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Dr. Jay Baglia graduated from the USF Communication Department with his PhD in 2003. Since then, he has gone on to teach at several universities, in Texas, California, Pennsylvania, including here at USF! Currently, he serves as an Associate Professor in the College of Communication at DePaul University. His research is focused on health and gender communication, and performance studies.

Jay has published two books, "The Viagra Ad Venture: Masculinity, Media, & the Performance of Sexual Health," which won the 2012 Distinguished Book Award from the Health Communication Division at the National Communication Association, and "Communicating Pregnancy Loss: Narrative as a Method for Change" (a volume co-edited with Rachel E. Silverman). In addition, he has published several essays, chapters, and reviews in journals such as Cultural Studies <> Critical Methodologies, Family Medicine, Health Communication, Text & Performance Quarterly, Women & Language, and the Journal of Dramatic Theory & Criticism.

Most recently, he was awarded the 2023 Ellis-Bochner Autoethnography and Personal Narrative Research Award for his article, “The Ontology of Oncology: Navigating Cyborgs and Assemblages Through Cancer Treatment,” which was published in Health Communication.

Jay was recently featured in a NPR spot where he spoke about human touch and healing during the pandemic. Click here to listen to the discussion.