John Durham Peters#
| Membership Number: | 6257 |
| Membership type: | FOREIGN |
| Section: | FILM, MEDIA & VISUAL STUDIES |
| Elected: | 2022 |
| Main Country of Residence: | UNITED STATES |
| Homepage(s): | http://johndurhampeters.com |
| ORCID: | 0000-0002-4474-1543 |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2017 María Rosa Menocal Professor of English, and Professor of Film and Media Studies, 2017-present, Yale University
- 2010 - 2016 A. Craig Baird Professor, Department of Communication Studies, University of Iowa
- 2002 - 2010 F. Wendell Miller Professor, Department of Communication Studies, University of Iowa
- 2000 - 2001 Professor, Department of Communication Studies, University of Iowa
- 1992 - 2000 Associate Professor, Department of Communication Studies, University of Iowa
- 1986 - 1992 Assistant Professor, Department of Communication Studies, 1986-1992, University of Iowa
- Fellowships:
- 2018 - 2019 Guggenheim Fellowship
- 2013 - 2014 Helsingin Sanomat Fellowship, Collegium for Advanced Studies, University of Helsinki
- 1999 - 2000 Leverhulme Fellow, Goldsmiths College, University of London. Department of Media and Communications
- 1998 - 1999 Fulbright Professor, University of Athens, Greece. Department of Mass Media and Communication
- 1990 Exchange Professor, Catholic University of Nijmegen, Netherlands. Departments of American Studies and Film
Fields of Scholarship
- Communication theory
- Social theory
- Literature
- Media history
- Religion
- Media theory
Honours and Awards
- 2018 Fellows Book Award, International Communication Association (Speaking into the Air)
- 2011 Provost’s Award for Teaching Excellence, University of Iowa,
- 2007 Franklyn S. Haiman Award for Distinguished Scholarship in Freedom of Expression, National Communication Association
- 2000 James A. Winans - Herbert A. Wichelns Memorial Award for Distinguished Scholarship in Rhetoric and Public Address, National Communication Association
