Faculty Profile: Alessandra Von Burg

Alessandra Von Burg is Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies in the Department of Communication. She is core faculty for American Ethnic Studies and affiliated with Jewish Studies. Her research focuses on rhetorical theory, political theory, and mobility studies. She has published in Philosophy & Rhetoric, Advances in the History of Rhetoric, Quarterly Journal of Speech, and other national and international outlets. She is co-principal investigator for the Benjamin Franklin Transatlantic Fellows Summer Institute, a Department of State-funded program for international and American students; and the director and executive producer of the Where Are You From? Project.