Russia Remembered: An Autoethnographic Journey

Grace A. Giorgio holds a BA in the humanities from the University of California, Berkeley (1986), a MA in cinema studies from San Francisco State University (1995), and a PhD from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (2001). Her research, writing, and teaching examine communication practices in interpersonal and public domains with the intention of bridging the personal and the political. She studies the experimental use of qualitative research methods to investigate the intersection of self, culture, and the public sphere. Her research interests branch into two directions: using writing as a method of inquiry to creatively and critically explore the cultural expectations and tensions in interpersonal and family communication contexts, and writing, public speaking, and debate as modes of civic engagement.