About
Dr. Dan Strasser is a Professor and Department Chair in the Department of Communication Studies at Rowan University. He holds a Ph.D. from the University of Denver and has been teaching for over ten years. His work focuses on gendered identities, masculinities, family communication, and critical pedagogy through qualitative methodologies like autoethnography.
- Affiliations: Ric Edelman College of Communication & Creative Arts
- Teaches courses on Gender Communication, Family Communication, and Communication Theory
Research interests include queer performance studies, classed identities, and the intersectionality of identity formation. Current projects explore ambiguous loss in education during/after the pandemic, communication about whiteness in families, and masculinity perceptions in father-son relationships.
Publications emphasize family communication dynamics, adoption-related privacy challenges, and critical perspectives on gender. He has contributed to volumes like Communication and Identity: Intersectional perspectives on critical pedagogy and Inside relationships: Critical case studies in interpersonal communication.
- Advising: Active mentorship in gender studies and family communication research
- Grants: No specific grants listed but engaged in multiple ongoing research initiatives
Engaged with autoethnography as a core methodology and investigates how families negotiate identity through communication about race, class, and gender.
