Danielle D. McGeough

Danielle Dick McGeough, PhD, is an associate professor in the Communication & Media Department and affiliate faculty in women’s and gender studies at the Uniersity of Northern Iowa; teaches and researches how performance is and can be used for collaborative problem solving, community building, and social justice work; and has received the University Book and Supply Award for Outstanding Teaching. In 2021, she received the Engaged Campus Award: Emerging Innovation and the Civic Engagement Leadership Award from Iowa & Minnesota Campus Compact for her work with the program Cultivating Justice: A Quest Toward Racial Justice. Her father taught her compassion, and her mom taught her to believe in people’s ability to change.