Biography
Dr. Jill K. Burk is an associate teaching professor and program chair of the Communication Arts and Sciences program at Penn State Berks. Burk studies questions of human communication as practiced in the public discourse of everyday life. Currently, her primary research interests include the relationship between rhetoric and civic engagement; communication pedagogy; and the impact of technology on the human condition. She is the past editor of the Undergraduate Journal of Service Learning & Community-Based Research. She also served as president of the Pennsylvania Communication Association in 2020 and 2021. Before entering academia, she worked in corporate communication and public relations. Burk teaches courses in rhetorical theory, communication ethics, community and civic engagement, organizational communication, and public speaking. Additionally, Burk coordinates the civic and community engagement minor.
Publications
McGinley, M.R. and Burk J.K. (2021). Motherhood and loneliness: The social media dilemma. In McGinley, M.R., Burk J.K., and Ward J.S. (Eds). Communicating with our families: Technology as continuity, interruption, and transformation (pp. 147-61). Lantham, MD: Lexington Books. M.R., Burk J.K., and Ward J.S. (Eds). (2021). Communicating with our families: Technology as continuity, interruption, and transformation. Lantham, MD: Lexington Books. Burk, J.K. (2018). Building bridges between communication studies and community: A praxis-approach. Journal for the Association of Communication Administration, 37.1, pp. 4-7. Marinchak, C.L.M. and Burk, J.K. (2016). Engaged communicative consumption: How IMC campaigns generate space for civic conversation. In Persuit, J.M. and Marinchak, C.L.M. (Eds), Integrated marketing communication: Creating spaces for engagement (pp. 7-22). Lantham, MD: Lexington Books.
Education
Ph.D., Rhetoric, Duquesne University
M.A., Communication, Duquesne University
B.A., Communication, University of Delaware