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JASON SCOTT ANDREWS
[email protected]
Department of Communications Arts & Sciences
The Pennsylvania State University
234 Sparks Building
University Park, PA 16802
EDUCATION
Ph.D.: Communication Arts and Sciences, 2015
The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania
Dissertation: Unum et Pluribus: Walt Whitman’s Philosophy of Democracy
Dissertation Committee: Thomas W. Benson (Director), Stephen H. Browne, Christopher L.
Johnstone, Vincent M. Colapietro (Philosophy)
M.A.M.C.: Mass Communications, 2004
University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida
Thesis: Brown and The Times: A Rhetorical Exegesis
Thesis Committee: Kurt Kent (Chair), John Wright (Dean), Leonard Tipton (Journalism)
B.F.A.: Creative Writing, Magna Cum Laude, 1998
B.A.: Mathematics, Magna Cum Laude, 1998
St. Andrews Presbyterian College, Laurinburg, North Carolina
Senior Thesis: Just When You Thought . . . : An Apophradean Experiment
Thesis Director: Ronald H. Bayes
Undergraduate coursework, 1993-1996
University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama
COURSES TAUGHT
Instructor, Department of Communication Arts and Sciences, The Pennsylvania State University
CAS 100A: Effective Speech (20+ sections, including LEAP)
CAS 100A LEAP: Speech and Philosophy/Speech and Engineering/Speech and Media
Ethics (7 sections)
CAS 100C: Effective Speech-Criticism (3 sections)
CAS 201: Introduction to Rhetorical Theory (5 sections)
CAS 214W: Speech Writing (3 sections)
Teaching Assistant, Department of Communication Arts and Sciences, The Pennsylvania State
University
CAS 201: Introduction to Rhetorical Theory (1 section)
CAS 283: Communication and Information Technology (2 sections)
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PUBLICATIONS
Andrews, J. Scott. “From Rational to Relevant: What Counts as ‘Public’ Knowledge?” In Global
Academe: Engaging Intellectual Discourse. Edited by Silvia Nagy-Zekmi
& Karyn Hollis. New York: Palgrave MacMillan (2012).
Andrews, J. Scott. “Objectivity in Rhetorical Criticism: Husserl’s Late Phenomenology.” Speaker &
Gavel 48, no. 2 (2011). <http://www.mnsu.edu/cmst/dsr-tka/vol_48-2_2011.pdf>
CONVENTION PAPERS AND PRESENTATIONS
Andrews, J. Scott. “Ambiguity and ‘Democracy’ in a Time of Tensions: Richard McKeon at
UNESCO,” Rhetoric Society of America, Atlanta, GA, 2015 (in review).
Andrews, J. Scott. “Tropos as Topos: Synecdoche, Individualism, and Nationalism in the
Nineteenth Century.” National Communication Association, New Orleans, LA, 2011.
Andrews, J. Scott. “Isocrates’ Attitude Toward History: Politics and Pedagogy.” National
Communication Association, New Orleans, LA, 2011.
Andrews, J. Scott. “From Rational to Relevant: What Counts as ‘Public’ Knowledge?” National
Communication Association, New Orleans, LA, 2011.
Andrews, J. Scott. “From Enargeia to Energeia: A Rhetoric of Conversion in Eighteenth-Century
Virginia.” National Communication Association, San Francisco, CA, 2010.
Andrews, J. Scott. “Whose Blues?: The Life and Death of a Collected Memory.” Rhetoric Society of
America, Minneapolis, MN, 2010.
Andrews, J. Scott. “Late Husserl for the Rhetorical Critic.” Society of Student Philosophers, Austin,
TX, 2010.
Andrews, J. Scott. “Dewey on Rhetoric: Pragmatic, Democratic, and Formal.” Central States
Communication Association, St. Louis, MO, 2009.
GUEST LECTURES AND INVITED PRESENTATIONS
“The ‘New Rhetoric’: Kenneth Burke and Symbolic Action.” Introduction to Rhetorical Theory,
The Pennsylvania State University, Guest Lecture for Dr. Christopher L. Johnstone.
“Cicero, Quintilian, and the Citizen-Orator: Rhetoric, Civic Education, and the Vita Activa,"
Introduction to Rhetorical Theory, The Pennsylvania State University, Guest Lecture for
Dr. Christopher L. Johnstone.
“Plato, Love, and the ‘True Art’: Going Back into the Cave.” Introduction to Rhetorical Theory,
The Pennsylvania State University, Guest Lecture for Dr. Christopher L. Johnstone.
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“Rhetorical Criticism of Media: New and Old.” Communication and Information Technology,
The Pennsylvania State University, Guest Lecture for Instructor Andy High.
HONORS AND AWARDS
Top Student Papers in the History of Rhetoric for “Isocrates’ Attitude Toward History: Politics and
Pedagogy.” National Communication Association, 2011.
Top Graduate Student Papers in Rhetorical and Communication Theory for “From Rational to
Relevant: What Counts as ‘Public’ Knowledge?” National Communication Association,
2011.
Institute for Arts & Humanities Dissertation Fellow, The Pennsylvania State University, 2010.
Presidential Scholar, The University of Alabama, 1993-1996.
PROFESSIONAL & RELEVANT EXPERIENCE
Judge, Penn State-New York Times Civic Engagement Public Speaking Contest, Spring 2011, Spring
2010, Fall 2010, Spring 2009.
Teaching Internship, Department of Communication Arts and Sciences, The Pennsylvania State
University, CAS 201: History of Rhetorical Theory, Summer 2008.
Supervised Teaching Experience, Department of Communication Arts and Sciences, The
Pennsylvania State University, Fall 2007, Spring 2008.
Certified, Highly-Qualified Secondary Teacher, John Ehret High School / Helen Cox High School,
New Orleans, Louisiana, 2004-2007.
Graduate coursework in Education (12 credits), University of New Orleans, New Orleans,
Louisiana, Summer 2004-Spring 2005.
Ancient Greek language sequence, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, 2003-2004.
Editor, Cairn: The New St. Andrews Review, St. Andrews Press, 1998.
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
National Communication Association
Rhetorical and Communication Theory, Philosophy of Communication, American Studies divisions
International Communication Association
Philosophy of Communication division
American Society for the History of Rhetoric
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International Society for the History of Rhetoric
Rhetoric Society of America
William James Society
Kenneth Burke Society