Amy King

Associate Professor
Student Center
P843-863-7419 / Ealking@csuniv.edu

CREDENTIALS

PhD UNC Chapel Hill, Communication Studies
MA UNC Chapel Hill, Communication Studies
BA UNC Chapel Hill, Political Science and Communication Studies

Dr. Amy L. King is an Associate Professor of Communication at Charleston Southern University and serves as Division Director for Communication and Art. She teaches Media Literacy, Public Speaking, Intercultural Communication, and Applied Communication Theory. Her research interests have, over the years, spanned topics such as political rhetoric, evangelical culture, online learning, film, gender, religion, technology, and music. Her research often focuses on rhetorical criticism of media texts, numinous experiences, virtual spaces functioning as community, hyperrealism, and global publics. She is specifically interested in the electronic music festival as a cultural space and the rhetorical ethos created through music and community. Dr. King currently serves on the Legislative Assembly of the National Communication Association.

"How Electronic Music DJs Used Natural Spaces, Urban Locations, Live Audience Events, and the Virtual to Minister to their Flock During Pandemic Times." Paper presented at Religious Communication Association, November 2022.

“DJ Eric Prydz’s Reimagination of the Electronic Music Festival Space: Connection and Transcendence Facilitated through Technology.” Paper presented at National Communication Association (NCA), November 2021.

“Tomorrowland Around the World 2020: A Virtual Pilgrimage.” Journal of Communication Technology. 4, no. 3 (2021): 80 – 103.

“This Music is My Religion; This Place is My Church.” Journal of Communication and Religion. 43, no. 4 (2020): 39-59.

“Advocate for All Neighbors.” An Essential Guide to Public Speaking: Serving Your Audience with Faith, Skill, and Virtue, 2nd Edition. Quentin J. Schultze. Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2020.

“Popular (U.S. American) Music and the Survival of Identity, Place, Form, and Channel,” Panel discussion at NCA, November 2019.

“Embracing the Opportunity to Examine the ‘Public’ in an Online ‘Public Speaking’ Course” Roundtable discussion at NCA, November 2015.

“The Dangerous Memory of Mary Magdalene,” Paper presented at Religious Communication Association, November 2014.

Pauley, John, and Amy King, “Evangelicals’ Passion for The Passion of the Christ.” Evangelical Christians and Popular Culture, ed. Robert H. Woods Jr. Santa Barbara: Praeger, 2013.

“Sacred Profanity,” Paper presented at NCA, November 2013.

“Fostering Community in the Online Public Speaking Class Through Peer Connection,” Panel Discussion at NCA, November 2013.

“Connecting Students in the Online Public Speaking Class Through Virtual Speeches,” Presentation at Carolinas Communication Association, October 2013.

“A Publisher-generated Rubric: Using CONNECT for Evaluating Speeches,” Panel Discussion at NCA, November 2012.

National Communication Association
Religious Communication Association