Biography
Jennifer Andrus is Professor of Writing and Rhetoric Studies at the University of Utah, United States, where she teaches courses on rhetorical theory, discourse analysis, legal rhetoric, and gender & rhetoric. Her research for the last two decades has been on domestic violence, law, and law enforcement. A prolific researcher, she has written numerous articles and two books: her first book, Entextualizing Domestic Violence: Language Ideology and Violence Against Women in the Anglo-American Hearsay Principle, was published by Oxford University Press in 2015. Her second book, Narratives of Domestic Violence: Policing Identity and Indexicality, was published by Cambridge University Press in 2020. Additionally, she has published a number of articles on the discourses involved in circulating and maintaining domestic violence in US society. She is active in presenting her work, and is a member of The Rhetoric Society of America and The American Association of Applied Linguistics, among other scholarly associations. Professor Andrus combines her scholarly interests with real-world investments in a number of ways. She currently serves on a Utah Courts committee and is a founding board member of the charitable foundation, Fight Against Domestic Violence. Professor Andrus also works as a consultant for the Utah Office of Victims of Violent Crimes, is on the new Governor’s Victim Services Commission, and volunteers in other ways. She also gives presentations and talks about domestic violence and other forms of violence against women both internationally and locally in a number of forums.
Keynote Presentation (2024) | TBA
