Sharon L. Bracci
Associate Professor
Office: 106 Ferguson Building
Phone: 336-334-35297
E-mail: slbracci@uncg.edu
Website: http://www.uncg.edu/~slbracci/
Degrees:
- Ph.D. Ohio State University
- M.A., Case Western Reserve University
- M.A., Ohio State University
- Language study Loyola University, Rome, Italy
- B.A., Wayne State University
Academic Employment
1999-present: Assistant Professor, Department of Communication, University of North Carolina at Greensboro
1998-1999: Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Communication, University of North Carolina at Greensboro
1993-1998: Lecturer, Course Supervisor for Level II general education courses in critical thinking and related communication skills, Department of Communication, Ohio State University
Scholarly interests:
Interdisciplinary connections among communication ethics, public argument, and practical moral reasoning in contemporary social, media, and health care contexts
Courses taught:
- Upper Division Courses: Advanced Argumentation, Communication Ethics, Senior Seminar/Capstone Experience, Speaking Out for Community Change, Seminar in Communication Ethics
- Lower Division Courses: Cooperative Argumentation, Communication Ethics, Strategic Communication, Rhetoric of American Issues (Health Care and Media)
Recent Publications :
Books:
- Bracci, Sharon L. and Christians, Clifford G., eds., Moral Engagement in Public Life: Theorists For Contemporary Ethics, New York: Peter Lang, (in press).
Journal Articles:
- Bracci, Sharon L. (2002, August). Seyla Benhabib’s Interactive Universalism: Fragile Hope for a Radically Democratic Conversational Model. Qualitative Inquiry, 8 (4), 463-488.
- Bracci, Sharon L. (2002, Winter). Bioethical Discourse: A “New” Prudence for an Emergent Paradigm? Argumentation and Advocacy, 38, 151-168.
- Bracci, Sharon L. (2001, May). Managing Health Care in Oregon: The Search for a Civic Bioethics Journal of Applied Communication Research, 29, 171-194.
- Bracci Blinn, Sharon and Garrett, Mary. (1993). Aristotelian Topoi as a Cross-Cultural Analytical Tool. Philosophy and Rhetoric, 26, 93-112.
Book Chapters:
- Bracci, Sharon L., "Communication Ethics in Media Production Contexts," in Angharad Valdivia, ed., The Blackwell Companion to Media Studies, Blackwell Publishers, Malden, MA and Oxford, UK, (forthcoming, 2002).
- Bracci, Sharon L. "The Fragile Hope of Seyla Benhabib's Interactive Universalism," in Sharon L. Bracci and Clifford G. Christians, eds., Moral Engagement in Public Life: Theorists for Contemporary Ethics, New York: Peter Lang, (forthcoming, 2002).
Conference Proceedings:
- Bracci, Sharon L. "Communication Ethics and the Search for a Contemporary Prudence," Proceedings, Third National Communication Ethics Conference, 12-15 May, 1994, Gull Lake, 137-141.
- Bracci Blinn, Sharon, Cooperative Argument: A Habitat for Cultivating Phronesis, Proceedings, Second National Communication Ethics Conference, 11-14 June, 1992, Gull Lake, 392-403.
Works in progress:
Book chapters:
- Bracci, Sharon L. Conversation with Sharon Bracci. In Pat Arneson, ed., From Periphery to Center: Conversations about Communication Ethics. For submission to NY: Peter Lang.
Journal Articles:
- Bracci, Sharon L. Humanizing Argumentation for Engaged Citizenship. Under revision for re-submission to Rhetoric and Public Affairs.
- Bracci, Sharon L. Cancer narratives: Social and Ethical Dimensions of Emerging Metaphors. For submission toDiscourse and Society.
- Bracci, Sharon L. The Compassionate Cosmopolite and the Global Village. For submission to Critical Studies in Mass Communication
Unpublished theses:
- Dissertation: “American Conservatives and the Search For a Postmodern Prudence,” (1995), directed by Prof. Josina M. Makau
- Master’s: "Bioethical Discourse in Neonatal Practice: Toward a Common Moral Vocabulary," (1988), directed by Prof. Josina M. Makau
Recent Conference Presentations
“What Does Corporate Media Consolidation Portend for American Democracy? News Incorporated: Corporate Media Ownership and Its Threat to Democracy,” Chair, Fourteenth Annual Meeting of the Association for Practical and Professional Ethics, San Antonio, February, 2005.
“Embodied Metaphors: Ethical Dimensions of Cancer Narratives,” National Communication Association annual meeting, Chicago, November, 2004.
“The Role of Emotion in Moral Argumentation,” Twelfth Annual Meeting of the Association of Practical and Professional Ethics, Charlotte, NC., February 2003.
“Compassion Fatigue,” National Communication Association annual meeting, New Orleans, November, 2002.
“Civility, Moral Outrage, and the Limits of Rationality,” Carolinas Communication Association annual meeting, Greensboro, NC, October, 2002.
“Situated Selves, Citizens of the World, and Global Discursive Communities,” invited paper, Media Ethics Preconference, “Cross-Cultural Communication Ethics in a Digitalized Age” 52nd International Communication Association Conference, July 13-15, 2002, Gwangju, South Korea. Live session webcast on C-SPAN at: http://www.chonnam.ac.kr/~webcast
“Contexts and Universals in Public Moral Deliberation: Toward an Interactive Cosmopolis,” National Communication Association annual meeting, Atlanta, November, 2001.
“Practical Moral Reasoning, Experience, and Dialogical Virtues,” Carolinas Communication Association annual meeting, Charlotte, NC, September, 2001.
“Seyla Benhabib’s Interactive Universalism,” Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication annual meeting, Washington, DC, August, 2001.
“Ethical Issues in Genetic Technology,” North Carolina League for Nursing, Chapel Hill, NC, March, 2001.
“Secular, Religious, and Spiritual Vocabularies of Public Discourse: Can Integration Build the Engaged Community?,” organizer, chair, and panelist, National Communication Association annual meeting, Seattle, November, 2000.
“Exploring the Grounds of Ethically Engaged Argumentation: A Roundtable Discussion,” organizer, chair, and panelist, National Communication Association annual meeting, Seattle, November, 2000.
"The Use of Classical Moral Theories in the Free-standing Undergraduate Communication Ethics Course,” Sixth National Communication Ethics Conference, Gull Lake, MI., May, 2000.
“Seyla Benhabib’s Interactive Universalism,” organizer, chair and panelist, National Communication Association annual meeting, Chicago, November, 1999.
“Visions of Community: Ethical Issues in Public Relations and Community Building,” A highlighted panel, chair and panelist, National Communication Association annual meeting, Chicago, November, 1999.
Respondent, “Visualizing Lolita: Explorations in Intertextuality,” National Communication Association annual meeting, Chicago, November, 1999.
Professional Affiliations
- National Communication Association
- Carolinas Communication Association
- Association for Practical and Professional Ethics
