Written & Creative Work
Scholarly Journal Articles
“Book Review: Beyond the Rapist: Title IX and Sexual Violence on US Campuses” in Women and Language
“Critical Communication Pedagogy and Service Learning in a Mixed-Method Communication Research Course” with C. Kyle Rudick and Kathryn B. Golsan in Communication Teacher
“Performing Risk, Catharsis, and Subversion in At the Mercy of Ruin” in Text & Performance Quarterly
“Dialoguing Adrienne: A Writing-and-Performing Story” in Texas Speech Communication Journal
“Daddy’s Little Girl: A Provocative Feminist Critique of Purity Balls” in Kaleidoscope: A Graduate Journal of Qualitative Research
“Forum Theatre for Bystanders: A New Model for Gender Violence Prevention” with Karen S. Mitchell in Violence Against Women
“Bible Beater/Bra Burner” (Performance) in Liminalities: A Journal of Performance Studies
“The Process and Impact of Ethnodrama: Reflections on Bible Beater/Bra Burner” in Journal of the Speech and Theatre Association of Missouri
Book Chapters
“Four Transgressive Declarations for Ending Gender Violence” in Transgressing Feminist Theory and Discourse: Conversations Across Disciplines (Winner of the 2019 OSCLG Anita Taylor Chapter Award)
“Jenn has written an article every feminist activist and scholar hopes to write. She cuts through the layers of politics, norms and stereotypes and says what needs to be said in a “clear, direct, succinct and bold voice.” Jenn offers a well-substantiated narrative about the state of gender violence education and activism with four specific declarations that need to be addressed to attain social change. She takes the reader off-guard, making visible the dead weight we all may implicitly know exists in and surrounding this social movement. In doing so, her writing is a breath of fresh air. It reminds me of what I appreciate perhaps most about feminist theory—the willingness and ability to peel back layers of assumptions to critically reflect on one’s own framework and by doing so, move feminist theory a step forward.”
“The Boalian Communication Classroom: A Conversation about the Body, Dialogue, and Social Transformation” with Danielle Dick McGeough, Aubrey Huber, and Karen S. Mitchell in Come Closer”: Transformed and Transforming Critical Conversations about the Practice of Theatre of the Oppressed
I Want My Jacket Back Project
An interactive lecture that uses stand-up musical comedy to engage audience members in dialogue about gender violence
“By blending theatre, humor, song, and dialogue, I Want My Jacket Back makes the challenging issue of sexual violence so much more accessible to audiences hesitant to engage in the discussion of it. Jenn makes a hard conversation so much easier by creating great material and using her wonderful talents to make her so relatable.”
“Dr. Jenn Freitag’s performance piece I Want My Jacket Back is a marvel. With humor, pathos, wisdom, and compassion, she brings issues of gender and sexual violence to communities that need to hear the message. Her performance is a dialogue with the audience; she invites them to be part of the experience. She listens. She questions. She sings! I was moved by her performance and challenged to think about these issues in new and complex ways. In the months since Jenn’s visit I find that my thoughts return to her performance and I try to use what she shared and taught to help my students.”