“Comprehending and critiquing theory and strategy are excellent foundational tools, but it is knowing how to put these theories and strategies into practice in the real world—and the digital world—that truly sets one up for professional success.”
Siobahn Stiles
Associate Professor of PracticeCommunications and Media Studies
Siobahn Stiles, PhD is the inaugural Director of the Digital Communication graduate program and an Associate Professor of Practice in the Communication and Media Studies Department at Goucher College. Dr. Stiles has been teaching public relations at the undergraduate level since 2013 and has a passion for strategic communication and theories of persuasion. She is a member of the Public Relations Society of America and has recently joined the Maryland chapter of the PRSA. Siobahn has informally practiced public relations in various positions since her college days, and she is excited to share her passion for this profession with her students.
Prior to arriving at Goucher College, Dr. Stiles served as Chair of the Communication Studies, Criminal Justice, and Psychology Department at Huntingdon College in Montgomery, Alabama. In addition to strategic communication, her teaching and research interests also include gender and race in mass media and feminist media studies.
Publications
Stiles, S. (2021). Considering cultural context, choice, language, and agency in reporting on sex trafficking. A TIP sheet for the Irina Project, UNC-Chapel Hill Hussman School of Journalism and Media.
Stiles, S. (2018). Good Versus Evil or “Saying More”: Strategies of Telling in Sex Trafficking Documentary Films. Journal of Human Trafficking 4 (1): 35-47.
Stiles, S. (2012). “I Am Elena”: Rhetorical analysis as the first step to a “best practices” formula for sex trafficking PSAs. Visual Communication Journal 11 (2): 185-206.
Stiles, S. & Kitch, C. (2011). “Redemption for Our Anguished Racial History”: Race and the National Narrative in Commemorative Journalism about Barack Obama. Journal of Communication Inquiry 35 (2):115-133.
Stiles, S. (2011). Contributor to The Multimedia Encyclopedia of Women in Today's World. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
Conference Papers & Panel Participation
Stiles, S. (2021). Film as a Tool to Discuss Racism: a lesson plan using critical race pedagogy. Paper presented at the 2021 Southern States Communication Association conference. Top Paper Award.
Stiles, S. (2019). “There was something we were trying to not feel”: A case study examining the significance of emotion in recovery communication. Paper presented at the 2019 Southern States Communication Association conference.
Stiles, S. (2014). Fusing Two Schools of Thought: Development Communication Through Innovations and Participatory Dialogue. Paper presented at the 2014 National Conference of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC).
Stiles, S. (2014). Combining Modernization and Participation: Diffusing Innovations Through Participatory Dialogue. Paper presented at the 2014 Southeast Colloquium of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC).
Stiles, S. (2013). The Place of Plurality: moving from the generalized to the concrete other in understanding the role of communicative action in development projects. Paper presented at the 2013 American Communication Association Conference.
Stiles, S. (2013). Emotions as Speech: Revising Habermas’s communicative action to include emotions, care ethics, and relationships in development projects. Paper presented at the 2013 Spring Conference of the International Organization of Social Sciences and Behavioral Research.
Academic or Professional Associations
Public Relations Society of America (PRSA)
Southern States Communication Association (SSCA)
National Communication Association (NCA)