General Information
Biography
Professor of Critical Media Studies. Advisor for the Visual Communication and Culture Minor. PhD from NDSU, MA from U of MN (TC), BS-Teaching from MNSU-Mankato. Grew up in Rosemount, MN, a suburb of St. Paul.
Teaching Interests
Critical and Cultural Theory; Media Literacy; Media Studies; Visual Culture; Computer-Mediated Communication; Pedagogical Theory; Teaching Strategies
Research Interests
See above ...
Service Summary
Former Member-At-Large for the Central States Communication Association
Education
Ph D, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND, Communication, Media Studies; Critical Theory/Cultural Studies; Pedagogy, 2008
MA, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, Communication Studies, Media Studies; Rhetorical Studies, 2001
BS, Minnesota State University - Mankato, Mankato, MN, Speech Communication, English; Humanities, 1997
AA, Inver Hills Community College, Inver Grove Heights, MN, General Education, 1993
Scholarship/Research/Creative Activity
Selected Publications
Tyma, Adam, Schowalter, Dana , Meier, Matt. Superheroes, Communication, and Culture: Popular Culture Perspectives on the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Bloomsbury Press.
Tyma, Adam. 2021. The Other Side of 2020: Questioning Everything—Doing Something, Journal of Communication Pedagogy, 5, 25-30.
Herbig, Art, Herrmann, Andrew, Watson, Alix, Tyma, Adam, joda, joan. 2020. Critical Rhetoric and Collaboration: Missing Principle #9 and ProfsDoPop, International Journal of Communication, 14, 15.
Tyma, Adam, Edwards, Autumn. 2019. Communication Is ... Perspectives on Theory, Cognella Publishing.