Jake Cowan

Jake Cowan is a Professor in the Writing Studies Program at Saint Mary's College of California, affiliated with both the School of Liberal Arts and the School of Economics and Business Administration. His work bridges (post)structuralist ideological criticism, social media ecology, and psychoanalysis.

• Ph.D., English (Rhetoric), University of Texas at Austin (2020)
• M.A., Philosophy of Religion and Literature, University of Chicago (2011)
• B.A., Religious Studies, St. Edward’s University (2009)

Research focuses on how digital communication technologies shape belief, subjectivity, and epistemology through rhetorical frameworks. Key areas include conspiratorial rhetoric, fake news, and psychoanalytic approaches to media.

Recent publications span topics like Freudian parapraxis in digital life, ideological structures in social media, and rhetorical implications of celebrity mourning. His work engages broadly with digital culture, political communication, and media theory.

Teaching includes courses on Business Communication, Online Content Creation, and media-related writing studies. No explicit scientific awards are documented, but his scholarship reflects active peer-reviewed contributions.