Research 
I am committed to critical scholarship that centers community engagement and promotes equity. My research is grounded in an interdisciplinary approach that furthers knowledge on the potential and politics of listening. It engages research from a number of traditions including rhetorical studies, cultural studies and new media studies. My work emphasizes positionality and embodiment and explores the affective potential and limitations of digital oral storytelling to foster spaces for listening across difference.
Research Statement
PUBLICATIONS
Mancilla, G. & Brekke, A. (2024). Latinx youth developing digital literacy and sharing their voices through podcasting. Ethnic Studies Pedagogies, 2(1), pp. 62-72.
Brekke, A. (2023). Broadcasting stories of racism on the radio: A soundtrack of lost control. Journal of Popular Music Studies, 35(4), 72–90. https://doi.org/10.1525/jpms.2023.35.4.72
Brekke, A. (2022). Negotiating home through hip hop: Constructing and deconstructing home among second-generation musicians in Scandinavia. In L. Chao and C. Wang (Eds.), Communicating across differences: An anthology of intercultural communicative practices in the 21st Century (pp. 81-100). Cognella. 
Brekke, A., Joseph, R., & Aaftaab, N. G. (2021). “I address race because race addresses me”: women of color show receipts through digital storytelling. The Review of Communication, 21(1), 44–57. https://doi.org/10.1080/15358593.2021.1895294
Brekke, A. (2021). Radical listening: Cultivating a feminist ethics of reception through collective listening. Listening: Journal of Communication Ethics, Religion, and Culture, 56(2), 96-107. https://doi.org/10.5840/listening202156216
Brekke, A. (2021). “TEACH US THE TRUTH”: Teaching historical understanding in an era of post-truth politics. In A. Atay and D. H. Kahl Jr. (Eds.), Pedagogies of Post Truth (pp. 175-193). Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, an imprint of the Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc.
Sturgis, M., Evans, B. Brekke, A., Lee, E. Delgado, A. (2021). Who is listening to what we have to say?: Talking about institutional diversity. In H. Oliha-Donaldson (Ed), Confronting Critical Equity and Inclusion Incidents on Campus: Lessons Learned and Emerging Practices (pp. 141-158). New York: Routledge.
Brekke, A. (2020). The sound of yellow rain: Resisting podcasting’s sonic whiteness. In J.
A. Hendricks (Ed.), Radio’s Second Century: Past, Present, and Future Perspectives (pp. 173-189). New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press. 
Brekke, A. (2020). Mourning our Collective Space: Reimagining our Community on the Screen, Journal Entry #071. Quarantined Across Borders Collection. https://www.mediarisenow.org/qab

PEER REVIEWED CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

Competitive Papers:

Brekke, A. (2024). Unsettling Patterns of Habituated Listening in Student Oral History Podcasts Paper presented at the 74th Annual International Communication Association Conference, Gold Coast, Australia. 
Brekke, A. (2024). Radical Listening's Role In Student Podcast Productions. Paper presented at The Ascent of Community and Activist Media, Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia. 
Brekke, A., Mancilla, G. (2022, Oct.) Finding our voice: Teaching and learning podcasting with Latinx youth as a tool to share stories and discuss important topics that directly affect their lives. Paper presented at the 12th International Conference on Education and Justice, Online.
Brekke, A. (2022, May). Broadcasting Stories of Racism on the Radio: A Soundtrack of Lost Control. International Association for the Study of Popular Music Annual Conference, Detroit, MI.
Brekke, A. (2022, Nov.) Opening Spaces for Transformation Through Listening Across Difference: Sharing Stories of Racism and Resistance. Renewal and Transformation: NCA 107th National Convention, National Communication Association, Seattle, WA.
Brekke, A. (2021, March). Radical Listening: Cultivating a Feminist Ethics of Podcast Listening. Society for Cinema and Media Studies Annual Conference- A Virtual Event.
Brekke, A., Joseph, R., Naheed, A. (2019, Nov.). Sharing Stories of racism: The limits of listening and the persistence of hope. Paper presented at the 105th Annual Convention of the National Communication Association, Baltimore, MD. 
Brekke, A. (2018, Nov.). Negotiating home through art: Constructing and deconstructing home among second-generation Scandinavian youth. Paper presented at 104th Annual Convention of the National Communication Association, Salt Lake City, UT.
Brekke, A. (2018, Oct.). Spreading the word: Tracing the affective ecology of digital oral stories. Paper presented at AoIR 2018: The 19th Annual Conference of the Association of Internet Researchers, Montréal, Canada. 
Brekke, A. (2018, May.). Listening across difference: Mapping StoryCorps’s affective archives. Paper presented at 68th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association, Prague, Czech Republic. 
Brekke, A. (2016, Nov.). TEACH US THE TRUTH: The controversy over Advanced Placement United States history. Paper presented at 102nd Annual Convention of the National Communication Association, Philadelphia, PA.
Brekke, A. (2015, Nov.). Choosing to wear the niqab: A question of agency for Muslim women in Norway. Paper presented at 101st Annual National Communication Association, Las Vegas, NV.
Brekke, A. (2015, Feb.). Remembering yellow rain: The conflict between science and lived experience in the construction of public memory. Paper presented at Western States Communication Association Convention, Spokane, WA. (Received Top Debut Paper Award)

Panel Participation: 

Brekke, A. (2024, Nov.) What's Up with Woke: NCA Caucus Responses to Anti-Woke Rhetoric. NCA 110th Annual Convention: Communication for Greater Regard, National Communication Association, New Orleans, LA.
Brekke, A. (2024, Nov.) NCA Academic Freedom Task Force: Findings and Recommendations. NCA 110th Annual Convention: Communication for Greater Regard, National Communication Association, New Orleans, LA.
Brekke, A. (2024, Nov.) Mentorship in the Joint Struggle for Justice and Liberation. NCA 110th Annual Convention: Communication for Greater Regard, National Communication Association, New Orleans, LA.
Brekke, A. (2023, Nov.) Freedom to Live: Contextualizing Marginalized Peoples Perpetual Brutality and Battles from the Domestic and International Terroristic Acts of Law Enforcement. NCA 109th Annual Convention “Freedom,” National Communication Association, National Harbor, Maryland. 
Brekke, A. (2023, Nov.) Intimate Freedoms: Building Decolonial Relations across Communicative Contexts. NCA 109th Annual Convention “Freedom,” National Communication Association, National Harbor, Maryland. 
Brekke, A. (2022, Nov.). LYEDIL: Living Ya EDI Lifestyle in Communication-Strengthening a Central PLACE for EDI in Communication Studies. NCA 108th National Convention: Honoring Place, National Communication Association, New Orleans, LA.
Brekke, A. (2022, Nov.). Practical Leadership on IDEA in Academia: An IDEA Council Spotlight Panel. NCA 108th National Convention: Honoring Place, National Communication Association, New Orleans, LA.
Brekke, A. (2022, Nov.). Honoring PLACE: Oral Histories from the Caucuses of NCA. NCA 108th National Convention: Honoring Place, National Communication Association, New Orleans, LA.
Brekke, A. (2022, Nov.). Navigating Anti-Critical Race Theory Sentiments in Higher Education. NCA 108th National Convention: Honoring Place, National Communication Association, New Orleans, LA.
Brekke, A., Joseph, R. Sturgis, M., & Gaither, S. (2022, Feb.). Generation Mixed Goes to School: Lessons Learned from a CMRS Project. Critical Mixed Race Studies Conference: Ancestral Futurisms: Embodying Multiracialities Past, Present, and Future, Critical Mixed Race Studies, Online.
Brekke, A., & Arcy, J. (2021, April). Podcasting as Community Based Pedagogy: Media Production and Community Partnerships in the COVID-Era. Spring Conference on Teaching & Learning; Office of Professional & Instructional Development, Office of Professional & Instructional Development, University of Wisconsin.
Brekke, A., Copeland, S., Cwynar, C., and Bottomley, A., (2020, April). A New Medium No Longer: Studies in the Formalization of Podcasting. To be presented at the Society for Cinema and Media Studies Conference, Denver, CO. (cancelled due to COVID-19)
Brekke, A., Parks, E., Beard D., Carmack, P., and Tansey, J. (2019, July). Types of listening as constitutive phenomena of dialogue. Presented at International Association for Dialogue Analysis, Milwaukee, WI. 
Brekke, A., Sturgis, M., Evans, B., Lee, E., and Delgado, A. (2019, April). Graduate students interceding issues of institutional diversity. Presented at Graduate and Professional Student Senate Conference, Seattle, WA.
Brekke, A., Morris, J., Wang, J., and Wolock., L. (2019, March). Listening for new voices: Podcasting's promises and what remains inaudible. Presented at Society for Cinema and Media Studies, Seattle, WA.
Brekke, A., Joseph R., and Aaftaab, N. (2018, April). Interruptions, talkbacks, and silences: Sharing stories of racism. Presented at Critical Ethnic Studies Association, Vancouver, Canada. 
Brekke, A., Ku, S., Holland, A., Richey, P., Tafoya, M.,and Duerringer, C. (2016, Nov.). International student success in the public speaking classroom. Presented at National Communication Association, Philadelphia, PA.