (Ed.), The Changing Face of Evil in Film and Television. (New York and Amsterdam: Editions Rodopi, 2007) 159-175.
Heart of the event: Marion, Badiou, and the limits of representation. Antithesis, 16, 148-166, 2006.
Review of Malice, by François Flahault (L. Heron, Trans.), (New York: Verso, 2003). Cultural Critique, 63, 177-181, 2006.

Awards

Top Paper, Semiotics and Communication Division, National Communication Association (NCA). Chicago, 2009.
Top Student Paper, Philosophy of Communication Division, International Communication Association (ICA). New York City, 2005.

Education

Ph.D., Communication, University of Massachusetts at Amherst.

M.A., Communication Studies, University of Calgary.

B.A., School of Communication, Simon Fraser University.

Faculty

Staff