Hello.
Headshot by Stacy Turco (Fox & Wagon Photography)
My name is Marnie Ritchie (she/her). I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication, Media, and Design Arts at Pacific Lutheran University. I am affiliate faculty with Gender, Sexuality, & Race Studies.
In general, my research is at the intersection of rhetorical studies, critical/cultural studies and methods, critical surveillance and security studies, and affect theory. I research how US national security rhetoric manipulates affects to control racialized populations during war. A central premise of my work is that US national security, domestic surveillance, and the Global War on Terror become justified through the regulation of affect. You can read more about my published works under "Research."
When I am not working, I enjoy running, reading Nietzsche, and spending time with my cat Lenu. Lenu enjoys meowing at the neighborhood cats.
Latest: “War Misguidance,” in Media, War, & Conflict
Contact:
ritchiem@plu.edu