Jeff Bennett

Jeff Bennett is an Assistant Professor in Communications Studies at the University of Iowa. He recently published his first book, Banning Queer Blood: Rhetorics of Citizenship, Contagion, and Resistance, which investigates the federal donor deferral policies that prohibit gay men from giving blood. Professor Bennett’s work has also appeared in the Quarterly Journal of Speech, Critical Studies in Media Communication, Communication and Critical/Cultural Studies, Text and Performance Quarterly, the Journal of Homosexuality, and the Southern Communication Journal. He is currently working on another book tentatively titled Critical Conditions: Diabetes and the Management of the Human Body. The National Communication Association recently named him the recipient of the Karl R. Wallace Memorial Award. He holds a PhD from Indiana University.