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Dr. Celeste M. Condit |
Celeste Condit
is a Professor
of Speech Communication at the University of Georgia. She is
currently
conducting research on human genetic variation influences and its
influence
on public discourse about race. She has done research in women's
health rhetorics (especially abortion and artificial conception) and
the
rhetoric of equality, especially regarding race. She employs
whatever
method needed at the moment to address the question she is asking and
to
deal appropriately with the audience she is addressing, but these have
included Burkean methods, ideographic analyses, metaphor studies,
audience
studies, focus groups, and survey research. She works from a
theoretical
perspective that incorporates insights from post-structuralism into
American
pragmatism and scientific and economic materialism. She believes
that the most important area on which to do research today is
environmental
rhetoric. [Curriculum Vitae]
[Health
and Heritage] [Critical
Studies in Media Communication]
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Dr. Kevin M. DeLuca |
Kevin
Michael DeLuca (PhD, University of Iowa, 1996) is an associate
professor
in the Department of Speech Communication and the Institute of Ecology
at the University of Georgia. He is the author of Image
Politics: The New Rhetoric of Environmental Activism and
numerous
essays on visual rhetoric, critical theory, environmental activism, and
the virtues of violence. His research and teaching concentrations
include rhetorical theory and criticism, media theory and criticism,
environmental
discourse, visual studies, and critical cultural studies. He
travels
extensively, in part for research (e.g. to compare a national park
proper
to the visual records of that park), in part for activism (e.g. the WTO
and FTAA protests), and in part for recreation. [Curriculum
Vitae] [Warbus]
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Dr. Darrel Enck-Wanzer |
Darrel Enck-Wanzer (Ph.D. Indiana University, 2007) is an Assistant Professor in Speech Communication at the University of Georgia. His research interests include Rhetorical Theory, Critical Rhetoric, Latino/a Studies, Race/Ethnicity and Rhetoric, Radical/Protest/Social Movement Rhetoric, and Democratic Theory and Practice. He is currently finishing a collection of primary materials on the Young Lords entitled The Young Lords: A Reader (New York University Press, forthcoming). He is also authoring a book on the Young Lords and radical democratic practice. His work has appeared in the Quarterly Journal of Speech and will soon appear in Rhetoric & Public Affairs. He teaches courses in race and rhetoric, rhetorical theory, and rhetorical criticism. As a Puerto Rican scholar, he is very interested in issues or race and ethnicity as they relate to academia and U.S. public culture more broadly. [Curriculum Vitae]
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Dr. Vicki Freimuth |
Vicki S. Freimuth is a Professor
who holds
a joint appointment in the Department of Speech Communication and the
Grady
College of Journalism and Mass Communication. She received her
B.S.
from Eastern Illinois University, her M.A. from the University of Iowa,
and her Ph.D. from Florida State University. Her teaching and
research
interests focus on health communication, specifically the role of
communication
in health behavior change programs. She has published books on
health
information seeking and on HIV communication. Her research
articles
address issues such as mass media health campaigns, health disparities,
and cancer communication and have appeared in a wide range of health
and
communication journals including Journal
of Health Communication, American
Journal of Public Health, Journal
of Communication, Human
Communication
Research, Social Science
and
Medicine, and Health
Behavior
Research: Theory and Practice. [Curriculum
Vitae]
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Dr. Jerold L. Hale
Department Chair |
Jerold L. Hale (Ph.D., Michigan State University) is a Professor and Department Chair in the Department of Speech Communication. His research areas are Relational communication, social influence, small group communication.
[Curriculum Vitae] |
Dr. Kelly Happe
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Kelly Happe (PhD University of Pittsburgh, 2003) is an Assistant Professor of Speech Communication and Women's Studies. Her areas of interest include the rhetoric of science, feminist rhetorical theory, cultural studies, and environmental communication. Her work has been published in Rhetoric and Public Affairs, Journal of Medical Humanities, New Genomics and Society, and Patterns of Prejudice. She is currently working on several projects, including an article on the rhetoric of race in contemporary genetics, biomonitoring and social movements, and a book manuscript about heredity and ideology in the discourse of reproductive cancer research. Professor Happe teaches courses in science studies, women's studies, and rhetoric. [Curriculum Vitae]
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Dr. Tina M. Harris |
Tina M. Harris (Ph.D.,
University of Kentucky,
1995) is an Associate Professor of Speech Communication at the
University
of Georgia. Prof. Harris is a communication scholar who has special
research
interests in the area of qualitative methodology, interracial
communication,
and racial identity construction. The fundamental goal of her research
is to explore race as a socially constructed phenomenon that impacts
our
communicative experiences. More specifically, she explores individual
understandings
of race and their influence on how people communicate about race and
non-race
related topics or issues. She has made professional and national
presentations
on the topic of race and has several publications on racial identity
and
the media, pedagogy in the interracial communication course,
interracial
dating, religious faith and genes, health and genes, and race and
pharmacogenomics.
She is currently working on projects examining the impact of racial
identity
on communication about genes and race. Her recent grant activity has
expanded
her research into the area of media, genetics, race, health
communication,
and religion/spirituality. She has been a co-investigator on two
federally
funded grants (NIH and CDC) designed to explore how the lay public
communicates
about genetics and race. Her professional service includes serving on
several
editorial boards for a wide variety of academic journals. Her
major
teaching responsibilities include Business and Professional
Communication
and Interracial Communication, among other upper level courses in the
department.
She is co-author of the leading text in Interracial Communication with
African American communication scholar Mark P. Orbe of Western Michigan
University, Interracial
Communication:
Theory to Practice (2001, published by Wadsworth). She has
also been recognized by various UGA student organizations (Housing,
Student
Government, NAACP) for excellence in teaching and presentations on
communication
and/or race. [Curriculum Vitae]
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Dr. Thomas M. Lessl |
Thomas M. Lessl (Ph.D., The
University
of Texas at Austin, 1985) is an Associate Professor in the area of
rhetorical
studies in the University of Georgia's Speech Communication
Department.
Throughout his career his scholarly labors have been devoted to study
of
the rhetoric of science, especially the interface between scientists
and
their nonscientific publics. His work in this area has been
published
in The Quarterly Journal of Speech, Communication
Theory, Rhetoric and
Public
Affairs, The Western
Journal
of Communication, The
Journal
of Communication and Religion, the Oxford
Review and various other outlets. He has done editorial
service
for numerous journals in the field and in the broader area of science
studies
and is currently an executive officer for the Religious Communication
Association.
He has served as an advisor on science and technology for the United
States
Congress. Recipient of the Karl Wallace Award in 1989, he has
also
presented several top papers at the NCA convention. This past
year
his work was featured in the New York Times, and he was interviewed on
three occasions for programs broadcast on National Public Radio.
His work has also been reported in the Chronicle
of Higher Education. He teaches undergraduate courses on
religious
communication, science and religion, rhetorical criticism and public
speaking.
His graduate seminars include the rhetoric of science, classical
rhetoric,
rhetorical theory and criticism. [Curriculum
Vitae]
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Dr. Jennifer L. Monahan |
Jennifer L. Monahan (Ph.D.,
University
of Southern California, 1993) is an associate professor of Speech
Communication
at the University of Georgia. She is also a Fellow in the
Institute
for Behavioral Research. One of her major research interests is in
understanding
how alcohol consumption affects interpersonal communication behaviors.
Specifically, her research examines how drinking alcohol affects
individual's
perceptions of sexual risk and sexual interest and individuals respond
to sexual risk cues in conversations. A second research area is in
understanding
how emotions affect person perceptions and judgments made in social
interactions.
Her research has been published in Human
Communication Research, Communication
Monographs, Journal of
Personality
and Social Psychology and a variety of other sources. She is on
the editorial board of Human
Communication
Research, Communication
Monographs,
and Health Communication.
Monahan teaches graduate courses in Communication Theory, Communication
Methods, Communication and Emotions and Health Communication. At the
undergraduate
level, she teaches such classes as the Advanced Interpersonal Seminar,
Research Methods, Interviewing, and other classes. [Curriculum
Vitae]
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Dr. John M. Murphy |
John M. Murphy (Ph. D University
of Kansas,
1986) is an Associate Professor at the University
of Georgia. He has also served as the Director of the Basic Courses and
as the head of the rhetoric faculty. His research interests focus on
contemporary
American public address, the rhetorical presidency, and rhetorical
criticism
and theory. His work examines the ways in which enduring political
languages
take form in particular public debates and influence policy
decisions.
He has published essays in journals such as the Quarterly
Journal of Speech, Rhetoric
& Public Affairs, Communication
Monographs, Presidential
Studies
Quarterly, Rhetoric Review, Communication
Studies, and the Southern
Communication Journal. He is the current book review editor for
the Quarterly Journal of Speech and has served on a number of editorial
boards, such as Critical Studies
in Media Communication, Rhetoric
& Public Affairs, Western
Journal of Communication, Basic
Course Communication Annual, Argumentation
& Advocacy, and Communication
Studies. He currently serves on the editorial board of the
Rhetoric
& Public Affairs series at Michigan State University Press and also
serves on the Kohrs Campbell Prize Committee at that press. His
teaching
interests include the rhetorical presidency, public address, rhetorical
criticism, and rhetorical theory. He has won the Sandy Beaver award for
excellence in teaching at the University of Georgia. His hobbies
include
baseball and beer. [Curriculum Vitae]
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Dr. Edward Panetta |
My research program is in the
area of argumentation. One element
is the work associated with the development of a nationally visible
intercollegiate
debate program. In this capacity, I read extensively on the topic
selected
for national debate tournament competition and prepare the UGA teams
for
tournaments. I publish theory pieces that are intended to influence the
practice of intercollegiate debate in the United States.
A second element of my research is the assessment of
argumentation in
public movements. I focus on the impact of economic transformation on
religious,
environmental, and labor rhetoric. [Curriculum
Vitae] |
Dr. Jennifer A. Samp |
Jennifer A. Samp (Ph.D., University of
Wisconsin-Madison, 1999) is Associate Professor and Graduate Coordinator in the Department of
Speech Communication at the
University of Georgia.
Her programmatic research on message production in close relational
contexts centrally locates her within scholarship on interpersonal
communication. Broadly construed, her research focuses on how
communicators’ thoughts about themselves and their relationships
influence what they say during conversations with close friends and
romantic partners. Additionally, some of her current work examines how
perceived and actual alcohol use affects decisions about relational
problems and the behaviors enacted during discussions about those
problems. Her research has been acknowledged by several top paper
awards at national conventions and publications in a variety of
journals within the communication discipline including Communication Research, Communication Monographs, Western Journal of Communication,
and Communication Studies.
Dr. Samp teaches undergraduate and graduate level courses on
interpersonal communication, personal relationships, conflict,
communication theory, and quantitative research methods.
[Curriculum
Vitae]
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Dr. Lijiang Shen
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Lijiang Shen (Ph.D., University
of Wisconsin-Madison, 2005)
is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Speech Communication at
the University of Georgia. His primary area of
research considers the impact of message features and audience
characteristics in persuasive health communication, message processing
and the process of persuasion/resistance to persuasion; and
quantitative research methods in communication. His research has been
published in Communication Monographs, Communication
Research, Journal of
Personality Assessment, Journal of Genetic Counseling, and the
Handbook of research on electronic surveys
and measurements. Dr. Shen teaches courses in persuasion, health
communication and quantitative research methods. [Curriculum Vitae] |
Dr. Roger Stahl |
Roger Stahl (Ph.D. Penn State
University, 2004) is an Assistant Professor in Speech Communication at
the University of Georgia. His research interests include
Contemporary Rhetorical Theory, Media Ecology, Critical Theory, and
Post-structural Philosphy. He is currently authoring a book
project on popular culture, the politics of play, and militarism in the
War on Terror. His work has appeared in Mythosphere and Rhetoric
& Public Affairs. His other interests variously include
documentary film, social surveillance, religion, law, genetics, visual
rhetoric, video games, quantum physics, holistic medicine, experimental
electronica, and his two beloved cats, Carlos and Sweetface. [Curriculum Vitae]
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