Journal of Applied Communication Research

Western Journal of Communication

Southern Communication Journal, and Communication Studies

Making waves” with burke: Surf Nazi culture and the rhetoric of localism

Faking identity in Clubland: The communicative performance of “fake ID”

Loyola Marymount University is a top-ranked national university by U.S. News and World Report, which places LMU among the top six Jesuit universities in the country and in the top six private universities in California. Founded in 1911, LMU is a Catholic, Jesuit, and Marymount university with more than 7,100 undergraduate students and more than 3,000 graduate and law students. LMU offers 56 undergraduate majors and 56 minor programs, along with 46 master’s degree programs, three doctorate programs and 12 credential/authorization programs. LMU’s intercollegiate athletics teams compete in the West Coast Conference with 14 Division I varsity sports.

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Dean Scheibel is Professor of Communication Studies. He has worked at LMU for 27 years. For over ten years, Dean has been the Director of Interdisciplinary and Applied Programs, which offers courses in public relations, social media, events management, and video production.  Dean teaches courses on comics and graphic novels, organizational communication, and research methods.  Dean has published research on “fake IDs,” surfing, sororities, rumor, graffiti, and medical excellence.  Dean’s research has been published in Communication Monographs, Journal of Applied Communication Research, Text and Performance Quarterly, Western Journal of Communication, Communication Studies, Liminalities, and Southern Communication Journal.  Dean continues to play electric bass with the rock “cover band” Back Pages, as he has for the past twenty years.

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