Faculty
José Ángel Maldonado
Assistant Professor
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Office: CIS 3045
Biography
José Ángel Maldonado is Assistant Professor of Communication at the University of South Florida, specializing in Rhetorical Theory, Cultural Studies, Film and Television Criticism, and Contemporary Mexican Culture. His book, Falling to My Death: Vertical Rhetorics in Neoliberal Mexico (Clemson University Press, 2025), won NCA’s Diamond Anniversary Book Award, among other honors. There, he combines memoir and cultural criticism of visual media to expose the normalization of violence as a rhetorical process. His research appears in various academic journals, including the Quarterly Journal of Speech, Communication and Critical/Cultural Studies, Communication and Democracy, and Rhetoric & Public Affairs.
Research Areas
Rhetorical Theory, Critical and Cultural Studies, Film and Television Criticism, Contemporary Mexican Culture, Gender Studies, Border Studies, Globalization, Neoliberalism, and Indigeneity