Meggie Mapes (PhD, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale) is the Introductory Course Director in the Department of Communication Studies at the University of Kansas. Her work emerges at the intersections of feminist theory, critical pedagogy, and cultural studies. She has written an award winning public speaking textbook and has published in journals that include: Communication and Critical/Cultural Studies, Communication Teacher, QED: A Journal of GLBTQ Worldmaking.