Dr. Gordon Young became fascinated with the field of Speech Communication as an undergraduate upon learning that that the limits of your language are the limits of your world. Dr. Young joined our department in the fall of 2004 after graduating with his Ph.D. in Speech Communication from Southern Illinois University. He previously studied at the University of Maine (M.A. and M.A.L.S.) and at Cape Breton University (B.A.). Dr. Young relishes studying how popular culture can both shape and reflect how we think and talk about culture, gender, class, ourselves and our relationships. Dr. Young writes and researches on a variety of topics including: critical race theories, communication apprehension, multicultural education, codepdendence, the rhetoric of Frederick Douglass & Virginia Woolf, and the social impact of television, film, and technology. In addition to teaching Dr. Young is the faculty advisor to the Speech Communication Club, the president elect of CLASP (CUNY League of Active Speech Professors), and a book review editor for the American Communication Journal.
Office: E327		Phone: 718-368-5939		Email: gyoung@kingsborough.edu
Courses: SPE 12: Interpersonal Communication, SPE 21: Effective Public Speaking, SPE 25: Small Group Communication, and SPE 26: Intercultural Communication