Patricia Sullivan

Patricia Sullivan is a Professor in the Digital Media & Journalism department at the State University of New York at New Paltz. She also serves as Director of the Honors Program, teaching courses like The Individual and Society and Debates in U.S. History. Her research focuses on intersections of gender, race, and class in political rhetoric, political apologies, new social movements, and political ethics.

• Education:
  • Ph.D. in Rhetorical Studies, University of Iowa
  • B.A. in Communication and English, Marquette University

Her publications span topics such as post-racial political landscapes, gender biases in presidential campaigns, and ethical dimensions of judicial decision-making. She has contributed to seminal works like Gender Actualized: Cases in Communicatively Constructing Realities and The Clinton Presidency: A Communication Perspective.

Major awards include:

• SUNY Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Professional Service (2015)
• Article awards from the Organization for the Study of Communication, Language, & Gender (2000, 1996)
• Book Award from the same organization (1997)