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Victoria Gallagher teaches courses in rhetorical theory and criticism, communication ethics, and organizational communication. Dr. Gallagher’s 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. In addition, she has conducted research on gender and communication in engineering work teams (supported by an external grant from The Engineering Information Foundation), communication ethics, and communication education. Gallagher has published articles in the Quarterly Journal of Speech, Rhetoric Society Quarterly, Western Journal of Communication, Southern Communication Journal, Rhetoric and Public Affairs, Journal of College Admission, and the Journal of Engineering Education, as well as in edited book collections. She has presented over 50 conference papers, been an invited respondent for numerous panels and served on several roundtable panels at national and regional conferences. Her co-authored article on the rhetoric of Martin Luther King, Jr. won the Aubrey Fisher Journal Article Award, Runner-Up, from the Western States Communication Association.
Current research projects include a book in progress titled, “A Necessary Space: The Rhetoric of Civil Rights-related Museums and Memorials,” 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.
As an active member of the graduate faculty at NC State University, Professor Gallagher has served on 24 masters thesis committees, performing the duties of Chair 6 times. She is currently serving as chair on two doctoral committees for the Communication, Rhetoric, and Digital Media Program and as a committee member for 2 doctoral students in the Graphic Design program. She has also served as an external reviewer for doctoral committees in the department of Organizational Psychology and the School of Education. She has received outstanding teaching awards from the Department of Communication graduating seniors and from the College of Humanities and Social Sciences and is a member of the NC State Academy of Outstanding Teachers. She is also a recipient of the College of Humanities and social Sciences Outstanding Adviser Award.
Professor Gallagher serves on numerous committees including the University Commencement Committee, the Scholarly Repository Advisory Board, and the Graduate School Advisory Board for the Responsible Conduct of Research. She is active in the community, serving on the North Carolina Freedom Monument Advisory Board and Artist Liaison Committee, and consulting for a variety of organizations including the former Exploris Children's Museum, Headstart of New Hanover County, the North Carolina League of Women Voters, and the Integral Mid-Range Users Group.
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