Visual Wellbeing: Intersections of Rhetorical Theory and Design

April 01 2011 Visual Wellbeing: Intersections of Rhetorical Theory and Design Victoria J. Gallagher, Victoria J. Gallagher Victoria J. Gallagher is a professor in North Carolina State University's (NCSU) Department of Communication and is currently serving as Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Graduate Studies for the College of Humanities and Social Sciences. Her primary area of publication and scholarship is rhetorical criticism, particularly of civil rights-related discourse, commemorative sites (museums and memorials), visual images, and public art. Current research projects include the development of a theory of visual wellbeing and a collection of critical essays in the area of visual rhetoric, examining the rhetorical functions and potentialities of various works of painting, photography, and sculpture. She helped institute an interdisciplinary Ph.D. program in Communication, Rhetoric, and Digital Media (CRDM) at NCSU and currently serves on editorial boards of Rhetoric Society Quarterly and Quarterly Journal of Speech. Dr. Gallagher also serves on the advisory board for the Urban Communication Foundation and the North Carolina Freedom Monument project. Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Scholar Kelly Norris Martin, Kelly Norris Martin Kelly Norris Martin is a doctoral candidate in North Carolina State University's Communication, Rhetoric and Digital Media program. Her primary research interests include: visual communication, visual research methods, design methods and new media. In addition to her work with Drs. Gallagher and Ma on developing the theory of Visual Wellbeing, she recently published a study titled, “Digital Dynamism and Digital Credibility in Public Relations Blogs,” with her co-author Dr. Melissa Johnson, in Visual Communication Quarterly. Her research on the communication practices of design critiques has appeared in Communication Education, Journal of Business and Technical Communication and the International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning. Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Scholar Magdy Ma Magdy Ma Magdy Ma is currently teaching history and theory of art and design at the Open University of Hong Kong. Prior to that she taught graphic design at the HKU SPACE and coordinated the international student research project “International Design Opportunity” (I-do) at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University where she also received her MA in Design before later earning her PhD from North Carolina State University. A former Senior Information Offcer with the HKSAR Government, Dr. Ma has created visual design solutions for a wide range of public service advertising campaigns. She has written and published two books—Disoriented Visual Objects: Their Creators and Users (1999) and A Semiotic Phenomenology of Visual Rhetoric (2009). Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Scholar Author and Article Information Victoria J. Gallagher Victoria J. Gallagher is a professor in North Carolina State University's (NCSU) Department of Communication and is currently serving as Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Graduate Studies for the College of Humanities and Social Sciences. Her primary area of publication and scholarship is rhetorical criticism, particularly of civil rights-related discourse, commemorative sites (museums and memorials), visual images, and public art. Current research projects include the development of a theory of visual wellbeing and a collection of critical essays in the area of visual rhetoric, examining the rhetorical functions and potentialities of various works of painting, photography, and sculpture. She helped institute an interdisciplinary Ph.D. program in Communication, Rhetoric, and Digital Media (CRDM) at NCSU and currently serves on editorial boards of Rhetoric Society Quarterly and Quarterly Journal of Speech. Dr. Gallagher also serves on the advisory board for the Urban Communication Foundation and the North Carolina Freedom Monument project. Kelly Norris Martin Kelly Norris Martin is a doctoral candidate in North Carolina State University's Communication, Rhetoric and Digital Media program. Her primary research interests include: visual communication, visual research methods, design methods and new media. In addition to her work with Drs. Gallagher and Ma on developing the theory of Visual Wellbeing, she recently published a study titled, “Digital Dynamism and Digital Credibility in Public Relations Blogs,” with her co-author Dr. Melissa Johnson, in Visual Communication Quarterly. Her research on the communication practices of design critiques has appeared in Communication Education, Journal of Business and Technical Communication and the International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning. Magdy Ma Magdy Ma is currently teaching history and theory of art and design at the Open University of Hong Kong. Prior to that she taught graphic design at the HKU SPACE and coordinated the international student research project “International Design Opportunity” (I-do) at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University where she also received her MA in Design before later earning her PhD from North Carolina State University. A former Senior Information Offcer with the HKSAR Government, Dr. Ma has created visual design solutions for a wide range of public service advertising campaigns. She has written and published two books—Disoriented Visual Objects: Their Creators and Users (1999) and A Semiotic Phenomenology of Visual Rhetoric (2009). Online ISSN: 1531-4790 Print ISSN: 0747-9360 © 2011 Massachusetts Institute of Technology2011 Design Issues (2011) 27 (2): 27–40. https://doi.org/10.1162/DESI_a_00075-Martin Cite Icon Cite Permissions Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Search Site Citation Victoria J. Gallagher, Kelly Norris Martin, Magdy Ma; Visual Wellbeing: Intersections of Rhetorical Theory and Design. 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