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School of Communication

Steve Rahko

Assistant Professor
School of Communication
Office
FEL Fell Hall 434
Office Phone
(309) 438-7630office
phone
Email
serahko@ilstu.eduemail
  • About
  • Research

Current Courses

COM 272.003 Communication, Culture, and Difference in American Society

COM 326.001 Race and Visual Rhetoric

COM 468.001 Seminar in the Rhetoric of Race and Trauma

COM 272.004 Communication, Culture, and Difference in American Society

COM 272.005 Communication, Culture, and Difference in American Society

COM 326.001 Race and Visual Rhetoric

Book, Chapter

Craig, B., & Rahko, S. (Re) Summoning Candyman for a Post-Racial Era (2024)
Craig, B., Rahko, S., & Jordan, J. Excavating the Ruins of Tulsa's Greenwood District (2024)
Rahko, S., & Craig, B. From Noose to Nuse: The Green Book, Woke Whiteness and the Post Racial Buddy Film (2024)

Book, Edited

Craig, B., & Rahko, S. Politics of Race and American Popular Culture (2024)
Craig, B., & Rahko, S. Rupturing Post-Racial Fantasiies (2024)

Creative Works/Broadcast Media

Jordan, J. S., Craig, B., Rahko, S., Carpenter, N. J., & Hunt, S. K. (2022, November 8). Election night live: An extending empathy project event [Video]. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8HSvueO9w8&t=9258s




Presentations

Hunt, S.K., Jordan, J. S., Craig, B., Rahko, S. (2023, May). Extending empathy and trust: Who to let in, who to keep out? Presented at the Civic Leaning and Democratic (CLDE) conference, Boston, MA.