Lisa M. Corrigan | |
|---|---|
 Corrigan c. 2015 | |
| Born | |
| Occupation | Professor of Communication |
| Academic background | |
| Education | University of Pittsburgh (B.A.) University of Maryland, College Park (M.A., Ph.D.) |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | African American History |
| Institutions | University of Arkansas |
| Notable works | Prison Power (2016) Black Feelings (2020) |
Lisa M. Corrigan is an American academic. She is professor of communication at the University of Arkansas and also works in the departments for African American Studies and Latino studies, as well as serving as director of the gender studies program. An Ohioan, her childhood was spent with a heavy interest in learning and in social justice topics, which led to a conflicted relationship with her father and a supporting one with her mother. Earning degrees involving rhetoric, political communication, and women's studies, she went on to become a professor focused on how the development and impact of rhetoric in the civil rights movement helped form the basis of the black power movement.