Curriculum Vitae
July 2015
J. Michael Hogan
Department of Communication Arts and Sciences
The Pennsylvania State University
234 Sparks Building
University Park, PA 16802-5201
(814) 865-1003
E-Mail: [email protected]
Education:
Ph.D.: University of Wisconsin-Madison (Communication Arts; American History; Empirical
Political Research), 1983. Dissertation Committee: Stephen E. Lucas (Director), Lloyd
Bitzer, Edwin Black, Donald K. Smith, and James Baughman (Journalism). Minor
Professors: John DeNovo (History) and Herbert Kritzer (Political Science).
M.A.: University of Wisconsin-Madison (Communication Arts), 1977. Thesis Committee:
Lloyd Bitzer (Director), Michael C. McGee, and R.R. Allen.
B.A.: University of Wisconsin-Madison (Communication Arts), 1975.
Academic Appointments:
Edwin Erle Sparks Professor of Rhetoric Emeritus, Penn State University, 2016- .
Visiting Professor and Chair of Communication Studies, Davidson College, 2016-2019.
Edwin Erle Sparks Professor of Rhetoric, Penn State University, 2015-2016.
Director, Center for Democratic Deliberation, Penn State University, 2011-2012, 2013-2015.
Founding Co-Director (with Cheryl Glenn), 2006-2011; Co-Director (with Debra
Hawhee), 2012-2013.
Liberal Arts Research Professor, Penn State University, 2010-2015.
Professor, Department of Communication Arts and Sciences, Penn State University, 1997-2009.
Graduate Officer, Department of Communication Arts and Sciences, Penn State
University, 1999-2003.
Professor, Department of Speech Communication, Adjunct Professor of American Studies,
Indiana University, 1995-97.
Associate Professor, Department of Speech Communication, Adjunct Associate Professor of
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American Studies, Indiana University, 1986-1995 (Tenured, 1989).
Assistant Professor, Department of Rhetoric and Communication Studies, University of Virginia,
1981-1986.
Teaching Assistant, Department of Communication Arts, University of Wisconsin-Madison,
1975-1980.
Assistant Director of Debate and Forensics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1977-1979.
Instructor of Public Speaking, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, University of
Wisconsin-Madison, 1980.
Honors and Awards:
Textbook of Distinction Award, Basic Course Division, National Communication Association,
2013. For Public Speaking and Civic Engagement, 3rd ed.
NCA Distinguished Scholar, National Communication Association, 2008.
Douglas W. Ehninger Distinguished Rhetorical Scholar Award, National Communication
Association, 2008.
Class of 1933 Distinction in the Humanities Award, Liberal Arts Alumni Society, Penn State
University, 2008.
Leadership Institute, College of Liberal Arts, Penn State University, 2008-2009.
Graduate Program Chair Leadership Award, Research and Graduate Studies Office, College of
Liberal Arts, Penn State University, June 2001.
Top Paper Award, Rhetorical and Communication Theory Division, National Communication
Association, New York, 1998. For “Republican Charisma and the American Revolution:
The Textual Persona of Thomas Paine’s Common Sense.”
Marie Hochmuth Nichols Award, National Communication Association, 1995. As contributor to
Eisenhower’s War of Words.
Golden Anniversary Prize Book Award, National Communication Association, 1987. For The
Panama Canal in American Politics.
Winans-Wichelns Award for Distinguished Scholarship in Rhetoric and Public Address,
National Communication Association, 1986. For The Panama Canal in American
Politics.
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Gerald R. Miller Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award, National Communication
Association, 1983.
Phi Beta Kappa, University of Wisconsin, 1975.
Graduated with Distinction, University of Wisconsin, 1975.
Grants, Fellowships, and Scholarships:
Principal Investigator, “The Center for Democratic Deliberation: Rhetorical Scholarship and
Civic Education for the Twenty-First Century.” National Endowment for the Humanities
Challenge Grants (NEH funding: $334,000; Matching Funds: $1,002,000; Total
Endowment: $1,336,000), 2013 -2016.
Principal Investigator, Advancing the Discipline Grant. National Communication Association
($5000), 2015. For student travel scholarships to conference on Speech and Debate as
Civic Education.
College of the Liberal Arts Enrichment Award, Penn State University. Undergraduate Research
Assistant for Voices of Democracy ($1350), 2013.
Sabbatical Leave, Pennsylvania State University, Spring 2011.
Faculty Advisor, “Assessment of LA101H: An Integrative and Interactive Approach to
Teaching Rhetoric and Civic Life.” Schreyer Institute for Teaching Excellence,
Teaching Support Grants ($10,840), 2010-2011.
Co-Principal Investigator and Project Director, “Voices of Democracy: The U.S. Oratory
Project.” National Endowment for the Humanities, Grants for Teaching and Learning
Resources and Curriculum Development (NEH Funding: $195,023; Cost Sharing from
Penn State and the University of Maryland: $99,667; Total Project Budget: $294,690),
2005-2008. Online at: http://voicesofdemocracy.umd.edu/.
Co-Principal Investigator, Special Projects Fund Grant. National Communication Association
($5000), 2008. For copyright and other expenses of the Voices of Democracy project.
President's Fund for Research, Penn State University. Three Undergraduate Research Assistants
for Voices of Democracy ($1200), 2007.
President’s Fund for Research, Penn State University. Undergraduate Research Assistant for
Voices of Democracy ($600), 2006.
Public Humanities Scholar, “Looking Back on Today.” A community outreach program
sponsored by the Community Education Council of Elk and Cameron Counties (PA).
Funded by the Pennsylvania Humanities Council and Penn State’s Institute for the
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Arts and Humanities, with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities
($500 honorarium plus expenses), 2006.
Co-Project Director, “Rhetoric, New Media, and Deliberative Democracy.” Grants for
Interdisciplinary Groups, Institute for the Arts and Humanities, Pennsylvania
State University ($15,000), 2005-2007.
Project Director, “Profiles in Civic Engagement.” A pilot undergraduate research project
funded by the Office of the Associate Dean, College of Liberal Arts, Pennsylvania
State University ($500), 2005.
Member, The Interdisciplinary Rhetoric Group. Funded by the Institute for the
Arts and Humanities, Pennsylvania State University ($3,000), 2005.
Member, Task Force on the Basic Courses in Communication and English. Funded by the
College of Arts and Sciences, Pennsylvania State University ($3000), 2005.
Sabbatical Leave, Pennsylvania State University, Spring 2004.
Faculty Instructor and Mentor, “Discover House.” A General Education program funded by the
William and Flora Hewlett Foundation ($150,000), 2001-2002.
Continuing and Distance Education, Project Incentive Fund Award, Pennsylvania
State University, 1999. For “Rhetoric and Public Discourse,” the 2000 Public Address
Conference at Penn State. With Stephen H. Browne ($1000).
General Education Project Fund Grant, Pennsylvania State University, 1999. For development
of a First-Year Seminar, “Political Campaigns in the Age of Television” ($2900).
Campus-Wide Writing Program Summer Writing-Teaching Grant, Indiana University, 1995.
Sabbatical Leave, Indiana University, Spring 1993.
Summer Faculty Fellowship, Indiana University, 1987.
Research Policy Council Grant, University of Virginia, 1985 ($1000). With Ted J. Smith, III.
Dean's Assigned Fellowship, University of Wisconsin, 1980.
Graduate School Travel Fellowship, University of Wisconsin, 1980.
H.V. Kaltenborn Scholarship, University of Wisconsin, 1976.
Professional Consulting
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Steering Team, Moderator, and Workshop Leader, Can We Talk? A Conversation about Civility
and Democracy in America, a Symposium Sponsored by the National Endowment for the
Humanities, PBS, and the National Constitution Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,
March 26-27, 2011. Online at: http://constitutioncenter.org/experience/programsinitiatives/civility-and-democracy/.
Scholarly Advisor and Moderator, The Exchange: A Marketplace of Student Ideas," an
Internet-2 Videoconference Series Sponsored by the Annenberg Foundation, Scholastic,
Inc., and the National Constitution Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2008-2010.
Online at: http://constitutioncenter.org/the-exchange.
Academic Director, The Constitution Today and Tomorrow, Annenberg Summer
Teachers’ Institute, National Constitution Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, June 2630, 2009.
Research and Publications
Books:
Hogan, J. Michael, Jeffrey A. Kurr, Michael J. Bergmaier, and Jeremy D. Johnson. Speech and
Debate as Civic Education University Park: Penn State University Press, 2016. Under
contract.
Parry-Giles, Shawn J. and J. Michael Hogan, eds. The Handbook of Rhetoric and Public
Address. Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell, 2010 (pp. xvi + 478).
Hogan, J. Michael, Patricia Hayes Andrews, James R. Andrews, and Glen Williams. Public
Speaking and Civic Engagement. Boston: Pearson/Allyn and Bacon, 2008
(pp. xxiv + 520). Second edition, 2011 (pp. xxii+506). Third edition, 2014 (pp.
xxiii+488). Fourth edition, 2017, in press.
Hogan, J. Michael. Woodrow Wilson’s Western Tour: Rhetoric, Public Opinion, and the League
of Nations. College Station: Texas A&M University Press, 2006 (pp. xii + 212).
Hogan, J. Michael, ed. Rhetoric and Reform in the Progressive Era. Volume 6 of A Rhetorical
History of the United States, 10 vols. East Lansing: Michigan State University Press,
2003 (pp. xxiv + 514).
Hogan, J. Michael, ed. Rhetoric and Community: Studies in Unity and Fragmentation.
Columbia: University of South Carolina Press, 1998 (pp. xxxviii + 315). Paperback
Edition, 2008.
Hogan, J. Michael. The Nuclear Freeze Campaign: Rhetoric and Foreign Policy in the
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Telepolitical Age. East Lansing: Michigan State University Press, 1994 (pp. ix + 263).
Hogan, J. Michael. The Panama Canal in American Politics: Domestic Advocacy and the
Evolution of Policy. Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press, 1986 (pp. vii + 291).
Winans-Wichelns Award for Distinguished Scholarship in Rhetoric and Public Address,
1986; Speech Communication Association Golden Anniversary Prize Book Award, 1987.
Book Chapters:
Hogan, J. Michael. “Rhetorical and Civic Literacy in the Twenty-First Century: A Neo-Classical
Rhetoric for the Digital Age.” In Purpose, Practice, and Pedagogy in Rhetorical
Criticism, ed. Jim A. Kuypers, 53-67. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, 2014. Winner of
the Everett Lee Hunt Award, Eastern Communication Association, 2015.
Hogan, J. Michael. “Persuasion in the Rhetorical Tradition.” In The SAGE Handbook of
Persuasion: Developments in Theory and Practice, 2nd edition, ed. James Price Dillard
and Lijiang Shen, 2-19. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 2013.
Parry-Giles, Shawn J. and J. Michael Hogan. “Introduction: The Study of Rhetoric and Public
Address.” In The Handbook of Rhetoric and Public Address, ed. Shawn Parry-Giles
and J. Michael Hogan, 1-16. Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell, 2010.
Hogan, J. Michael. “Public Address and the Revival of American Civic Culture.” In The
Handbook of Rhetoric and Public Address, ed. Shawn Parry-Giles and J. Michael Hogan,
422-447. Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell, 2010.
Hogan, J. Michael. “Rhetorical Pedagogy and Democratic Citizenship: Reviving the
Traditions of Civic Engagement and Public Deliberation.” In Rhetoric and Democracy:
Perspectives on Pedagogical and Political Practices, ed. David M. Timmerman and
Todd F. McDorman, 75-97. East Lansing: Michigan State University Press, 2008.
Hogan, J. Michael, with George C. Edwards III, Wynton C. Hall, Christine L. Harold, Gerard A.
Hauser, Susan Herbst, Robert Y. Shapiro, and Ted J. Smith III. “Report of the National
Task Force on the Presidency and Public Opinion.” In The Prospect of Presidential
Rhetoric, ed. James Arnt Aune and Martin J. Medhurst, 293-316. College Station: Texas
A&M University Press, 2008.
Hogan, J. Michael. “George Gallup and the Rhetoric of Scientific Democracy. In Readings in
Political Communication, ed. Theodore F. Sheckels, Jannette Kenner Muir, Terry
Robertson, and Lisa Gring-Pemble, 37-53. State College, PA: Strata Publishing, 2007.
Reprinted from Communication Monographs.
Hogan, J. Michael and Glen Williams. “Republican Charisma and the American Revolution:
The Textual Persona of Thomas Paine’s Common Sense.” In Readings in Rhetoric and
Social Protest, 2nd edition, ed. Charles E. Morris III and Stephen H. Browne, 354-71.
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State College, PA: Strata Publishing, 2006. Reprinted from Quarterly Journal of Speech.
Hogan, J. Michael. “The Rhetoric of Presidential Approval: Media Polling and the White House
Intern Scandal.” In Images, Scandal, and Communication Strategies of the Clinton
Presidency, ed. Robert E. Denton, Jr. and Rachel L. Holloway, 271-98. Westport, CT:
Praeger, 2003.
Hogan, J. Michael. “Rhetoric and Reform in the Progressive Era.” In Rhetoric and Reform in
the Progressive Era, ed. J. Michael Hogan, vii-xxii. East Lansing: Michigan State
University Press, 2003.
Hogan, J. Michael. “Memories and Legacies of the Progressive Era.” In Rhetoric and Reform in
the Progressive Era, ed. J. Michael Hogan, 471-83. East Lansing: Michigan State
University Press, 2003.
Hogan, J. Michael. “The ‘Science’ of Cold War Strategy: Propaganda and Public Opinion in the
Eisenhower Administration’s ‘War of Words.’” In Critical Reflections on the Cold War:
Rhetoric and History, ed. Martin J. Medhurst and H.W. Brands, 134-68. College Station:
Texas A&M University Press, 2000.
Hogan, J. Michael. “Rhetoric and Community.” In Rhetoric and Community: Studies in Unity
and Fragmentation, ed. J. Michael Hogan, xii-xxiv. Columbia: University of South
Carolina Press, 1998.
Hogan, J. Michael. “Rhetoric and the Restoration of Community.” In Rhetoric and Community:
Studies in Unity and Fragmentation, ed. J. Michael Hogan, 292-302. Columbia:
University of South Carolina Press, 1998.
Hogan, J. Michael. "Panama and the Panama Canal." In The Encyclopedia of U.S. Foreign
Relations, 4 vols., ed. Bruce W. Jentleson and Thomas G. Paterson, vol. 3, 352-56. New
York: Oxford University Press for the Council on Foreign Relations, 1997.
Hogan, J. Michael. “Demonization, Public Opinion, and the Gulf War.” In Argumentation and
Values: Proceedings of the Ninth SCA/AFA Conference on Argumentation, ed. Sally
Jackson, 498-500. Annandale, VA: Speech Communication Association, 1995.
Hogan, J. Michael and James R. Andrews, "Woodrow Wilson." In U.S Presidents as Orators: A
Bio-Critical Sourcebook, ed. Halford Ryan, 111-33. New York: Greenwood Press, 1995.
Hogan, J. Michael. "Eisenhower and Open Skies: A Case Study in Psychological Warfare." In
Eisenhower's War of Words: Rhetoric and Leadership, ed. Martin J. Medhurst, 137-55.
East Lansing: Michigan State University Press, 1994. Marie Hochmuth Nichols Award,
Speech Communication Association, 1995.
Hogan, J. Michael. "Between the Public and Technical Spheres of Argument: The 'Televisual'
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Rhetoric of the Nuclear Freeze Campaign." In Argument in Controversy: Proceedings of
the Seventh SCA/AFA Conference on Argumentation, ed. Donn W. Parson, 100-106.
Annandale, VA: Speech Communication Association, 1991.
Hogan, J. Michael. "Public Opinion and American Foreign Policy: The Case of Illusory Support
for the Panama Canal Treaties." In James R. Andrews, The Practice of Rhetorical
Criticism, 2nd ed., 234-49. New York: Longman, 1990. Reprinted from Quarterly
Journal of Speech.
Hogan, J. Michael and David Olsen. “The Rhetoric of Nuclear Education." In Propaganda: A
Pluralistic Perspective, ed. Ted J. Smith, III, 165-79. New York: Praeger, 1989.
Hogan, J. Michael. "Apocalyptic Pornography and the Nuclear Freeze: A Defense of the
Public." In Argument and Critical Practices: Proceedings of the Fifth SCA/AFA
Conference on Argumentation, ed. Joseph W. Wenzel, 541-48. Annandale, VA: Speech
Communication Association, 1987.
Hogan, J. Michael. "The Rhetoric of Historiography: New Left Revisionism in the Vietnam
Era." In Argument and Social Practice: Proceedings of the Fourth SCA/AFA Conference
on Argumentation, ed. J. Robert Cox, Malcom O. Sillars, and Gregg B. Walker, 340-59.
Annandale, VA: Speech Communication Association, 1985.
Journal Articles:
Hogan, J. Michael. “The Road Not Taken in Opinion Research: Mass-Observation in
Great Britain, 1937-1940,” Rhetoric and Public Affairs 18 (Fall 2015), in press.
Hogan, J. Michael and Craig Rood. “Rhetorical Studies and the Gun Debate: A Public
Policy Perspective,” Rhetoric and Public Affairs 18 (Summer 2015), 359-371.
Hogan, J. Michael. “James Arnt Aune: A Historical Remembrance,” Rhetoric and Public
Affairs 16 (Fall 2013), 543-554.
Hogan, J. Michael and Dave Tell. “Demagoguery and Democratic Deliberation: The Search for
Rules of Discursive Engagement,” Rhetoric and Public Affairs 9 (Fall 2006): 479-487.
Hogan, J. Michael and Glen Williams. “The Rusticity and Religiosity of Huey P. Long.”
Rhetoric and Public Affairs 7 (Summer 2004): 149-171.
Hogan, Lisa S. and J. Michael Hogan. “Feminine Virtue and Practical Wisdom: Elizabeth Cady
Stanton’s ‘Our Boys.’” Rhetoric and Public Affairs 6 (Fall 2003): 415-435.
Hogan, J. Michael. “Rod Hart: The Most Optimistic Man in America.” Review of
Communication 1 (July 2001): 87-92.
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Hogan, J. Michael. “Theory in the Ironic Mode: A Review of Hauser’s Vernacular Voices.
Argumentation and Advocacy 37 (Spring 2001): 214-217.
Hogan, J. Michael and Glen Williams. “Republican Charisma and the American Revolution:
The Textual Persona of Thomas Paine’s Common Sense.” Quarterly Journal of Speech
86 (February 2000): 1-18. Lead essay.
Hogan, J. Michael. “George Gallup and the Rhetoric of Scientific Democracy.” Communication
Monographs 64 (June 1997): 161-179.
Hogan, J. Michael and L. Glen Williams. “Defining ‘the Enemy’ in Revolutionary America:
From the Rhetoric of Protest to the Rhetoric of War.” Southern Communication Journal
61 (Summer 1996): 277-288.
Hogan, J. Michael and Ted J. Smith, III. "Polling on the Issues: Public Opinion and the Nuclear
Freeze." Public Opinion Quarterly 55 (Winter 1991): 534-569.
Hogan, J. Michael and Leroy Dorsey. "Public Opinion and the Nuclear Freeze: The Rhetoric of
Popular Sovereignty in Foreign Policy Debate." Western Journal of Speech
Communication 55 (Fall 1991): 319-338. Lead research essay. Finalist for the B.
Aubrey Fisher Outstanding Article Award, 1991.
Hogan, J. Michael. “The Bishops as 'Revolutionaries': An Ideological Debate?" Quarterly
Journal of Speech 76 (August 1990): 312-14.
Hogan, J. Michael. "Managing Dissent in the Catholic Church: A Reinterpretation of the
Pastoral Letter on War and Peace." Quarterly Journal of Speech 75 (November 1989):
400-15.
Hogan, J. Michael. “Theodore Roosevelt and the Heroes of Panama." Presidential Studies
Quarterly 19 (Winter 1989): 79-94.
Hogan, J. Michael. "Media Nihilism and the Presidential Debates." Argumentation and
Advocacy 25 (Spring 1989): 220-225.
Smith, Ted J., III and J. Michael Hogan. "Public Opinion and the Panama Canal Treaties of
1977." Public Opinion Quarterly 51 (Spring 1987): 5-30.
Hogan, J. Michael. "Public Opinion and American Foreign Policy: The Case of Illusory Support
for the Panama Canal Treaties." Quarterly Journal of Speech 71 (August 1985): 302317.
Hogan, J. Michael. “Wallace and the Wallacites: A Reexamination." Southern Speech
Communication Journal 50 (Fall 1984): 24-48.
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Hogan, J. Michael. “Historiography and Ethics in Adam Smith's Lectures on Rhetoric, 17621763." Rhetorica 2 (Spring 1984): 75-91.
Public Scholarship and Online Serial Publications
Hogan, J. Michael. The Future of the Basic Course in Communication. An Eastern
Communication White Paper, Sponsored by the ECA’s First Vice President and the
Center for Democratic Deliberation, Penn State University,” June 1, 2015. In press.
Hogan, J. Michael. “Voices of Democracy: A Resource for Teachers,” EDSITEment: The Best
of the Humanities on the Web, December 1, 2013. Online at:
http://edsitement.neh.gov/blog/2013/12/01/voices-democracy-resource-teachers.
Hogan, J. Michael. Preface to “Ethics, Communication, and Engaging Youth in a Democratic
Society,” Ripon Journal of Ethics and Communication 1 (2012): 7. Online at:
http://www.ripon.edu/external/ethics/2012_RC_Ethics_Journal.pdf.
Hogan, J. Michael and Mark Hlavacik. 2011 Pennsylvania Civic Health Index: Promoting
Civic Education and Public Engagement. Philadelphia: The National
Constitution Center and the National Conference on Citizenship, 2012. Online at:
http://ncoc.net/PACHI2011.
Hogan, J. Michael. “Rhetoric and Communication Studies as Education for Citizenship.”
Communication Currents 6 (April 2011). Online at:
http://www.natcom.org/CommCurrentsArticle.aspx?id=1024.
Lead essay.
Hogan, J. Michael and Sara A. Mehltretter, "Helen Caldicott, 'Stop the Nuclear Madness'
(17 April 1986)." Voices of Democracy 3 (2008): 103-121. Online at:
http://umvod.files.wordpress.com/2010/08/hogan-caldicott.pdf.
Hogan, J. Michael and Sara A. Mehltretter. "George H.W. Bush, Speech at Penn State (23
September 1992)." Voices of Democracy 2 (2007): 126-151. Online at:
http://umvod.files.wordpress.com/2010/07/hogan-bush.pdf
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Hogan, J. Michael. "Woodrow Wilson, Pueblo Speech (25 September 1919)." Voices of
Democracy 1 (2006): 59-82. Online at:
http://umvod.files.wordpress.com/2010/08/hogan-wilson.pdf
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Hogan, J. Michael. “Public Opinion and Journalistic Voyeurism: The Lesson of the Clinton
Apology.” American Communication Journal 2 (January 1999). Online at:
http://ac-journal.org/journal/vol2/Iss2/editorials/hogan/index.html..
Book Reviews:
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Hogan, J. Michael. Rev. of Selling War in a Media Age: The Presidency and Public Opinion in
the American Century, edited by Kenneth Osgood and Andrew K. Frank. Journal
of American History 98 (June 2011): 277-278.
Hogan, J. Michael. "The Biographer and His Biases." Rev. of The President and His
Biographer: Woodrow Wilson and Ray Stannard Baker, by Merrill D. Peterson.
Journal of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era 8 (April 2009), 290-293.
Hogan, J. Michael. Rev. of The Evolution of Presidential Polling, by Robert M. Eisinger.
Rhetoric and Public Affairs 8 (Fall 2005), 527-529.
Hogan, J. Michael. Rev. of Breaking the Heart of the World: Woodrow Wilson and the Fight for
the League of Nations, by John Milton Cooper, Jr. Rhetoric and Public Affairs 6
(Summer 2003): 375-378.
Hogan, J. Michael. Rev. of Reading Public Opinion: How Political Actors View The
Democratic Process, by Susan Herbst. Journal of American History 87 (March 2000):
1878-1879.
Hogan, J. Michael. Rev. of Coalitions and Political Movements: The Lessons of the Nuclear
Freeze, edited by Thomas R. Rochon and David S. Meyer. Rhetoric and Public Affairs 2
(Spring 1999): 156-159.
Hogan, J. Michael. Rev. of Union of Words: A History of Presidential Eloquence, by Wayne
Fields. Journal of American History 83 (December 1996): 1004.
Hogan, J. Michael. Rev. of The Unseen Power: Public Relations. A History, by Scott M. Cutlip.
American Historical Review 101 (April 1996): 581-582.
Hogan, J. Michael. Rev. of The Presidency and the Rhetoric of Foreign Crisis, by Denise M.
Bostdorff. Quarterly Journal of Speech 81 (February 1995): 121-122.
Hogan, J. Michael. Rev. of Covering the Body: The Kennedy Assassination, the Media and the
Shaping of Collective Memory, by Barbie Zelizer. American Historical Review 98
(December 1993): 1703.
Hogan, J. Michael. Rev. of Theodore Roosevelt and the Rhetoric of Militant Decency, by Robert
V. Friedenberg. Quarterly Journal of Speech 78 (November 1992): 495-497.
Hogan, J. Michael. Rev. of Freedom of Expression and Partisan Politics, by Craig R. Smith.
Quarterly Journal of Speech 77 (August 1991): 372-373.
Hogan, J. Michael. Rev. of Eloquence in an Electronic Age: The Transformation of Political
Speechmaking, by Kathleen Hall Jamieson. Quarterly Journal of Speech 76 (August
1990): 345-347.
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Hogan, J. Michael. Rev. of Thinking in Time: The Uses of History for Decision Makers, by
Richard E. Neustadt and Ernest R. May. Quarterly Journal of Speech 74 (August 1988):
361-363.
Selected Reviews of Published Work:
Lester C. Olson, “Silhouette of a Discipline: Taking Stock of Silent Presumptions, Voids, and
Issues in Rhetoric and Public Address” (Rev. of Handbook of Rhetoric and Public
Address). Rhetoric and Public Affairs 16 (Summer2013): 401-419.
Theodore Sheckels. “Landmarks in Presidential Rhetoric: The Value of Moving from Text to
Context” (Rev. of Woodrow Wilson’s Western Tour ). Review of Communication 9
(January 2009): 110-113.
Gardner, Elizabeth. Rev. of Woodrow Wilson’s Western Tour. Rhetoric and Public Affairs
12 (Spring 2009): 142-144.
Treinen, Krista, David Cronn-Mills, and Christa Brown. Rev. of Public Speaking and Civic
Engagement. American Communication Journal 10 (Summer 2008): online at: http://acjournal.org/journal/2008/Summer/Book%20Review1.pdf
Janas, Michael. Rev. of Woodrow Wilson's Western Tour. Argumentation and Advocacy 42
(Spring 2006): 229-31.
Pfau, Michael William. Rev. of Rhetoric and Reform in the Progressive Era. Rhetoric and
Public Affairs 9 (Summer 2006): 305-308.
Magee, Malcom. “Speaking of Progress: The Rhetoric of Reform in the Progressive Era” (Rev.
of Rhetoric and Reform in the Progressive Era). Journal of the Gilded Age and
Progressive Era 3 (2004): 90-94.
Hariman, Robert. Rev. of Rhetoric and Community: Studies in Unity and Fragmentation.
Rhetoric Society Quarterly 31 (2001): 97-101.
Turner, Kathleen J. Rev. of Rhetoric and Community: Studies in Unity and Fragmentation.
Rhetoric and Public Affairs 3 (2000): 295-297.
Olson, Lester. Rev. of Rhetoric and Community: Studies in Unity and Fragmentation.
Philosophy and Rhetoric 33 (2000): 178-182.
McOmber, James B. "Requiem for the 'Rhetoric of Doom'" (Rev. of The Nuclear Freeze
Campaign). Peace and Conflict: Journal of Peace Psychology 2 (April 1996): 89-91.
King, Andrew. Rev. of The Nuclear Freeze Campaign. Quarterly Journal of Speech 82
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(November 1996): 431-433.
Zagano, Phyllis. Rev. of The Nuclear Freeze Campaign. Journalism and Mass Communication
Quarterly 72 (Autumn 1995): 742-743.
Cheney, George and Steven R. Goldzwig. "'Locating' the Bishops' Advocacy: A Response to
Hogan" (Response to “Managing Dissent in the Catholic Church”). Quarterly Journal of
Speech 76 (August 1990): 307-309.
Jablonski, Carol. "Dissent and The Challenge of Peace: An Alternative View" (Response to
“Managing Dissent in the Catholic Church”). Quarterly Journal of Speech (August
1990): 310-11.
Turner, Kathleen J. Rev. of The Panama Canal in American Politics. Quarterly Journal of
Speech, 73 (August 1987): 378-379.
Ivie, Robert L. "The Complete Criticism of Political Rhetoric" (Rev. of The Panama Canal in
American Politics). Quarterly Journal of Speech, 73 (February 1987): 98-107.
Conference Papers and Invited Talks:
Hogan, J. Michael. “The Legacy of W. Norwood Brigance in Contemporary Rhetorical
Studies.” The 2015 Brigance Forum Lecture, Wabash College, Crawfordsville, Indiana,
February 23, 2015.
Hogan, J. Michael. “Civic Literacy, Public Deliberation, and the Engaged Citizen.”
Presented to the Legislative Education and Advocacy Committee, Penn State
Grassroots Network, Hintz Family Alumni Center, Penn State University,
November 1, 2013.
Hogan, J. Michael. “The Center for Democratic Deliberation.” Presented to the Arts and
Humanities/Social Studies and Education Joint Faculty Meeting, University College,
Penn State University, April 12, 2013.
Hogan, J. Michael. “The Center for Democratic Deliberation: Rhetorical and Civic Education
for the Twenty-First Century.” Presented to the College of Visual and Performing Arts,
Syracuse University, February 22, 2013.
Hogan, J. Michael. “Rhetoric and Public Address as Education for Citizenship.” Presented to
the Department of Communication Studies, Vanderbilt University, October 23, 2012.
Hogan, J. Michael. “Rhetoric and Public Address as Education for Citizenship.” Presented to
the Department of Communication, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia, March
2012.
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Hogan, J. Michael. “Educating for Citizenship: The Knowledge, Skills, and Ethics of Civic
Engagement.” Presented to the faculty and students of Ripon College, Ripon, WI,
October 2011.
Hogan, J. Michael. “Civil Debate: What Difference Does It Make?” Presented to Liberal Arts
Today, a Penn State College of the Liberal Arts Alumni Event, University Park, PA,
April 2011.
Hogan, J. Michael. “The Center for Democratic Deliberation: Educating for Citizenship.”
Presented to the Penn State College of Liberal Arts Development Council, Philadelphia,
PA, March 2011.
Hogan, J. Michael. “Rhetoric and Public Address as Education for Citizenship.” Presented
to the Department of Communication Studies Colloquium, University of Kansas,
Lawrence, Kansas, October 2010.
Raman, Veena, Sara A. Mehltretter, and J. Michael Hogan. “The DebateWatch Experience: A
Multi-Method Study of Student Responses.” Presented to the National Communication
Association, Chicago, Illinois, November 2009.
Hogan, J. Michael. “Public Speaking in the ‘New Era of Responsibility.’” Presented to the
Brigance Colloquy: “Public Speaking as a Liberal Art,” Wabash College, Crawfordsville,
Indiana, February 2009.
Hogan, J. Michael. "Rhetoric and Public Address as Education For Citizenship." CARD
Calls: Communicating About Research and Professional Development. NCA’s
Monthly Teleconference Series, January 2009.
Hogan, J. Michael. "Retrospective on the Twentieth Anniversary of the Public Address
Conference." Luncheon Address, Eleventh Biennial Public Address Conference,
Madison, Wisconsin, September 2008.
Hogan, J. Michael. "Response to William Keith, 'Celebrating Democracy: The Epideictic
Character of Public Speaking and Debate in the Early Field.'" Presented to the Tenth
Biennial Public Address Conference, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee,
October 2006.
Hogan, J. Michael. “Public Address as Education for Citizenship: Reviving the Traditions of
Democratic Deliberation.” Presented to the Southern States Communication Association,
Dallas, Texas, April 2006.
Hogan, J. Michael. “Civic Engagement and Deliberative Democracy.” Presented to the Board
of Visitors, Department of Communication Arts and Sciences, University Park,
Pennsylvania, November 4, 2005.
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Hogan, J. Michael. “Rhetorical Pedagogy and Democratic Citizenship: Reviving the
Traditions of Civic Engagement and Public Deliberation.” Presented to “Rhetoric
and Democratic Citizenship: A Colloquy in Honor of William Norwood Brigance,”
Center of Inquiry in the Liberal Arts, Wabash College, Crawfordsville, Indiana,
April 2005.
Hogan, J. Michael. “Presidential Rhetoric and Public Opinion: A Response to Edwards’ On
Deaf Ears.” Presented to the National Communication Association, Chicago, Illinois,
November 2004.
Hogan, J. Michael. “James R. Andrews: The Woodrow Wilson of Rhetoric and Public Address.”
Banquet Address, Ninth Biennial Public Address Conference, Washington, D.C., October
2004.
Hogan, J. Michael, with George C. Edwards III, Wynton C. Hall, Christine L. Harold, Gerard A.
Hauser, Susan Herbst, Robert Y. Shapiro, and Ted J. Smith III. “Report of the National
Task Force on the Presidency and Public Opinion.” Presented to the Conference on “The
Prospect of Presidential Rhetoric,” Program in Presidential Rhetoric, George Bush
Presidential Library, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, March 2004.
Hogan, J. Michael. “The State of Public Address.” Position Paper for “Looking Out,
Looking In: Public Address in a New Century.” Preconference Seminar, National
Communication Association, Miami, Florida, November 2003.
Hogan, Lisa S. and J. Michael Hogan. “Feminine Virtue and Practical Wisdom: Elizabeth Cady
Stanton’s ‘Our Boys.’” Presented to the National Communication Association,
Miami, Florida, November 2003.
Hogan, J. Michael. “Civic Engagement and the Rhetorical Tradition.” Invited lecture at Ripon
College, Ripon, Wisconsin, September 25, 2003.
Hogan, J. Michael and Glen Williams. “The Charismatic Demagoguery of Huey P. Long.”
Presented to the National Communication Association, New Orleans, Louisiana, 2002.
Hogan, J. Michael. “Civic Engagement and the Rhetorical Tradition.” The Seventh Annual
Emil C. Weis Lecture, Southeast Missouri State University, Cape Girardeau, Missouri,
October 18, 2001. Published by the Department of Communication, Southeast Missouri
State University, 2001.
Hogan, J. Michael. “The Rhetoric of Presidential Approval: Media Polling and the White House
Intern Scandal.” Presented to the National Communication Association, Atlanta, Georgia,
2001.
Hogan, J. Michael. “Propaganda and the Communication Sciences in the Eisenhower
Administration’s Cold War Strategy.” Invited lecture at the University of Maryland,
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October 2, 1998.
Hogan, J. Michael. “Pundits, Polls, and the Rhetoric of Political Crisis: The Clinton Intern
Scandal and the Prestige Press.” Presented to the National Communication Association,
New York, New York, 1998.
Hogan, J. Michael and Glen Williams. “Republican Charisma and the American Revolution:
The Textual Persona of Thomas Paine’s Common Sense.” Presented to the National
Communication Association, New York, New York, 1998. Top Three Paper Award,
Rhetorical and Communication Theory Division.
Hogan, J. Michael. “The Science of Cold War Strategy: Propaganda and Public Opinion in the
Eisenhower Administration’s ‘War of Words.’” Presented to the Conference on Public
Discourse in Cold War America, Program on Presidential Rhetoric, Center for
Presidential Studies, George Bush Presidential Library, Texas A&M University, College
Station, Texas, March 1998.
Hogan, J. Michael. “The Cultural Legitimation of Media Polling.” Invited lecture at Dartmouth
College, Hanover, New Hampshire, February 1997. Broadcast over New Hampshire
Public Radio.
Hogan, J. Michael. “The Paradox of ‘The War We Are Losing’: Urgency and Optimism in
George Gallup’s Campaign for ‘Scientific’ Propaganda.” Presented to the Speech
Communication Association, San Diego, California, 1996.
Hogan, J. Michael. “George Gallup and the Rhetoric of Scientific Democracy.” Presented to the
Speech Communication Association, San Diego, California, 1996.
Hogan, J. Michael. “Demonization, Public Opinion, and the Gulf War.” Presented to the 9th
SCA/AFA Conference on Argumentation, Alta, Utah, 1995.
Hogan, J. Michael and L. Glenn Williams. "Redefining the Enemy in Revolutionary America."
Presented to the Speech Communication Association, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1994.
Hogan, J. Michael. "Must We All Be Rhetorical Theorists?" Presented to the Third Biennial
Public Address Conference, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1992.
Hogan, J. Michael. “Eisenhower and Open Skies: A Case Study in Psychological Warfare."
Presented to the Speech Communication Association, Atlanta, Georgia, 1991.
Hogan, J. Michael. "CBS News and the Nuclear Freeze: The Rhetoric of a Televisual
Movement." Presented to the Speech Communication Association, Chicago, Illinois,
1990.
Hogan, J. Michael and Leroy Dorsey. "Public Opinion and American Foreign Policy: The
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Nuclear Freeze and 'the People's House.'" Presented to the Speech Communication
Association, Chicago, Illinois, 1990.
Hogan, J. Michael. "The State-of-the-Art Revisited: Reflections on the 'Renaissance' in Public
Address." Presented to the Southern States Communication Association, Louisville,
Kentucky, 1989.
Hogan, J. Michael. “The Pastoral Letter on War and Peace: A Movement Perspective on the
Management of Dissent." Presented to the Speech Communication Association, New
Orleans, Louisiana, 1988.
Hogan, J. Michael. "Apocalyptic Pornography and the Nuclear Freeze: A Defense of the
Public." Presented to the SCA/AFA Conference on Argumentation, Alta, Utah, 1987.
Hogan, J. Michael. "Rhetoric, Historiography, and Historical Argument." Featured paper at the
SCA Seminar "The Rhetoric of History," Chicago, Illinois, 1986.
Smith, Ted J., III and J. Michael Hogan. "Opinion Polls and the Panama Canal Treaties of 1977:
A Critical Analysis." Presented to the American Association for Public Opinion
Research, McAffe, New Jersey, 1985.
Hogan, J. Michael. “The Rhetoric of Historiography: New Left Revisionism in the Vietnam
Era." Presented to the SCA/AFA Conference on Argumentation, Alta, Utah, 1985.
Hogan, J. Michael. "Selling a Foreign Policy Initiative: The Carter Administration and the
Panama Canal Treaties." Presented to the Speech Communication Association, Chicago,
Illinois, 1984.
Hogan, J. Michael. "What's New About the New Right?" Presented to the Southern Speech
Communication Association, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 1984.
Hogan, J. Michael. "Creating a Legend: Theodore Roosevelt and the 'Good News' From
Panama." Presented to the Southern Speech Communication Association, Baton Rouge,
Louisiana, 1984.
Hogan, J. Michael. “The Jacksonian Impulse in Religious Rhetoric: Charles Grandison Finney's
Theory of Preaching." Presented to the Speech Communication Association,
Washington, D.C., 1983.
Hogan, J. Michael. "Whig Rhetoric and the Colonial Mob Tradition, 1765-1775." Presented to
the Southern Speech Communication Association, Orlando, Florida, 1983.
Hogan, J. Michael. "Militarism and Public Opinion in the Senate Debate over the Panama Canal
Treaties." Presented to the Speech Communication Association, Louisville, Kentucky,
1982.
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Hogan, J. Michael. "Educating the Public and Other Utopian Visions." Presented to the Speech
Communication Association, Anaheim, California, 1981.
Hogan, J. Michael. "Situational Public Opinion and the Rhetorical Case Study." Presented to
the SCA Seminar "Rhetoric and the American Presidency," New York, New York, 1980.
Hogan, J. Michael. "Theodore Roosevelt and American Foreign Policy: A Study of an
Intellectual Vision and Rhetorical Demands." Presented to the Speech Communication
Association, New York, New York, 1980.
Hogan, J. Michael. “Adam Smith's Rhetoric of Moral Ideology." Presented to the Speech
Communication Association, San Antonio, Texas, 1979.
Hogan, J. Michael. "George Wallace's Political Revivalism: A Case Study in the Political
Application of Religious Rhetorical Strategies." Presented to the Speech Communication
Association, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1978.
Teaching
Courses :
The Pennsylvania State University:
Undergraduate Courses:
Effective Speech: Honors (100H)
Effective Speech: Discover House Section (100A)
First-Year Seminar: “Political Campaigns in the Age of Television”
(084S)
Persuasion and Propaganda (175)
Persuasion and Propaganda: Honors (175H)
Informative, Technical, and Presentational Speaking (312)
Speech Writing (214 Writing Intensive)
Rhetoric and Public Controversy: "The Rhetoric of Political Campaigns"
(375)
Studies in Public Address: “Voices of Democracy: Great Speeches
in U.S. History” (475)
Contemporary American Political Rhetoric (478)
Graduate Courses:
Seminar in Historical Criticism (500): “The Rhetoric of Social
Movements”
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Seminar in Rhetorical Criticism (503): "Design, Research, and Writing
in Rhetoric and Pubic Address"
Seminar in Contemporary Public Address (504): “Voices of Democracy:
Great Speeches of the Twentieth Century”
Political Communication and Media (530): “Reconstituting ‘the Public’
in the Media Age”
Political Communication and Media (530): “The Rhetoric of Presidential
Campaigns”
Special Topics (597): “Design, Research, and Writing in Rhetoric
and Public Address”
Special Topics (597): “Political Campaigns”
World Campus (Online Course Development):
Studies in Public Address (475)
Indiana University:
Undergraduate Courses:
Public Speaking (121)
Speech Composition (323)
Persuasive Speaking (324)
Speech Criticism (305)
Political Communication (444)
Graduate Courses:
Rhetorical Criticism (505)
Public Dialogue in America to 1865 (537)
Public Dialogue in America, 1865-1945 (538)
Public Dialogue in America Since 1945 (539)
Studies in Public Address (630): “The Rhetoric of Campaigns and Social
Movements”
Studies in Public Address (630): “Research Design in Public Address”
Seminar in Rhetorical Criticism (705): “Design, Research, and Writing in
Historical Public Address”
Seminar in Contemporary Public Address (710): “Research Design in
Contemporary Public Address”
Seminar in the History of Public Address (737): “Social Protest
Movements”
Seminar in the History of Public Address (737): “Reconstituting ‘the
Public’ in the Media Age”
University of Virginia:
Undergraduate Courses:
Public Speaking
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Argumentation and Debate
Rhetoric of Social Protest
Rhetorical Criticism
Political Campaigns
Graduate Courses:
Rhetoric of Social Protest
The Rhetoric of American Foreign Policy
Political Campaigns
Rhetorical Criticism
University of Wisconsin:
Public Speaking
Fundamentals of Speech
Theory and Practice of Argumentation and Debate
Dissertations and Theses: The Pennsylvania State University
Directed:
Bonnie Sierlecki, “Fit for Democracy: Sport and Presidential Rhetoric,” Ph.D.,
2015.
Adam L. Perry, “From the McCarthy Era to ‘Gangsta Rap’: The Rhetoric of
Popular Music and Moral Panic in the United States,” Ph.D., 2013.
Anne Kretsinger-Harries, “The Contestable John Brown: Abolitionism and the
Civil War in U.S. Public Memory,” M.A., 2011.
Una Kimokeo-Goes, “Building an Empire, Defining a Nation: The Rhetoric of
U.S. Expansion at the Turn of the Century,” Ph.D., 2011.
Sara Ann Mehltretter Drury, “The Long Twilight Struggle: Presidential Rhetoric
and National Security in the Cold War, 1945-1974,” Ph.D., 2011.
Jessica Sheffield, “Weblogs and Activism: A Social Movement Perspective on the
Blogosphere,” Ph.D., 2010.
Mary Haman, “Wild Women of the Progressive Era: Rhetoric, Gender, and
Agitation in the Age of Reform,” Ph.D., 2009.
Sara Ann Mehltretter, "Catholic Pacifism in the United States: A Rhetorical
Analysis of the Catholic Worker Movement," M.A., 2007.
Valerie Jaye Elston, “The Trials and Tribulations of Presidential Speechwriting:
A Case Study of Jimmy Carter’s 1977 Speech ‘The Energy Problem,’”
M.A., 2006.
Steve Martin, “The Rhetorical Leadership of John L. Lewis,” Ph.D., 2006.
Jessica Sheffield, “A Rhetorical Analysis of the 'Dean for America' ECampaign,” M.A., 2006.
Rebekah Haynes, “A Rhetorical Analysis of the South African Truth and
Reconciliation Commission,” M.A., 2005.
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Katie Langford, “A Matter of Interpretation: Justice Antonin Scalia’s Textualist
Approach to Judicial Interpretation,” Ph.D., 2005.
Heather Norton, “Patriots or Paranoids? The Public Identity of the Modern
Militia Movement,” Ph.D., 2005.
Jill M. Weber, “The Rhetoric of the Fatherhood Movement,” M.A., 2005
Jennifer Biedendorf, “Challenging Citizenship in Transnational CriticalGlobalization Movements: An Analysis of ATTAC,” M.A., 2004.
Richard Freishtat, “The Rhetoric of History in the Civil Rights and Anti-War
Movements,” M.A., 2004.
Jennifer Young, “Religious or Political? The Mediated Debate Between Promise
Keepers and Its Feminist Critics Over the ‘Stand in the Gap’ Rally,”
Ph.D., 2003. Kramarae Outstanding Dissertation Award, Organization
For the Study of Communication, Language, and Gender, 2004.
Ben Henderson, “Gender Essentialisms and the Mythic Paradigm: The Evolution
of Christian Masculinity Rhetoric,” M.A., 2003.
Elise Kahl, “World War II Workforce Recruitment Posters: Conflicting Messages
In the Mobilization of Women,” M.A., 2003.
Todd S. Frobish, “Faces in the Phosphor Dots: A Rhetorical Analysis of Ethos
and Identity in Computer-Mediated Communication,” Ph.D., 2002.
Anthony J. Wainwright, “Working the Hoffa Puzzle: A Rhetorical Analysis of
Jimmy Hoffa's Career,” M.A., 2000.
Michael Bergmaier, Ph.D., in progress.
Jeffrey A. Kurr, PhD., in progress.
Ben Firgens, M.A., in progress.
Committee Member:
Bernardita M. Yunis Varas, M.A., 2015.
Craig Rood, Ph.D., 2015.
Frank Stec, Ph.D., 2014.
Jessica Barger Kuperavage, M.A., 2010; Ph.D., 2013.
Kristen Mathe Colleta, Ph.D., 2013.
Eric Miller, Ph.D., 2012.
Kurt Braddock, Ph.D., 2012.
Heather Adams, Ph.D. (English), 2012.
Amy Chadwick, Ph.D., 2010
Cynthia Boes, Ph.D., 2010.
David Dzikowski, M.A., 2001; Ph.D., 2009.
Stacey Sheriff, Ph.D. (English), Ph.D., 2009.
Jennifer Biedendorf, Ph.D., 2009.
Bonnie Sierlecki, M.A., 2008
Michael Tumolo, Ph.D., 2008.
Casey Maugh, Ph.D., 2007.
Brett Lunceford, Ph.D., 2007
Justin Cleveland, M.A., 2007.
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Monika Alston, M.A., 2003; Ph.D., 2006.
David Tell, M.A., 2000; Ph.D., 2006.
Sandra French, Ph.D., 2006.
Melissa Marshall, M.A., 2006.
Leia Droll, M.A., 2005.
Melanie McNaughton, M.A., 2004.
Lisa Glebatis, M.A., 2004.
Katie Gibson, Ph.D., 2004.
Julie Haynes, Ph.D., 2002.
Christian Spielvogel, Ph.D., 2002.
Jennifer Borda, Ph.D., 2002.
Nicholas Dahl, Ph.D., 2002.
David Shultz, Ph.D., 2002.
Shannon Butler, Ph.D., 2002.
David Schulz, Ph.D., 2002.
Andrew Hansen, Ph.D., 2001.
Stephen Bliviss, M.A., 2000.
Mitch Reyes. M.A., 2000.
Brian Snee, Ph.D., 2000.
Gina Ercolini, M.A., 2000.
Jeffrey Kurtz, Ph.D., 2000.
Anne Demo, Ph.D., 1999.
Lisa Barry, Ph.D., 1999.
Christine Harold, M.A., 1999.
Jennifer Young, M.A., 1998.
Thomas Czarples, Ph.D., in progress.
Jeremy Johnson, M.A., in progress.
Tiara Foster, Ph.D., in progress.
Robert Richards, Ph.D., in progress.
Dissertations and Theses: Indiana University
Directed:
Richard A. Maxson, “The Apocalyptic Impulse in Billy Sunday’s New York City
Revival: A Case Study in the Rhetorical Construction of Apocalyptic
Reality,” Ph.D., 1998.
Lisa S. Strange, “Pragmatism and Radicalism in Elizabeth Cady Stanton’s
Feminist Advocacy: A Rhetorical Biography,” Ph.D., 1998.
Carolyn Novak, “Gayspeak and Christian Pique: A Rhetorical Analysis of
Political Clash in Oregon, Colorado, and Maine,” M.A., 1997.
Stephanie Reding, “Face of the Dragon: The Repatriation of Hong Kong and
China’s Management of Face,” M.A., 1997.
Stephen King, "Redemption Song in Babylon: The Domestication of Jamaican
Protest Music," Ph.D., 1997. Published as Reggae, Rastafari, and the
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Rhetoric of Social Control (Jackson, Miss: University Press of
Mississippi, 2002).
Jody Dalton, "Nineteenth Century Anti-Catholicism and the Catholic Response:
Creating Meaning for 'Americans,'" Ph.D., 1997. Published as Rhetorical
Campaigns of the Nineteenth-Century Anti-Catholic and Catholics in
America (Lewiston, NY: The Edwin Mellon Press, 2000).
Gary Hiebsch, "Charles G. Finney: The Creation of an Historic Evangelical
Persona," Ph.D., 1995.
Jeffrey D. Brand, "Communities of Protest: Plowshare Actions and the AntiNuclear Movement," Ph.D., 1995.
Douglas Gaerte, "From Neutrality to War: Debating Intervention on Capitol Hill,
1914-1917," Ph.D., 1995.
Leroy Dorsey, "Reconstituting the American Spirit: Theodore Roosevelt's
Rhetorical Presidency," Ph.D., 1993. Published as We Are All Americans,
Pure and Simple: Theodore Roosevelt and the Myth of Americanism
(Tuscaloosa, Alabama: University of Alabama Press, 2007)
Glen Williams, "Thomas Paine and the Birth of American Patriotism," Ph.D.,
1992.
Shawn Parry-Giles, "Exporting America's Cold War Message: The Struggle for
America's First Peacetime Propaganda Program, 1947-1953," Ph.D., 1992.
Published as The Rhetorical Presidency, Propaganda, and the Cold War,
1945-1955 (Westport, Ct: Praeger, 2002).
Margaret M. Drexler, "The Anderson Difference: Rhetorical Trials of a Third
Party Candidate," M.A., 1991.
James L. Kauffman, "Selling Space: The Kennedy Administration, the Media, and
Congressional Funding for Project Apollo, 1961-1963," Ph.D., 1989.
Gerald R. Miller Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award, National
Communication Assocation, 1989. Published as Selling Outer Space:
Kennedy, the Media, and Funding for Project Apollo,1961-63
(Tuscaloosa, Alabama: University of Alabama Press, 1994).
Committee Member:
Lisa Bates-Froiland, Ph.D., 2003.
Mark Steiner, Ph.D., 1999.
Claire Procopio, Ph.D., 1999.
Robert S. Brown, Ph.D., 1996.
Richard McGrath, Ph.D., 1993. Outstanding Dissertation Award, Speech
Communication Association; Esther L. Kinsley Award, Indiana
University.
Tim Jenkins, M.A., 1993. Esther L. Kinsley Award, Indiana University.
Cindy Griffin, Ph.D., 1992.
Mark Rothschild, Ph.D. (Education), 1992.
Neil Patten, Ph.D., 1992.
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Theses Directed: University of Virginia
Laurie J. Thurneck, "Reagan's Rhetoric: Nicaragua," M.A., 1986.
David B. McLennan, "The Nuclear Arms Debate and the American Catholic
Church," M.A., 1984.
James McOmber, "Calls for Action in Premillennial Rhetoric," M.A., 1984.
Cathy Shaker Breit, "Unity and Legitimacy: The Rhetoric of the National
Women's Conference, 1977," M.A., 1982.
Service
Editorial Appointments:
Founding General Editor (with Cheryl Glenn), Rhetoric and Democratic Deliberation,
Book Series at Penn State University Press, 2009- .
Co-Editor (with Shawn J. Parry-Giles). Voices of Democracy. Online Journal, at:
http://voicesofdemocracy.umd.edu/vod-journal/.
Editorial Advisory Board, Rhetoric and Public Affairs, Book Series at Michigan State
University Press, 2000-2011.
Associate Editor, Rhetoric and Public Affairs, editor Martin J. Medhurst, 1997-present .
Editorial Board, A Rhetorical History of the United States. Michigan State University Press,
1997- present.
Associate Editor, Quarterly Journal of Speech, editor Raymie McKerrow, 2011-13.
Associate Editor, Quarterly Journal of Speech, editor David Henry, 2005-2007.
Associate Editor, Quarterly Journal of Speech, editor Andrew King, 1999-2001.
Associate Editor, Quarterly Journal of Speech, editor Robert L. Ivie, 1993-1995.
Associate Editor, Quarterly Journal of Speech, editor Thomas W. Benson, 1987-1989.
Manuscript Reviews (Book Publishers): Penn State University Press, University of Chicago
Press, Oxford University Press, Southern Illinois University Press, Texas A&M
University Press, University of South Carolina Press, Gorsuch Scarisbrick Publishers,
Sage Publications, Holcomb Hathaway Publishers.
Manuscript Reviews (Journals): Presidential Studies Quarterly, Diplomatic History, Journal of
American History, Public Opinion Quarterly, Quarterly Journal of Speech, Journal of
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Religion and American Culture, Western Journal of Communication, Journal of
Communication, Communication Studies, Communication Theory, Congress and the
Presidency.
Departmental Service:
The Pennsylvania State University:
Instructional Development Committee (World Campus), 2013-2014
Chair, Faculty Search Committee, 2010-2011.
Member, Department Head Search Committee, 2010-2011
Chair, Faculty Search Committee, 2009-2010.
Colloquium Director, 2009-2010.
Chair, Faculty Search Committee, 2005-2006.
Member, Advisory Committee (elected), 1998-2000, 2005-2007, 2011- 12.
Promotion and Tenure Committee, 1997-present (Chair 2004-2005).
Graduate Committee, 1997-2005, 2006-2010 (Chair 1999-2003).
Planning Committee, Speech Communication Honors Conference, 2000.
Honors and Awards Committee, 1997-1998, 2010-2012 (Chair 2011-2012).
Indiana University:
Undergraduate Studies Committee, 1995-1996.
Executive Committee (elected), 1988-1992, 1993-1995.
Graduate Admissions Committee, 1988-1991, 1993-1995.
Graduate Studies Committee, 1986-1997.
Virginia Gunderson Award Committee, 1986-1988, 1990-1992.
Colloquium Committee, 1986, 1994-1997 (Chair, 1994-1997).
Undergraduate Advisor, 1986-1997.
American Studies at Indiana University:
Ad Hoc Committee on M.A. Program, 1995-1996.
Qualifying Examination Committee, 1994-1997 (Chair, 1995-1996, 1996-1997).
G620: Colloquium in American Studies
Associate Instructors/Course Offerings Selection Committee, 1990-1991.
Guest Lecturer, AMST G603, Introduction to American Studies, Fall 1992.
Guest Lecturer, AMST G620, Colloquium in American Studies, Spring 1996.
University of Virginia:
Library Committee, 1985-1986
Graduate Committee, 1982-1986
Committee on Basic Courses, 1982-1986
Administrator of Debate and Forensics, 1983-1984
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Search Committee, 1981
University Service:
The Pennsylvania State University
Faculty Advisory Committee, Schreyer Honors College, 2014-2017.
Faculty Advisor, Penn State Debate Society, 2009-present
Moderator, Key Issues in Food Ethics: A Paterno Fellows Forum,
Co-Sponsored by the Rock Ethics Institute, August 2011.
Member, Humanities Engagement Initiative, 2010.
Judge, Fall Intramural Tournament, Penn State Mock Trial Association,
October 2010.
Faculty Advisor, Democracy Matters, Penn State Chapter, 2008-2010.
Member, Director Search Committee, Institute for the Arts and Humanities,
College of Liberal Arts and College of Arts and Architecture,
2009-2010.
Public Scholarship Associate, Laboratory for Public Scholarship and Democracy,
Office of Undergraduate Education, 2005-2006.
Judge, Kenneth Burke Prize in Rhetoric, Department of English, April 2005.
Judge, Graduate Research Exhibition, 2005.
Judge, Graduate Research Exhibition, 2003.
Graduate Student Dissertation and Travel Grant Review Committee, Research
and Graduate Studies Office, College of Liberal Arts, 2000-2001.
Curricular Affairs Committee, College of Liberal Arts, 1998-2000.
Immediate Tenure Committee, College of Liberal Arts, 1998-2000.
Indiana University:
Associate Instructor Affairs Committee, 1988-1990, 1991-1992, 1993-1997 (CoChair, 1995-1996, 1996-1997).
Student Affairs Committee, 1993-1994.
Planning Group, Center on History-Making in America, 1992-1993.
University Core Curriculum Committee, Historical Studies Group, 1990-1991.
Student Academic Appointees Health Insurance Committee, 1991-1992, 19941996.
Professional Service:
Organizer and Moderator, “Deliberation in Action: Interactive Consideration of the Future of the
Basic Course,” Special double session at the Eastern Communication Association,
sponsored by the First Vice President, Philadelphia, PA, April 2016.
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Panelist, “Public Dialogue and Deliberation: A Roundtable Discussion of a New Division in the
National Communication Association (NCA),” Eastern Communication Association,
April 2016.
Workshop Leader, “Grant and Development Opportunities in Interdisciplinary Rhetorical
Studies,” RSA Summer Institute, Madison, Wisconsin, June 2015.
Seminar Leader, “Research in Action, Research that Matters,” NCA Doctoral Honors Seminar,
University of Maryland, July 17-19, 2014.
Co-Planner and Chair (with Debra Hawhee), “At the Borders of Rhetorical and Civic Education:
Communication and Pedagogy at the ‘Crucible Moment,’” an RSA Supersession,
Rhetoric Society of America, San Antonio, Texas, May 2014.
Panelist, “How to Write, Edit, and Publish Books in Rhetoric and Public Address,” National
Communication Association, Washington, D.C., November 2013.
Member, NCA Presidential Debates Advisory Council, National Communication Association,
2012-present.
Keynote Respondent, Thirteenth Biennial Public Address Conference, University of
Memphis, Memphis, Tennessee, September 2012.
Respondent, “The Violence of Incivility,” Symbolic Violence Conference, Texas A&M
Texas A&M University, Bryan, Texas, March 2012.
Douglas W. Ehninger Distinguished Rhetorical Scholar Award Committee, National
Communication Association, 2010-2012 (chair 2012).
Organizer and Conference Leader, “Bridging Differences with our Common Traditions:
Public Speaking and Public Address in the Twenty-First Century, NCA MiniConference, San Francisco, California, November 2010.
Respondent, “Case Studies in Presidential Rhetoric,” National Communication Association,
San Francisco, California, November 2010.
Advisory Board, National Communication Association Forum (NCA-F): Innovations in Public
Debate, Discussion, and Conversation, 2007-2010.
Participant, “Deliberative Research and Practice: Creating the NCA-Forum Conference Series,”
An NCA Scholars Seminar, Chicago, November 11, 2009.
Invited Participant, “Scholars’ Office Hours,” National Communication Association, Chicago,
November 14, 2009-present.
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Guest Commentator, "Is the Art of Oratory Dead or Alive on the Presidential Campaign Trail in
2008," NCA Webinar, September 9, 2008.
Invited Participant, Communication Scholars Workshop, Deliberative Democracy Exchange,
The Kettering Foundation, Dayton, Ohio, June 30-July 2, 2008.
Program Planner and Chair, “Social Movements,” an RSA Supersession, Rhetoric Society
of America , Seattle, Washington, May 2008.
Panelist, “Spotlight on Scholarship: Trevor Parry-Giles,” Eastern Communication Association,
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, April 2008.
Speaker and Participant, "Communication Scholars and Deliberative Democracy: Connecting
our Teaching, Research, and Service," NCA Short Course, National Communication
Association, Chicago, Illinois, November 2007.
Respondent, "Voices of Democracy: The U.S. Oratory Project," National Communication
Association, Chicago, Illinois, November 2007.
Co-Chair and Discussant, "When Good Civic Conversation Dies: The Case of Odyssey on
Chicago Public Radio," NCA-F Spotlight Program, National Communication
Association, Chicago, Illinois, November 2007.
Visiting Scholar, Ripon Forum on Ethics and Oratory, Ripon College, Ripon, Wisconsin,
February 2007.
Karl R. Wallace Memorial Award Committee, National Communication Association, 2006-2008
(Chair 2008).
Respondent, "Rhetoric, Iraq, and the War on Terror," National Communication Association, San
Antonio, Texas, November 2006.
Panelist, "Democratic Style," National Communication Association, San Antonio, Texas,
November 2006.
Panelist, “The Ethics of the Media: Public Trust/Private Enterprise,” Ethical Leadership
Program, Ripon College, Ripon, Wisconsin, February 2-4 2006.
Chair, “Controversial Rhetorical Responses to 9/11,” National Communication Association,
Boston, Massachusetts, November 2005.
Panelist, “The Brigance Colloquy on Rhetoric and Democratic Citizenship,” National
Communication Association, Boston, Massachusetts, November 2005.
National Communication Association Representative, Humanities Advocacy Day,
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Washington, D.C., April 6-7, 2005.
Panelist, “Debates and the 2004 Presidential Campaign: A Midpoint Assessment,”
Sponsored by the Center for Political Communication and Civic Leadership,
University of Maryland, Washington, D.C., October 7, 2004.
Chair. National Task Force on the Presidency and Public Opinion, Program on Presidential
Rhetoric, Center for Presidential Studies, George Bush Presidential Library, Texas A&M
University, College Station, Texas, 2003-2004.
Participant, “Looking Out, Looking In: Public Address in a New Century,” Preconference
Seminar, National Communication Association, Miami, Florida, November 2003.
Respondent, “The Supreme Court, Politics, and Bush v. Gore,” National Communication
Association, Miami, Florida, November 2003.
Moderator, “Rhetoric on the Map: Northwestern, Chicago, Berkeley,” Conference on “Rhetoric’s
Road Trips: Histories and Horizons,” University Park, Pennsylvania, July 2003.
Participant, Scholars’ Roundtable: “The Internet and the 2004 Presidential Campaign: What
Should be the Research Agenda,” Conference on “Presidential Rhetoric in the Internet
Age: The 2000 Election and Beyond,” Program in Presidential Rhetoric, Center for
Presidential Studies, George Bush Presidential Library, Texas A&M University, College
Station, Texas, March 2003.
Respondent, Conference on “Before the Rhetorical Presidency,” Program in Presidential
Rhetoric, Center for Presidential Studies, George Bush Presidential Library, Texas A&M
University, College Station, Texas, March 2002.
Respondent, “Rhetoric of Freedom, Justice, and Democracy,” Penn State Summer Honors
Conference, University Park, Pennsylvania, July 2001.
Respondent, Conference on “The Presidency and Civil Rights,” Program in Presidential
Rhetoric, Center for Presidential Studies, George Bush Presidential Library, Texas A&M
University, College Station, Texas, March 2000.
Respondent, “Strategies of American Foreign Policy Rhetoric,” National Communication
Association, Chicago, Illinois, November 1999.
Keynote Respondent, Conference on “The Presidency and Rhetorical Leadership,” Program in
Presidential Rhetoric, Center for Presidential Studies, George Bush Presidential Library,
Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, March 1999.
Nominating Committee, Rhetorical and Communication Theory Division, National
Communication Association, 1999-2000.
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Keynote Respondent, Conference on “The Presidency and the Environment,” Program in
Presidential Rhetoric, Center for Presidential Studies, George Bush Presidential Library,
Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, February 1997.
Chief Planner, Public Argument Division, Tenth AFA/SCA Conference on Argumentation, Alta,
Utah, August 1997.
Panelist, “Exploring the Impact of Presidential Communication: Does Rhetoric Make a
Difference in the Political Process?” Speech Communication Association, San Diego,
California, November 1996.
Respondent, “Constituting ‘the Public’ in Presidential Campaigns: Scholarly and Applied
Perspectives,” Speech Communication Association, San Diego, California, November
1996.
Respondent, Fifth Biennial Public Address Conference, University of Illinois, UrbanaChampaign, September 1996.
Participant, “Scholars Roundtable on Presidential Speechwriting and Rhetorical Criticism,”
Conference on Presidential Speechwriting, Program in Presidential Rhetoric, Center for
Presidential Studies, George Bush Presidential Library, Texas A&M University, March
1996.
Respondent, “Top Four Debut Papers in Public Address,” Speech Communication Association,
San Antonio, Texas, November 1995.
Contributor/Consultant to “Personality and the Presidency: A Scientific Inquiry.” Houston,
Texas, 1995.
Program Planner, Public Argument Division, Ninth AFA/SCA Conference on Argumentation,
Alta, Utah, August 1995.
Respondent, "The Challenges and Possibilities of Cross-Cultural Communication: The Furor
Over Nation of Islam's Khalid Abdul Muhammad," Central States Communication
Association, Indianapolis, Indiana, April 1995.
Respondent, Conference on "The Rhetorical Presidency," Program in Presidential Rhetoric,
Center for Presidential Studies, George Bush Presidential Library, Texas A&M
University, College Station, Texas, March 1995.
Program Planner and Proceedings Editor, Fourth Public Address Conference, Bloomington,
Indiana, October 1994.
Respondent: "Rhetoric and History: Exploring the Relationship," Southern and Central States
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Communication Association Joint Meeting, Louisville, Kentucky, 1993.
Faculty Respondent/Discussant, SCA Doctoral Honors Seminar, "Rhetoric and the Law: History,
Theory, and Criticism," Bloomington, Indiana, March 1992.
Seminar Series Selection Committee, Speech Communication Association, 1990.
Manuscript Referee, Rhetorical and Communication Theory Division, Speech Communication
Association, 1990.
Program Selection Referee, Public Address Division, Speech Communication Association, 1988.
Dissertation Award Committee, Speech Communication Association, 1988-1989.
Chair, History of Public Address Committee, Speech Communication Association, 1986-1989.
Placement Service Committee, Southern Speech Communication Association, 1985.
Nominating Committee, Public Address Division, Southern Speech Communication Association,
1984.
Nominating Committee, Speech Communication Association, 1981.
Tenure and/or Promotion Reviews: University of Wisconsin-Madison, University of TexasAustin, Ball State University, Vanderbilt University, University of Pittsburgh, Ohio
University, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; University of Colorado-Denver;
University of Kansas; Kansas State University.
Program Reviews: University of Maryland (2014).
Public Media:
Featured Commentator, Prized Possession: The Carter-Torrijos Treaties. A
documentary film produced by Jack Kelly for WPBT, Miami, 2015.
Television/Radio/Online Commentary and Interviews:
“Wabash on my Mind: A Podcast Featuring Inspiring Conversations with
Extraordinary Wabash College Community Members,” Episode 44, March
16, 2015. Online at: http://directory.libsyn.com/episode/index/id/3428579.
“The State of the Union 2015—Theater, Traditions, Politics,” The Conversation,
January 21, 2015. Online at: https://theconversation.com/the-state-of-theunion-2015-theater-traditions-politics-36353.
Panelist, “Beyond Wins and Losses: A Citizen’s Guide to the Presidential
Debates,” broadcast live on C-SPAN from the Newseum, Washington,
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D.C., October 1, 2012. Online at: http://www.cspanvideo.org/program/CitizensG..
”Town Hall Meetings and Public Deliberation,” Morning Edition, WPSU
Radio, University Park, Pennsylvania, September 1, 2009. Online at:
http://podcasts.wpsu.org/audio/Town_Hall_Interview.mp3.
Pennsylvania Inside Out, WPSX-TV, University Park, Pennsylvania,
November 2, 2004.
Interview on the 2004 Presidential Debates, BBC Radio, October 7, 2004.
“Ronald Reagan: The Great Communicator,” Radio Times, WHYY Radio,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, June 11, 2004.
“The Politics of Polling,” Odyssey, WBEZ Radio, Chicago, Illinois, January 13,
2004 (Aired nationally over National Public Radio).
Morning Show, WRPN Radio, Ripon, Wisconsin, September 26, 2003.
Going Public, KRCU Radio, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, October 21, 2001.
“President Bush and the Rhetoric of Citizenship,” Odyssey, WBEZ Radio,
Chicago, Illinois, March 12, 2001.
Afternoon Edition, WTTS Radio, Bloomington, Indiana, October 10, 1996
The Kevin McCarthy Show, KLIS Radio, Dallas, Texas, October 19, 1992.
Studio Six, WTIU Television, Bloomington, Indiana, October 15, 1992.
After Midnight, KGU Radio, Honolulu, Hawaii, October 13, 1992.
Morning Edition, WFIU Radio, Bloomington, Indiana, September 25, 1992.
Print Media Interviews:
Estado de S. Paulo (Brazil); Agence France Presse (France); Pravda (Slovak
Republic); Sankei Shimbun (Japan); The Associated Press; Reuters International
News Service; The Globe and Mail (Toronto, Canada); The Christian Science
Monitor; The Indianapolis Star; The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette; The Washington
Post; The Richmond Times-Dispatch; The Louisville Courier Journal; The TimesPicayune (New Orleans); The Herald-Times (Bloomington, Indiana); The Centre
Daily Times (State College, Pennsylvania); The Daily Collegian (Penn State
University); Thompson Newspapers (Terre Haute, Kokomo, and Anderson
Indiana), Presentations Magazine, and others.
Contributed Articles:
“Top Five Myths About Presidential Campaigns,” The Penn Stater, November/
December 2004, p. 15.
Public Service and Outreach:
Advisory Panel, Presidential Youth Debates, 2012. Online at: http://youthdebate2012.org/.
Task Force, “Marcellus Shale: How Do We Minimize the Risks and Maximize the Benefits,”
Public Issues Forums of Centre County, 2011-2012.
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Keynote Speaker, Summer Teachers’ Workshops on Deliberation in the Classroom, State
College Area School District Community Education, State College, PA, August 2010,
2011, 2012, and 2015.
Steering Committee, Public Issues Forum of Centre County, 2010-present.
Featured Speaker, “Deliberation or Disruption: Lessons from the Town Hall Meetings on Health
Care Reform,” Research Unplugged, Penn State Downtown Theater Center, State
College, Pennsylvania, October 28, 2009. Online at:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGh_CGvZpwU
Guest Speaker, Democratic Party of Centre County, “The Rights and Responsibilities of Free
Speech,” Centre Hall, Pennsylvania, August 22, 2009.
Participant, Summit on Civics Education, sponsored by the Pennsylvania Department of
Education and the Office of the First Lady of Pennsylvania, Governor's Residence,
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, April 18, 2008.
Public Humanities Scholar, "Why Do Americans Hate Politics?” A community forum
sponsored by the Community Education Council of Elk and Cameron Counties
and the Pennsylvania Humanities Council, Ridgeway, Pennsylvania, October 19, 2006.
Guest Lecture, “The Rhetoric of Political Campaigns,” the English Speaking Union, State
College, Pennsylvania, May 15, 2002.
Featured Speaker, "The American Community," a U.S.I.A.-sponsored conference for visiting
international professors, Bloomington, Indiana, July 3, 1992.
Public Lectures: Department of Communication Arts and Sciences Colloquium
Series, Penn State University; Department of Speech Communication Colloquium Series,
Indiana University; University of Virginia Union Faculty Forum; Kiwanis Club,
Charlottesville, Va.; Washington Oratorical Society, University of Virginia; and others.
Debate and Forensics Judging: Optimists Club Oratorical Contest, Bicentennial Youth Debates,
Raymond G. Smith Public Speaking Contest, and others.