PETER ODELL CAMPBELL

UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH
412-624-6619/odell@pitt.edu/peterodellcampbell.com
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
Assistant Professor of English. University of Pittsburgh Department of English Program in
Composition, Literacy, Pedagogy, and Rhetoric, 2014 to present.
Associate Director of Graduate Studies. University of Pittsburgh Department of English, AY 2015
and 2016.
Postdoctoral Teaching Associate. Northeastern University, AY 2013.
EDUCATION
Ph.D. 2013, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Speech Communication.
Dissertation: Judicial Rhetoric and Radical Politics: Sexuality, Race, and the
Fourteenth Amendment.
B.A. 2006, University of Puget Sound, Communication Studies (minor in Women Studies).
PUBLICATIONS
ARTICLES

Campbell, Peter Odell. Hobby Lobbys Queer Antecedents (A Tale of Two RFRAs). QED: A Journal
in GLBTQ Worldmaking 3, no. 1. February 2016.
______. The Procedural Queer: Substantive Due Process, Lawrence v. Texas, and Queer Rhetorical
Futures. Quarterly Journal of Speech 98, no. 2. May 2012: 203-229.
CHAPTERS

Holding, Cory and Peter Odell Campbell. The Trans-Exclusive Archives of U.S. Capital Punishment
Rhetoric. In Transgender Communication Studies, ed. Jamie Capuzza and Leland Spencer, 199216. Cambridge, MA: Lexington Books, 2015.
Campbell, Peter Odell. Intersectionality Bites: Metaphors of Race and Sexuality in HBOs True
Blood. In Monster Culture in the 21st Century: A Reader. ed. Marina Levina and Diem-My T, 99114. Bui. New York and London: Bloomsbury, 2013.
EDITED COLLECTIONS

Guest Editor, Forum on the Employment Non-Discrimination Act and Burwell v. Hobby Lobby, in
QED: A Journal in GLBTQ Worldmaking 3, no. 1. February 2016.

PUBLICATIONS continued
BOOK REVIEWS

Livingston, Amy and Peter Odell Campbell. Critical Trans Solidarity. Invited review of Normal Life,
by Dean Spade. In Shefali Chandra and Saadia Toor, eds.,Solidarity. Special Issue, WSQ 43,
nos. 3 & 4. Fall 2014: 309-311.
BOOK PROJECT (IN PROCESS)

Judicial Rhetoric & Radical Politics explores the argumentative production of state sovereignty over queer
forms of identity, life, and relationship in U.S. judicial writing and speech.
SELECTED AWARDS & HONORS
Ford Foundation Grant. $5,000.00 in support of the National Conference on Higher Education in Prison
(NCHEP) at the University of Pittsburgh, Fall 2015.
University of Pittsburgh Department of English Co-Sponsorship for National Conference on Higher Education in
Prison. $1,000.00, Fall 2015.
University of Pittsburgh Humanities Center Co-Sponsorship for National Conference on Higher Education in Prison.
$1,000.00, Fall 2015.
University of Pittsburgh Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business Co-Sponsorship for National Conference on
Higher Education in Prison. $500.00, Fall 2015.
Northeastern University Friend of the Communication Studies Department Award. In recognition of
distinguished service to the department, Spring 2014.
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Department of Communication Karl R. Wallace Award for Distinguished
Scholarship by a Graduate Student. Award recognizing outstanding scholarship over the course of
Ph.D. studies, Spring 2013.
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Award for Excellence in
Undergraduate Teaching for Graduate Teaching Assistants. $2,000.00, Spring 2013.
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Graduate College INTERSECT Fellowship. $20,000, AY 2012.
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Graduate College Dissertation Completion Fellowship (declined).
$20,000, AY 2012.
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Program for Research in the Humanities Graduate Student Fellowship
(declined). $10,000.00 for AY 2012.
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Department of Gender and Womens Studies Donald and Barbara
Smalley Graduate Research Fellowship. $12,000, Spring 2012.
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TEACHING
UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH

English Literature 3507: Queer Inscriptions; Spring 2016.

English Literature 2993: Introduction to Graduate Studies; Fall 2015.
English Composition 420: Writing for the Public; Spring 2015 to Spring 2016.
English Composition 200: Seminar in Composition (honors section); Fall 2014.
English Composition 410: Writing in the Legal Professions; Fall 2014.
NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY

Communication 3331: Argumentation and Debate; Summer 2014.

Communication 1210: Persuasion and Rhetoric; Fall 2013 to Summer 2014.
Communication 1112: Public Speaking; Fall 2013 & Spring 2014.
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN

Communication 323: Argumentation: Theory and Practice; Fall 2008; Summer 2009; & Spring 2013.
Communication 377: Public Relations and Propaganda; Spring 2012.
Gender and Womens Studies 100: Introduction to Gender and Womens Studies; Spring 2010 & Fall 2011.
Communication 220: Communicating Public Policy; Fall 2010 & Spring 2011.
Communication 396: Sexuality in U.S. Public Culture; Summer 2010.
Communication 375: Popular Media and Culture; Fall 2009 & Spring 2010.
Speech Communication 111/112: Oral and Written Communication I & II; Fall 2006 to Spring 2008.
EDUCATION JUSTICE PROJECT, UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS & DANVILLE CORRECTIONAL CENTER

CMN 323: Argumentation: Theory and Practice; Spring 2013.

Discussion Series: Films in Common. Co-coordinator, Fall 2011 & Spring 2012.

INVITED TALKS & PRESENTATIONS

Panelist on Changing Disciplines (?): Teaching Across Rhetorics Disciplinary Borders. Rhetoric
Society of America. Atlanta, Georgia, May 2016.
Arguing Animus. University of Pittsburgh Department of Communication Agora Speaker Series.
October 2, 2015.
Marshawn Lynchs Labor Action (invited plenary session). University of New Mexico Race and
Media Conference. September 26, 2015.
Prisoners, Children, and the Capacity to Consent. Supersession on Queering Consent. Rhetoric Society
of America. San Antonio, TX, May 2014.
Sodomy, Marriage, and Sex Offense: Anthony Kennedys Judicial Tolerance. Symposium: From
Patriarchy to Pussy Riot: Gender, Sexuality, and Global Citizenship. Northeastern University
Womens, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program and the Forum on Feminist Thought,
March 14, 2014.
Judicial Rhetoric and Legal Subjects. University of Pittsburgh Department of English. January 30,
2014.
Marriage Cases. Symposium on Cultures of Law in Global Contexts. University of Illinois Graduate
College, May 6, 2013.
Sexuality, Gender, and Equal Protection in Anthony Kennedys Fourteenth Amendment. University
of Illinois Womens Resources Center Dish It Up Lunch Series, November 26, 2012.
The Post-Racially Queer Subject of Anthony Kennedys Fourteenth Amendment. Donald and
Barbara Smalley Fellow Public Lecture. University of Illinois Department of Gender and
Womens Studies, April 18, 2012.
Creative Campaign Communications. Plenary talk at American Federation of Teachers (AFT)
Alliance of Graduate Employee Locals Conference (invited by Chris Goff, AFT Higher
Education Associate). Oregon State University, October 29, 2011.
SELECTED MEDIA APPEARANCES
Rosenblatt, Lauren. Pitt Faculty, Graduate Student Employees Formally Announce Union Push.
The Pitt News. January 26, 2016: http://pittnews.com/67594/news/pitt-graduate-studentemployees-plan-labor-union-formation/.
Amsden, Brian Scott and Peter Odell Campbell. Antonin Scalia and the Art of Dissent. Rhetorical
Questions Podcast. August 24, 2015: http://rhetoricalquestions.org/episode-6-antonin-scaliaand-the-art-of-dissent.

SELECTED MEDIA APPEARANCES continued

Desmond-Harris, Jene. Marshawn Lynchs Selective Silence is a Power Move for Black Athletes.
Vox. January 31, 2015: http://www.vox.com/2015/1/31/7956685/marshawn-lynch-mediarace.
Dolinar, Brian. Unanimous Voice Opposes New Jail at Champaign County Board. UrbanaChampaign
Independent
Media
Center
(blog).
February
7,
2012:
http://www.ucimc.org/content/unanimous-voice-opposes-new-jail-champaign-countyboard.
Campbell, Peter Odell. Why We Still Celebrate Labor Day, Despite Setbacks. The Progressive Pulse
(blog).
NC
Policy
Watch.
September
6,
2011:
http://pulse.ncpolicywatch.org/2011/09/06/why-we-still-celebrate-labor-day-despitesetbacks/.
SELECTED CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
Campbell, Peter Odell. Retrenchments of State Surveillance in an Era of Judicial Change. Accepted
for presentation at the Rhetoric Society of America. Atlanta, Georgia, May 2016.
______. Miserable Capacities. American Studies Association Annual Meeting. Toronto, ON,
October 2014.
______. Marriage Cases. Alta Summer Conference on Argumentation. Alta, UT, August 2015.
______. Transcendent Dimensions: Privacy, Relation, and Identity in U.S. Judicial Rhetoric.
National Communication Association. Chicago, IL, November 2014.
______. About That Action, Boss: The 2013 Seattle Seahawks, Black Worker Rhetoric, and White
Terror. National Communication Association. Chicago, IL, November 2014.
Campbell, Peter Odell, Erica R. Meiners, Cory Holding, and Gillian Harkins. Panel discussion on
Prison Education and Prison Abolition. 2014 Race & Pedagogy National Conference, Race
& Pedagogy Initiative, University of Puget Sound. Tacoma, WA, September 2014. .
Campbell, Peter Odell. True Blood and the Technology of Post-Racial Politics of Gender and
Sexuality. National Communication Association. Washington, D.C., November 2013.
______. The Abject of Community: The Majoritarian Fourth Persona in U.S. Equality
Rhetoric. National Communication Association. Orlando, FL, November 2012.
______. Queer Phronsis in Constitutional Argument. Rhetoric Society of America. Philadelphia,
PA, May 2012.

SELECTED CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS continued

______. It Gets Better: For Whom? Rhetoric Society of America. Philadelphia, PA, May 2012.
______. Substantive Due Process, Vulnerability, and Queer Subjectivity in U.S. Constitutional Law.
Structuring Resilience: A Feminism and Legal Theory Project Workshop. Emory University
School of Law, December 2011.
______. The Procedural Queer: Substantive Due Process, Lawrence v. Texas, and Queer Rhetorical
Futures. National Communication Association. New Orleans, LA, November 2011.
______. Substantive Due Process, Equal Protection, and Queer of Color Politics in U.S. and
Canadian Constitutional Law. Canadian Association of Cultural Studies. Montreal, Quebec,
November 2011.
______. Justice Matters: Toward a Queer Rhetorical Legal Studies. Queertopia! Academic
Conference. Chicago, IL, May 2010.
______. Lawrence v. Texas, Prophecy, and Queer Liberation. National Communication Association.
Chicago, IL, November 2007.
______. A Rhetorical History of the New Consensus Regarding the Second Amendment. Rhetoric
Society of America. Memphis, TN, May 2006.
SELECTED CONFERENCE ACTIVITIES
Respondent: Top Papers in the Communication & Law Division. National Communication
Association. Las Vegas, NV, 2015.
Reviewer: Rhetorical and Communication Theory Division; and Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender,
& Queer Communication Studies Division at the National Communication Association. Las
Vegas, NV, 2015.
Reviewer: Communication and Law Division; Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, & Queer
(GLBTQ) Communication Studies Division; and Caucus on LGBTQ Concerns at the
National Communication Association. New Orleans, LA, 2011; Orlando, FL, 2012; and
Washington, D.C., 2013.
Respondent: Queer(ing) Political and Legal Discourse. Panel at the National Communication
Association. Washington, D.C., 2013.
Chair: Top Papers in the GLBTQ Communication Studies Division. National Communication
Association. Orlando, FL, 2012.
Organizer and Chair: Queer/of Color Challenges to COMMunity. Panel at the National
Communication Association. Orlando, FL, 2012.
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SELECTED CONFERENCE ACTIVITIES continued

Organizer and Chair: Queer/of Color Challenges to COMMunity. Panel at the National
Communication Association. Orlando, FL, 2012.
Organizer and Chair: Phronesis, Identification, and Equality in U.S. Legal Rhetoric. Panel at
Rhetoric Society of America. Philadelphia, PA, 2012.
Organizer: Queer Voices in Communication and Law. Panel at the National Communication
Association. New Orleans, LA, 2011.
Organizer and Chair: Vampires and the Pathology of Everyday Life. Panel at Rhetoric Society of
America. Minneapolis, MN, 2010.
SELECTED SERVICE
Co-Organizer, National Conference on Higher Education in Prison. Pittsburgh, PA, November 2015.
Vice-Chair and Division Planner, Communication & Law Division of the National Communication
Association. November 2015-November 2016.
Manuscript Reviewer: QED: A Journal of GLBTQ Worldmaking, 2015-Present; Communication and
Critical/Cultural Studies, 2013-2014; Critical Studies in Media Communication, 2011-2013.
Department of English Graduate & Professional Committee. University of Pittsburgh, AY 2016.
Department of English Graduate Admissions Committee. University of Pittsburgh, 2014-2016.
Department of English Composition Program Curriculum Committee. University of Pittsburgh, AY
2014.
MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
National Communication Association: 2006 to Present.
Rhetoric Society of America: 2006 to Present.
American Studies Association: 2015 to Present.
American Forensics Association: 2015 to Present.
Illinois Federation of Teachers: 2006 to 2013.

REFERENCES
Kent A. Ono
Professor and Chair
Department of Communication
University of Utah
255 Central Campus Drive Rm. 2512
Salt Lake City, UT 84112
801-585-9128
kent.ono@utah.edu
Don Bialostosky
Professor and Chair
Department of English
University of Pittsburgh
526 Cathedral of Learning
4200 Fifth Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15260
412-624-6509
dhb2@pitt.edu
Cara A. Finnegan
Professor
Department of Communication
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
3001 Lincoln Hall
702 S. Wright Street
Urbana, IL 61801
217-333-1855
caraf@illinois.edu
Siobhan B. Somerville
Associate Professor
English, Gender & Womens Studies, and
African American Studies
Conrad Professorial Humanities Scholar
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
266 English
702 S. Wright Street
Urbana, IL 61801
217-244-2470
sbs@illinois.edu