Faculty

Greg Goodale

Assistant Professor

Office Location: 205 Holmes Hall
Office Phone: 617-373-5518
Email: g.goodale@neu.edu

Office Hours:
Monday: 11:40-1:25
Wednesday: 11:45-1:25
(When Faculty Senate is not in session)
Thursday: 11:40-1:25
By appointment

Education:
Ph.D., Speech Communication, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
J.D., University of Virginia
M.A., HIstory, George Mason University
B.A., International Relations, George Mason University

Courses Taught:
Political Communication
Legal Argumentation, Advocacy, & Citizenship
Free Speech Law & Practice
Contemporary Rhetorical Theory
Rhetorical Criticism II
Public Speaking

Research Interests:
Dr. Greg Goodale is a graduate of George Mason University (BA and MA), the University of Virginia School of Law (JD), and the University of Illinois (PhD) where he performed research in Rhetoric and American Studies. A former lawyer, lobbyist, and congressional aide, Greg Goodale continues his interest in democracy and in particular how American citizenship intersects with race, gender, and disability. As a public advocate (mostly for people with disabilities), Greg brings his Washington, DC experience into the classroom and into his scholarship. Greg also employs his experience as a radio disk jockey and new media content developer in the classroom. Currently, Greg serves as an elected member of the Northeastern University Faculty Senate.

His dissertation focused on how institutions (like universities) empower individuals to become citizens. Of particular interest is how women, African Americans, and white laborers have employed institutions as platforms from which to challenge the authority of established elites over the course of American history. Though his current scholarship ranges from Political Rhetoric to Health Communication, Greg is now primarily researching how sound and vision manipulate and persuade through vocalization, dialects, popular music, appearances, photographs, and film. The book he is currently researching covers the employment of sound from the earliest Edison recordings of American presidents, to jazz and blues, to 1930s radio superheroes, to 1950s "Duck and Cover" films.