Adjunct Instructor
Year Started at JMU: 2025
delacrlm@jmu.edu
Contact Info
Education
Ph.D., Communication Studies: Rhetoric and Public Culture, Northwestern University, 2019
M.A., English: Professional Writing and Rhetoric, George Mason University, 2012
B.B.A., Economics, Writing and Rhetoric (minor), James Madison University, 2005
Professional Focuses
Critical/cultural rhetoric; gender studies; childhood studies; and teaching writing, rhetoric, and media literacy
Publications
“A Toy for Thoughtful Parents: The Rhetorical Building Blocks of LEGO’s Reputation.” In The Marketing of Children’s Toys: Critical Perspectives on Children’s Consumer Culture, ed. Rebecca C. Hains and Nancy A. Jennings, 165-183. Palgrave Macmillan, 2021.
“Growing Up Girl: A Rhetoric of Restrained Empowerment in American Girl’s Self-Help Books about Puberty.” In Gender(ed) Identities: Critical Rereadings of Gender in Children’s and Young Adult Literature, ed. Tricia Clasen and Holly Hassel, 198-213. New York: Routledge, 2017.
Wood, William C., O’Roark, J. Brian and Lauren DeLaCruz. “A Threat-Response Model of Counterterrorism: Implications for Information Security and Infrastructure Risks,” International Journal of Risk and Contingency Management 2, no. 4 (2013): 39-49.
