Jack Wood

Jack Wood is a Ph.D. student in Rhetorical Studies specializing in the rhetoric of cities and urban planning. Using the triple theoretical crossroads of materialist rhetoric, psychoanalysis, and human geography, Wood focuses on how urban dwellers experience structures of meaning within the built environment. His investigations into "urban rhetoric" seek to understand how struggles over labor, production, consumption, and power shape everyday experiences in city space.

Wood has taught at Texas Tech University and earned a Master’s degree in Communication Studies working under Dr. Catherine L. Langford. Wood served as the editorial assistant for Rhetoric & Public Affairs. In the fields of rhetoric, urban studies, and semiotics, Wood has presented various papers at regional, national, and international conferences. Before transitioning into academia, Wood served in the United States Marine Corps for eight years.