LGBTQ Studies, feminist and queer theory, television studies, friendship studies and rhetoric, critical trauma studies and rhetoric, ecofeminism/ Appalachia
David holds a joint faculty appointment in the School of Integrative Studies and Women and Gender Studies where they teach courses that focus on feminist and queer theory, gender and sexuality in popular culture, friendship studies, and ecofeminist approaches to Appalachia. They also strive to make any course they teach writing intensive and use principles from the field of writing and rhetoric in their assignment design, feedback, and overall pedagogy. They currently serve as associate director for Women and Gender Studies.
David holds a B.A. in English and Humanities from Milligan University and an MAIS in Women and Gender Studies, an MA in English literature, and a Ph.D. in Writing and Rhetoric--all from Mason.
They began their role at Mason in 2013 where they served as the graduate assistant for the Women and Gender Studies Center. In addition to this role, they served in LGBTQ Resources from 2014-2015 as a graduate assistant and in 2016 was hired on full time as the program coordinator for Women and Gender Studies. Beginning in 2019, David was hired on as full time faculty and in 2021 transitioned to a joint appointment with the School of Integrative Studies and Women and Gender Studies.
Their current research focuses on rhetoric of traumas through the creation of friendships in television. Currently, they are focusing on representations of trauma in 13 Reasons Why, Private Practice, and The End of the F***ing World and how the spectator is conditioned to identify with the main character's trauma while ignoring and even chastising the trauma of other characters. Furthermore, friendships created during these instances become central not only to the plot, but more importantly to what rhetorics of trauma that TV perpetuates. This rhetoric is then what much of our public understanding of friendships is based upon, which calls for a more nuanced of understanding of friendships as relationships that can cause, but also help survivors heal from their traumatic experiences.
Lafrance, Michelle; Caravella, Elizabeth; Polk, Thomas; Wooton, Lacey; Johnson, Sarah; Russo, Robyn;Corwin, David; “Fingerprinting Feminist Empirical Methodologies: An Analysis of Research Trends in Four Composition Journals between 2007 and 2016,” College Composition and Communication vol 72, no 4, 2021.
Corwin, David and Hattery, Angela; “Taking it Virtual: A Model for Successful Co-Curricular Student Experiences in Women and Gender Studies During COVID-19” About Campus (Accepted)
CHSS 101: Introduction to CHSS-LLC
CHSS 490: Undergraduate Teaching Practicum
ENGH 101: Composition
INTS 202: Public Speaking and Critical Thinking Skills
INTS 347: Gender Representation in Popular Culture
WMST 100: Global Representations of Women
WMST 200: Introduction to Women and Gender Studies
WMST 208: Introduction to LGBTQ Studies
WMST 300: Masculinities in the Media and Literature
WMST 300: Race, Gender, and the Late Twentieth Century
WMST 300: Gender, Sexuality, and Friendships
WMST 318: Race, Gender, Sexuality, and the Environment
WMST 330: Feminist Theories of Gender, Sexuality, and Race
WMST 375: Gender, Race, Sexuality, and TV
WMST 402: Queer Theory
B.A. Milligan University
M.A. George Mason University
MAIS George Mason University
Ph.D. in Writing and Rhetoric, George Mason University