Brooke Covington

Brooke Covington

Assistant Professor
Academic Director, Center for Community Engagement


(757) 594-7954

McMurran Hall 201-H

Education

  • Ph D in Rhetoric and Writing, Virginia Technical Institute and State University
  • MA in Writing, Rhetoric and Tech Communication, James Madison University
  • BA in English, James Madison University

Teaching

Writing for Civic Engagement, Professional and Technical Writing, Medical Humanities, Rhetorical Theory, Research Methods

Research

Materiality, Rhetorics of Public Memorials and Monuments, Archives, Public Sphere Theory, Rhetorical Theory

Selected Accomplishments

  • US Aging Achievement Award in Advocacy, US Aging. (2025)

  • Book, Chapter in Scholarly Book-New
    (2024). “Tell Me a (Counter)Story: Disrupting Dominant Approaches to Narrative(s,) Medicine, Trauma, and Ethics". Vernon Press.
  • Book Review
    (2024). Book Review: Stuart J. Murray. The Living from the Dead: Disaffirming Biopolitics. The Pennsylvania State University Press. 2022. 207 pages.. Rhetoric Review. Pages, 4 pages.
  • Book, Chapter in Scholarly Book-New
    (2023). "Centering Counterstories in Anti-Racist Podcasting Pedagogies". Campus Compact/Stylus Publishing. Pages, pp. 135-142.
  • Journal Article, Academic Journal
    (2023). “You Call It Honor, We Call It Dishonor”: Counterstorytelling and Confederate Monuments in Isle of Wight County, Virginia. Community Literacy Journal. Volume, 17. Issue, 2. Pages, pp. 4- 24.
  • Journal Article, Academic Journal
    (2023). "Critical Pedagogy, Counterstorytelling, and the Interdisciplinary Power of Podcasts". Journal of Curriculum and Pedagogy. Volume, DOI: 10.1080/15505170.2023.2169972. Pages, 20.
  • Journal Article, Academic Journal
    (2022). Unpacking the Vernacular Camouflage of Virginia Tech’s April 16th Memorial. Western Journal of Communication/Taylor and Francis. Volume, 88. Issue, 4. Pages, 739-759.
  • Journal Article, Academic Journal
    (2022). "How Contralateral Prophylactic Mastectomy Does the Body, Or Why Epistemology Alone Cannot Explain this Controversial Breast Cancer Treatment". Journal of Medical Humanities. Volume, 43. Pages, 141-158.
  • Journal Article, Academic Journal
    (2021). Ars Media: A Toolkit for Narrative Medicine in Writing Classrooms. Assay: A Journal of Nonfiction Studies. Volume, 8. Issue, 1. Pages, 22.

  • Ann Mazzocca, Renee Foster, Brooke Covington, Kelly Rossum, Sarah Chace, Hampton Roads Social Justice Conference / Elevating Voices, Igniting Change, "Igniting Change through Community-Engaged Learning: Elevating Community Voices in Higher Education and Beyond," CNU. (2025)
  • Brooke Covington, Conference on Women and Gender, "“Chronicles of Caregiving Workshop: Amplifying Women’s Stories through Narrative Medicine”," Newport News, VA. (2025)
  • Brooke Covington, 2024 RSA National Conference, "“(Counter)Storytelling as Just Rhetoric in Confederate Monument Controversy”," Denver, Colorado. (2024)
  • Brooke Covington, Dayman Parrish, Virginia Humanities Conference, "“Tracing (Counter)Stories in Confederate Monument Controversy.”," VIRTUAL. (2023)
  • Brooke Covington, Writing Research Across Borders (WRAB), "“Grappling with the Pandemic in Writing Classrooms: A Narrative Medicine Toolkit"," Trondheim, Norway. (2023)
  • Brooke Covington, 2022 RSA National Conference, ""Critical Reflection and Archival Engagement: Negotiating Johnny Reb in the Classroom"," Baltimore, Maryland. (2022)
  • Brooke Covington, Julianne Bieron, 2022 RSA National Conference, "Counter)Storytelling: A Charge for Change in Confederate Monument Controversy," Baltimore, Maryland. (2022)
  • Brooke Covington, Vanessa Buehlman, Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCCs), ""Delivering on Promises: Parables from a Center for Community Engagement"," Virtual. (2022)
  • Brooke Covington, Alison Smith, Ayren Martin, 2021 Pilgrimage Symposium, ""Seeking Social Justice: the Process of Podcasting Pilgrimage"," Virtual. (2021)
  • Brooke Covington, Nicole Emmelhainz, Graciela Greger, Alexander Nyikos, IWCA National Conference, ""Centered in Community: Reflections on Establishing a Community Writing Center"," VIRTUAL. (2021)

  • Brooke Covington, "HuMetricsHss Community Fellowship," Sponsored by Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
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