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Terri Toles-Patkin

Professor - Communication
Communication, Film and Theatre
Education

B.A., Arcadia University
M.A., Cornell University
Ph.D., Cornell University

Biography

Dr. Toles Patkin (known as TTP to her students) has eclectic interests in the field of communication, with research projects exploring the construction of meaning ranging from ancient cave art to social media and virtual reality. She especially enjoys mentoring students conducting undergraduate research, and serves as the advisor to Eastern’s chapter of the national communication honor society, Lambda Pi Eta. Before coming to Eastern, she wrote communication-related legislation for the State of New York State and worked as a technological forecaster, predicting among other trends the cultural influence of social media.

Of Note

Dr. Toles Patkin’s office is filled with board games as part of a research project examining how the representation of individual identity has evolved over time.

Research Interests
  • Mediated interpersonal communication
  • Nonverbal communication
  • Freedom of expression
  • Popular culture

Teaching Interests

  • Communication Law and Ethics
  • Interpersonal Communications
  • Nonverbal Communication
  • Organizational Communication
  • Persuasion

 

Publications

Who’s in the Game: Identity and Intersectionality in Board Games. Jefferson, NC: McFarland Books, 2020.

Winnie-the-Pooh: Resisting Commodification of a Beloved Childhood Narrative. Chapter in Storybook Worlds Made Real: Essays on the Places Inspired by Children’s Narratives, edited by Kathy Merlock Jackson and Mark I. West, pp. 53-70, 2022.

Hallmarking Hanukkah: Flawed Attempts at Diversity in Cable Television Christmas Movies. Journal of Popular Culture 54(5): 917-940, 2021.

Gender Reveal Parties and the Construction of the Prenatal Gendered Environment. Explorations in Media Ecology 20(2): 175-193, 2021.

Adult Colouring Books: Mindful or Mindless? Pop Culture Matters, edited by Martin F. Norden and Robert E. Weir. Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, pp. 261-273, 2019.

From Mary Tyler Moore to Kellyanne Conway: Constructing a Synthetic Media Environment. Chapter in Trumping Truth: Essays on the Destructive Power of “Alternative Facts,” Salvador Jimenez Murguia, editor, McFarland, 2019, pp. 206-221.

Shenanigans on Stage: Cultural Re-appropriation of Classical Music through Comedy. In The Languages of Humor: Verbal, Visual and Physical Humor, Arie Sover, editor. London: Bloomsbury Academic, pp. 280-299, 2018.

Broccoli, Love and the Holy Toast: Cultural Depictions of Religion in Orange is the New Black. Chapter in Caged Women: Incarceration, Representation & Media, Shirley A. Jackson and Laurie Gordy, editors. New York: Routledge, pp. 227-238, 2018.

When Free Expression Becomes Microaggression: The Yale Emails and the Domestication of Halloween.” Communication Law Review 17(1), 2017. Available: http://commlawreview.org/Archives/v17i1/When_Free_Expression_Becomes_Microaggression.pdf

Social Media and Knowledge Management in a Crisis Context: Barriers and Opportunities. Chapter in Harnessing Social Media as a Knowledge Management Tool, pp.125-142, Ritesh Chugh, editor. IGI Publishing, 2017.