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School of Communication

Miriam Wolff

Instructional Assistant Professor
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FEL Fell Hall 434
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mewolf1@ilstu.eduemail
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  • About
  • Education
  • Awards & Honors
  • Selected Research

Current Courses

COM 110.023 Strategic Communication and Professional Messaging

COM 110.029 Strategic Communication and Professional Messaging

COM 110.053 Strategic Communication and Professional Messaging

COM 110.064 Strategic Communication and Professional Messaging

COM 110.011 Communication As Critical Inquiry

COM 110.014 Strategic Communication and Professional Messaging

COM 110.019 Strategic Communication and Professional Messaging

COM 110.022 Strategic Communication and Professional Messaging

COM 110.043 Strategic Communication and Professional Messaging

COM 110.079 Strategic Communication and Professional Messaging

Teaching Interests & Areas

COM 110 - Communication as Critical Inquiry
COM 123 - Interpersonal Communication

Research Interests & Areas

Research centers on human–machine communication with emphasis on gendered interpersonal dynamics in AI companionship.

https://ir.library.illinoisstate.edu/etd/2125/

MS Communication Studies

Illinois State University
Normal, IL

BS Interpersonal Communication Studies

Illinois State University
Normal, IL

2025 James L. Fisher Outstanding Thesis Award (College of Arts & Sciences)

Illinois State University
2025

Other

A New Theater for Age-Old Social Patterns: An Exploratory Study of Interpersonal Dynamics and the Overlay of Gender within AI Companionship
Miriam Wolff.
Illinois State University, 10.30707/etd.1763755358.409434

Presentations

Weaponization of Reality: A Rhetorical Analysis of an AI-Generated Trump Deep Fake
Miriam Wolff.
Central States Communication Association, Cincinnati, OH, April, 2025
You lose a parent, but the parent is still alive’: Communicating Ambiguous Loss within Estrangement
Miriam Wolff, Taylor Murray.
Central States Communication Association, Cincinnati, OH, April, 2025
It’s Likely Your Mother’s Fault: Discursive Constructions of Incel Ideology and Female Family Members
Miriam Wolff, Makayla Roller.
National Communication Association, New Orleans, LA, November, 2024
Graduate Teaching Representative on a Doctoral and Master’s Student Panel
Miriam Wolff.
Illinois Communication & Theatre Association Convention, Chicago, IL, September, 2024
Taylor Swift and Female Rage: A.I. Deep Fakes and Celebrity Feminism
Miriam Wolff, Kate Mueller.
Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Symposium, Normal, IL, April, 2024