Allie Rowland

Allie Rowland is Professor and Department Chair in the Department of Performance and Communication Arts at St. Lawrence University. She directs the Communication Across the Disciplines Fellows (CADF) program—a nationally recognized initiative training students to support speaking-intensive curricula—and runs the instructor resource platform Speak to Engage.

Education

• PhD, University of Colorado at Boulder
• M.Res., University of Bath, U.K.
• B.S., James Madison University

Research Focus

Rowland's pioneering work in zoerhetorics examines how communication practices determine which lives are valued or marginalized. Her research spans reproductive justice, microbiome rhetoric, and biocitizenship, analyzing discourses from abortion access to pandemic communication. She employs interdisciplinary frameworks bridging gender studies, health humanities, and digital culture.

Publications and Awards

Her scholarship includes award-winning books like Zoetropes and the Politics of Humanhood (2020) and Covid And...How to Do Rhetoric in a Pandemic (2023), both recognized by the Association for the Rhetoric of Science, Technology, and Medicine. Her articles critically engage with topics from drone warfare biolegitimacy to algorithmic culture.

Honors and Recognition

• Book of the Year Award, ARSTM (2024, 2021)
• Honorable Mention, Marie Hochmuth Nichols Award (2021)
• Honorable Mention, Rhetoric Society of America Book Award (2021)

Teaching and Student Mentorship

Rowland teaches courses in rhetoric, gender, health humanities, and algorithms, including prison education programs. She mentors students in publishable research, evidenced by co-authorships with Ava Marshall (abortion rhetoric) and Rahel Madeska (media criticism).