Associate Professor
Department of Speech Communication
146 Terrell Hall
University of Georgia
Athens, GA 30602-1725

Scholarly Competence

1. Education.

B.A. in Economics, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 1980

M.A. in Speech Communication, Wake Forest University, 1985

Ph.D. in Communication, University of Pittsburgh, 1988

"Critical Theory and Foreign Policy: A Case Study of the Gulf of Tonkin Debates."

"Rhetorical Responses to the Unemployment Crisis in the Monongahela Valley."

1994-Present Associate Professor
Director of Forensics
University of Georgia

1987-1994 Assistant Professor
Director of Forensics
University of Georgia

1983-1987 Instructor
Assistant Director of Debate
University of Pittsburgh

1981-1982 Assistant Director of Debate
Wake Forest University

Edward M. Panetta and Celeste Condit, "Ecocentrism and Argumentative Competence: Roots of a Postmodern Argument Theory from the Brazilian Deforestation Debate." Argumentation (9) 1995. 203-223.

Edward Panetta and Marouf Hasian, "Anti-Rhetoric as Rhetoric: The Law and Economics Movement." Communication Quarterly 42 (1) 1994. 57-74.

Marouf Hasian and Edward Panetta, "Richard Posner's Redefinition of the Marketplace of Ideas: A Law and Economics Interpretation of the First Amendment." Free Speech Yearbook (32) 1994. 33-50

Cori Dauber and Edward Panetta, "Quail Roost Conference." The Forensic 79 (2) 1994. 16-26.

Marouf Hasian and Edward Panetta, "The Promise and Perils of the Critique in Academic and Competitive Debate." Speaker and Gavel. 30 (4) 1993. 46-57.

Edward M. Panetta, "A Rationale for Developing a Nationally Competitive National Debate Tournament Oriented Program." Argumentation and Advocacy 27 (2), 1990. 68-78.

Edward M. Panetta and Steven Dolley, "The Topical Counterplan: A Competitive Policy Alternative." Argumentation and Advocacy 25 (4), 1989. 165-177.

John Katsulas, Dale Herbeck, and Edward Panetta, "Fiating Utopia: A Negative View of the Emergence of World Order Counterplans and Future Gaming in Policy Debate." Journal of the American Forensic Association 24 (3), 1988. 95-111.

John Katsulas, Dale Herbeck, and Edward Panetta, "Fiating Utopia, Part Two: A Rejoinder to Edwards and Snider." Journal of the American Forensic Association 24 (3), 1988. 130-136.

Edward Panetta and Dale Herbeck, "Death of the Fan: Strikes, Consumers and the Business of Baseball." in Susan Drucker and Gary Gumpert (Eds.), Baseball and Communication Reader. Presskill N.J.: Hampton Press. In Press.

Edward M. Panetta and Joseph Bellon, "Audience Matters: How Incomplete Argument Derailed Liberal Claims in the Wake of Oklahoma City." In James Klumpp (Ed.), Proceedings of the ALTA Argumentation Conference. 1997.

Edward M. Panetta and Marouf Hasian, Jr., "Sex, reason, and economics: The judicial discourse of Richard A. Posner." Special Fields and Cases in Argument.1995. 111-122.

Edward Panetta, "The Rhetoric of Asa Philip Randolph." in Richard Leeman (Ed.), African American Orators: A BioCritical Sourcebook. 1996.

Edward M. Panetta, "The Constitution of a Pro-Life Public through `Nonviolent Civil Disobedience': Operation Rescue Marches on Atlanta." In Raymie McKerrow (Ed.), Argument and the Postmodern Challenge: Proceedings of the Eighth SCA/AFA Conference on Argumentation. Annandale, VA: Speech Communication Association. 1993. 358-364.

Edward M. Panetta and Dale A. Herbeck "Argument in a Technical Sphere: Incommensurate Rhetorical Visions." In Raymie McKerrow (Ed.), Argument and the Postmodern Challenge: Proceedings of the Eighth SCA/AFA Conference on Argumentation. Annandale, VA: Speech Communication Association. 1993. 25-31.

Edward M. Panetta, "Plowshares into Swords: The Religious Public Argument of the Denominational Ministry Strategy." In Frans van Eemeren and Rob Grootendorst (Eds.), Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Argumentation. 1991. 986-993.

Edward M. Panetta, "The Status of Humanity in the Modern Crisis." In D. Parsons (Ed.), Argument in Controversy. Annandale, VA: Speech Communication Association. 1991. 306-311.

1. Papers presented at professional and learned societies.

"Debate Beyond the Ballot: Making the Debate Experience Count." presented at the National Convention of the National Communication Association, Boston, MA, 2005.

"Challenging the Prison-Industrial-Complex Through Communication, Action, Research and Education: The Lee-Arrendale Debate Society." presented at the National Convention of the National Communication Association, Boston, MA, 2005.

"Activism in Debate - Parody, Promise, and Problems." presented at the National Convention of the National Communication Association, Boston, MA, 2005 (with Robert Atchison).

"Preaching and Slapstick: An assessment of the impact that activist projects and performance debates have on competitive policy debate programs." presented at the National Communication Association/American Forensic Association Summer Argumentation Conference, Alta, UT, 2005 (with Robert Atchison).

"Strategies for Curricular Integration of Public Debate." presented at the National Convention of the National Communication Association, Chicago IL,
2004.

"Just Enjoy Another Smoke: The Use of Redefinition by the Tobacco Industry in Response to Public Health Reports." presented at the National Communication Association/American Forensic Association Summer Argumentation Conference, Alta, UT, 2003 (with Ryan Galloway and Donald Rubin).

"The Future of Fiat: Argumentative Practices in Contemporary Policy Debate." presented at the National Convention of the National Communication Association, Miami, FL, 2003.

"Debating Public Health: Smoking in Public Places." presented at the NCTE National Conference 2002, Atlanta, GA, 2002.

"Perceptions of Learning in Presidential Debates."  presented at the National Convention of the Speech Communication Association, Atlanta, GA, 2001 (with Benjamin Bates).

"The role of a debate program in the recent move to service learning in forensics." presented at the American Forensic Association Argumentation Conference, Alta, UT, 2001.
 
"Debate Societies as sites of public argument in contemporary Russia." Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Speech Communication Association, New York, NY, 1998 (with Gordon Stables).

"Death of the Fan: Strikes, Consumers and the Business of Baseball." Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Eastern Communication Association, Baltimore, MD, 1997 (with Dale Herbeck).

"The Rabin Assassination and the Changing Political Dialogue in Israel." Presented at the annual meeting of the Speech Communication Association, San Diego, CA, 1996 (with Marouf Hasian).

"Popular Culture and Public Discourse: Sports Metaphors in Political Communication." Presented at the Annual Meeting of the International Communication Association, Chicago, Il, 1996.

"The Contemporary Debate Program and the Search for Political Voice: Efforts to Regentrify Deliberation in the Public Sphere." New York, NY, 1996. (Top four paper in argumentation)

"Three Strikes and You're Out: Baseball Metaphors and Criminal Justice Policy." Presented at the Seventh Cooperstown Symposium on Baseball and American Culture, Cooperstown, NY, 1995.

"Pat Buchanan's Taxonomy of Real Americans: A Primer for a Quick Return to Private Life." Presented at the annual meeting of the Eastern Communication Association, Pittsburgh, PA, 1995.

"Sex, Reason, and Economics: The Judicial Discourse of Richard Posner." Presented at the 3rd International Society for the Study of Argumentation Conference, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 1994.

"Politically (In)correct and Proud of It: A Public Argument Strategy to Sustain a Conservative Agenda." Presented at the annual meeting of the Speech Communication Association, New Orleans, LA, 1994.

"The Constitution of a Pro-Life Public through Nonviolent Civil Disobedience: An Effort to Ghettoize Family Planning Facilities." Presented at the AFA Argumentation Conference, Alta, UT, 1993.

"Argument in a Technical Sphere: Incommensurate Rhetorical Visions." Presented at the AFA Argumentation Conference, Alta, UT, 1993 (with Dale Herbeck).

"The Rhetoric of Industrial Reform in the 1992 Presidential Campaign." Presented at the annual meeting of the Southern States Communication Association, Lexington, KY, 1993.

"Slaying the Paper Tiger: Formulating a US Industrial Policy in the Borderless World." presented at the National Convention of the Speech Communication Association, Chicago, IL, 1992.

"Arguing over Values: Forestalling the End of Nature." presented at the National Convention of the Speech Communication Association, Atlanta, Ga, 1991 (with Celeste Condit).

"The Status of Humanity in the Modern Crisis." presented at the Summer Conference on Argumentation, Alta, Ut, 1991.

"Grounded: The Airline Pilots Flight from Frank Lorenzo." presented at the Fifth Biennial Argumentation Conference, Wake Forest University, March 1991.

"Civil Disobedience and the Pro-life Movement: Fulfilling the American Dream?" presented at the National Convention of the Speech Communication Association, Chicago, IL, 1990.

"Operation Rescue: A Study in the Use of Civil Disobedience." presented at the National Convention of the Speech Communication Association, San Francisco, CA, 1989.

"Plowshares into Swords: The Denominational Ministry Strategy and the Steel Unemployment Crisis." presented at the National Convention of the Speech Communication Association, San Francisco, CA, 1989.

"Enthymemes in Political Discourse: A Case Study of the 1988 Presidential Debates." presented at the Convention of the Eastern Communication Association, Ocean City, MD, 1989 (with Carol Winkler).

"Hermeneutics as a response to limitations in Willard's Field Theory." presented at the Convention of the Eastern Communication Association, Ocean City, MD, 1989 (with Michael McGuire).

"In Search of a Supreme Court Seat: The Case of Richard A. Posner." presented at the convention of the Speech Communication Association, New Orleans, LA, November 3, 1988.

"Irate in the Iron City: President Reagan on the Future of Steel." presented at the Convention of the Speech Communication Association, Boston, MA, November 7, 1987.

"The Rhetoric of Confrontation: The Tactics and Strategies of the D.M.S." presented at the Convention of the Eastern Communication Association, Syracuse, NY, 1987.

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Phi Beta Delta, 1992.
Richard Arnold Prize for Scholarship in Free Speech, 1995.
Coach of the United States National Debate Team -- Russia Tour 1997.
Top Paper. National Communication Association, 2001. Political Communication Division: Bates, B & Panetta, E. "Perceptions of Learning in Presidential Debates."
CEDA/NDT Policy Debate Coach of the Year in the Southeastern Region, 2004.

President, Southern Forensics Association, 1992-1993.
Member, National Council of the American Forensic Association, 1992-1994.
Member of District VI Debate Committee, 1992-1999.
Vice President, Policy Debate Caucus, 1993-1994.
Member, National Debate Tournament Committee, 1993-1995; 1997-2002.
Member of the Committee on International Discussion and Debate, 1993-1996.
Chair, Nominating Committee of the American Forensic Association, 1997, 2000-2002.
Member of District VI NDT Debate Committee, 1999-2006.
American Forensic Association Awards Committee, 2003.
Cross Examination Debate Association, Professional Concern Committee, 2003-2006.

The University of Georgia has been selected as a host site on six occasions for international debates. The University did not participate in the International Debate Program prior to 1990.

University of Georgia - USSR Debate, Fall 1990 (One of eight Universities in the United States selected for the tour).

University of Georgia - Russia Debate, Fall 1992, Fall 1997.

University of Georgia - Great Britain Debate, Fall 1993.

University of Georgia - Great Britain Debate, Fall 1994.

University of Georgia - Japanese Debate, Winter 1996.

The University of Georgia Debate Union placed two students on the U.S. national team during the last seven years (Michael Hester -- Great Britain 1995; Catherine Shuster -- Japan 1997).

Invited lectures on Debate in Moscow, St. Petersburg, Saratov, Samara, Saransk, and Vorontch -- September and October 1997.

American Forensic Association, Planner for 2001 Summer Argument and Debate Conference in Reno NV.

Host, American Debate Association National Tournament, 2005.

1. Dissertations directed in past seven years.

Patrick Wheaton, University of Georgia, 2001.
Doyle W. Srader, University of Georgia, 2003.
Michael K. Davis, University of Georgia, 2005.

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SPCM 8200: Rhetorical Theory -- 1999.
SPCM 8220: Seminar in Argumentation -- 2001, 2003, 2004.

Kevin Arata, Robert Atchison. Benjamin Bates, Jessica Brow, Eunsook Cho, Illana Fischer, Ryan Galloway, Lilla Gardner, Caroline Haynie, Paul Hoffman, Michael Hubler, Ilon Lauer, Windy Lawrnece, Michael Lee, Lynette Long, Christina Morus, Nneka Ofulue, Joanna Ploeger-Tsoulos, Patrick Smith, Gordon Stables, Hollis West.