
Biography
Tiffany Petricini is an Assistant Teaching Professor in Communication at Penn State Shenango and Program Coordinator of the Corporate Communication program. She received her bachelor's degree in communication studies from Youngstown State University and after, attended graduate school at Cleveland State University where she studied applied theory and methodology of communication studies. She earned her master's degree in communication studies from Edinboro University in communication studies, with an emphasis on conflict resolution. In 2020, she completed her doctorate degree at Duquesne where she studied Rhetorical and Communication Studies, with emphases on technology and communication ethics. Her publications have reflected interests in phenomenology, interpersonal communication, philosophy, ethics, and media ecology. Tiffany has been an invited speaker on the international radio program "Spark" on CBC radio one and at SUNY Plattsburgh at the Ethics Institute.
Research Interests
Interpersonal Communication
Intercultural Communication
Phenomenology
Philosophy of Technology
Media Ecology
Publications
Petricini, Tiffany. Friendship and Technology: A Philosophical Approach to Computer Mediated Communication. Routledge. (2022) https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003188810
Petricini, Tiffany. “Incomplete Nature: How Mind Emerged from Matter, Terence Deacon (2011). Explorations in Media Ecology, 20.1 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1386/eme_00078_5
Petricini, Tiffany. “Children, Media, and American History, Margaret Cassidy (2017).” Explorations in Media Ecology, 19.2 (2020) https://doi.org/10.1386/eme_00042_5
Petricini, Tiffany. "Explorations in the noosphere: Hermeneutic presence and hostility in Cyberspace." Explorations in Media Ecology 18.1&2 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1386/eme.18.1-2.57_1
Petricini, Tiffany. "Synchronic responsibility: A commentary on Walter J. Ong’s work on time consciousness." Explorations in Media Ecology 16.2-3 (2017) https://doi.org/10.1386/eme.16.2-3.195_1
Education
Doctorate of Philosophy in Rhetoric, Duquesne University
Masters of Art in Communication Studies, Edinboro University of Pennsylvania
Bachelor of Art in Communication Studies, Youngstown State University