Dr. Dustin Goltz, PhD

We spoke with Dr. Dustin Goltz, PhD (Arizona State University), who teaches communications at DePaul University. He offers courses in performance studies, intercultural communication, and media representation, with a particular focus on gender and sexuality, polarization, whiteness, humor, queer theory, and cultural studies. As an artist and performer, Goltz creates solo and collaborative multimedia work. His latest project, *Fred Astaire's Dancing Lessons*, is a 70-minute, one-person multimedia performance exploring changing perceptions of queer male mentorship over the past 40 years. As a communication expert, Dr. Goltz shared his insights on student-professor communication in online environments.