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Christa L. Jennings is a continuing lecturer of communication in rhetoric and media studies at Purdue University, Fort Wayne. Her research explores social media as a point of contact in which discourses attach to rhetorical strategies of dominance or resistance and serve as a form of power circulating in the digital arena. Prior to her role with Purdue Fort Wayne, Christa spent nearly 20-years in corporate communication including roles in training and development, marketing, public relations, and branding. Her extensive experience has afforded her a lived-in perspective of communication studies.