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J. Michael Hogan is Liberal Arts Research Professor of Communication Arts and Sciences at the Pennsylvania State University. His research and teaching focus on political campaigns and social movements, foreign policy debates, presidential rhetoric, and public opinion and polling.

Hogan is the author or editor of six scholarly books: The Handbook of Rhetoric and Public Address (2010); Woodrow Wilson’s Western Tour (2006),Rhetoric and Reform in the Progressive Era (2003), Rhetoric and Community(1998), The Nuclear Freeze Campaign (1994), and The Panama Canal in American Politics (1986). He also has published some fifty articles, book chapters, and reviews, and he has directed more than thirty M.A. theses and Ph.D. dissertations. He has won a number of scholarly awards, including the National Communication Association’s Golden Anniversary Prize Book Award and the Winans-Wichelns Award for Distinguished Scholarship in Rhetoric and Public Address. In 2008, he was elected an NCA Distinguished Scholar, the association's highest award for scholarly achievement.  That same year, he also won the NCA's Douglas W. Ehninger Distinguished Scholar Award and the Class of 1933 Award for Distinction in the Humanities from the Penn State Liberal Arts Alumni Society. He has served on the editorial board of the Quarterly Journal of Speech under five different editors, and he currently serves on the editorial board of Rhetoric and Public Affairs. He is co-director of a major undergraduate educational initiative funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities and co-sponsored by the CDD, “Voices of America: The U.S. Oratory Project." He also is the lead author of a public speaking textbook with an emphasis on engaged citizenship and democratic deliberation, now in its second edition Public Speaking and Civic Engagement(Allyn & Bacon, 2011).

Hogan graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Wisconsin, and he earned his Ph.D. from the same institution. Before moving to Penn State in 1997, he taught at Indiana University and at the University of Virginia.

 

Debra Hawhee is Professor of English at Penn State University. An historian of rhetoric whose work focuses on rhetoric's less rational elements, she has written about bodily and material theories of rhetoric, ancient and modern. She is author of Moving Bodies: Kenneth Burke at the Edges of Language, which received the 2010 Diamond Anniversary Book Award from the National Communication Association, as well as Bodily Arts: Rhetoric and Athletics in Ancient Greece. She is co-author, with Sharon Crowley, of Ancient Rhetorics for Contemporary Students, now in its fifth edition. Her research has received funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Spencer Foundation, and Penn State’s Institute for the Arts and Humanities. She has published articles in Rhetorica, Philosophy and Rhetoric, Quarterly Journal of Speech, College English, Rhetoric Society Quarterly, Advances in the History of Rhetoric, and College Composition and Communication. She has been named a 2011-2012 Resident Scholar of Penn State’s Institute for the Arts and Humanities, during which time she will continue to work on her in-progress book about animals in the history of rhetoric.

 

 

Advisory Board

  • Stephen Browne, Professor of Communication Arts and Sciences, Penn State University
  • Rosa Eberly, Associate Professor of Communication Arts and Sciences, Penn State University
  • Jeremy Engels, Associate Professor of Communication Arts and Sciences, Penn State University
  • Cheryl Glenn, Professor of English, Penn State University
  • Debra Hawhee, Professor of English, Penn State University
  • Michele Kennerly, Assistant Professor of Communication Arts and Sciences, Penn State University
  • Mya Poe, Assistant Professor of English, Penn State University
  • Jack Selzer, Professor of English, Penn State University
  • Kirt Wilson, Associate Professor of Communication Arts and Sciences, Penn State University

 

 

Dissertation Fellows

Each academic year, the Center awards fellowships to students enrolled in a College of the Liberal Arts department or program, who each conduct scholarship that reflects the CDD's concern with civic life and the character and quality of public discourse.

Past recipients of the CDD Graduate Fellowship have received a one-semester release (fall or spring) from teaching or related service and a research grant to humanities graduate students in the College of the Liberal Arts who are supported on assistantships. Under the sponsorship of the CDD, Dissertation Fellows become involved in a weekly, faculty-led dissertation writing group, and present their research in a public venue.

This year's CDD Dissertation Fellows are listed below:

Jessica Kuperavage is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Communication Arts and Sciences. Her research focuses on the rhetorics surrounding health and health campaigns. Her dissertation examines discourses of personal and governmental responsibility for public health – and particularly infant and maternal mortality - during the Progressive Era. She earned her B.A. in Communication Studies at Christopher Newport University in 2008 and her M.A. in Communication Arts and Sciences at Pennsylvania State University in 2010.

Jason Maxwell is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of English who specializes in critical theory, rhetoric, and economics. His dissertation, a disciplinary history of English studies since World War II, examines the emergence of literary theory and Rhetoric & Composition. He earned his B.A. in English from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2006 and his M.A. in English at Penn State in 2010.

Sarah RudeWalker is a PhD candidate in Rhetoric and Composition in the Department of English's African American Language and Literature Emphasis. Her research interests include rhetorical criticism, twentieth century African American literature, and the literature and rhetorics of social movements. Her dissertation undertakes a rhetorical assessment of poetic work of the Black Arts Movement, the aesthetic arm of the Black Power Movement of the 1960s and 1970s, arguing that the movement's writers achieved far-reaching influence through rhetorical successes in arguing for the aesthetic value of Black language and culture. RudeWalker earned her BA in Political and Social Thought and the Modern Studies Program in English from the University of Virginia in 2002 and her MA in English from Penn State University in 2009.

Previous CDD Dissertation Fellows | Apply to be a CDD Dissertation Fellow

 

 

Research Associates and Assistants

 

Research Associates

Veena Raman is a post doctoral Research Associate with the Center. Her research focuses on uses of emerging information technologies in democratic practice and civic action. Her research is centered on political impacts of communication technologies, digital governance, participatory and deliberative democracy, and civic engagement in the context of globalization. Her book, E-Government in India’s Silicon Valley: Case Studies in Digital Government (Jwalamukhi Press), based on a multi-method research involving surveys, ethnography and interviews, was published in December 2008.

 

Research Assistants

Fall 2012

Kyle King is a doctoral student in the Department of English. He studies discourses at the interstices of branches of English studies connected to the contemporary university and 20th century and contemporary American literature. Some of these interests include critical university studies, the 'spatial' turn and 'global' American literature, and the academic novel's relation to creative writing studies. He also studies rhetoric of sport and higher education. He has taught composition courses with emphases on the rhetoric of higher education, depictions of teachers and education in popular and academic culture, and rhetoric and civic life.

Fall 2011- Spring 2012

Mark Hlavacik is a doctoral student in the Department of Communication Arts & Sciences.  He studies the relationship between rhetoric and education focusing specifically on the rhetorical history of education policy.  At Penn State, Mark has taught courses on public speaking, rhetorical analysis, and propaganda.  He has also served as one of the coaches of the Penn State Debate Society since its founding in 2009.

Spring 2011

Kristopher M. Lotier is a doctoral candidate in the Department of English's Rhetoric and Composition cohort.  He directs his research toward the intersections of rhetoric and economics and, in particular, asks how economic models and theories can inform or illuminate rhetorical practices.  He is also interested in the rhetorical aspects of neoliberal economic and political doctrine.  He has taught a number of different composition courses--from first year composition to business communication to technical communication--and uses these experiences to drive his research on critical pedagogy.

Fall 2010

Bonnie Sierlecki is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Communication Arts and Sciences focusing on Rhetoric. Specifically, she studies the role of gendered discourses of sport and physicality in presidential rhetoric.  She enjoys teaching speech writing, persuasion and propaganda, and effective speech.  Bonnie earned an M.A. in Communication Arts and Sciences from Penn State.  She currently handles publicity and outreach for the Center as well as managing the website.

 

 

Affiliates

CDD Affiliates are members of the intellectual community whose research, teaching, and service interests coincide with those of the Center. The CDD maintains a low-traffic mailing list which we use mainly to invite our affiliates to upcoming events and Center activities. To join the Center as an affiliate, please send us an email including your name, email address, departmental affiliation, and Penn State campus if not University Park (or institution if not Penn State).

 

Affiliated Faculty

  • Brian Amsden, Communication Arts and Sciences, University Park
  • Lee Ann Banaszak, Political Science, University Park
  • Lori Bedell, Communication Arts and Sciences, University Park
  • Thomas Benson, Communication Arts and Sciences, University Park
  • Michael Berkman, Political Science, University Park
  • Michael Bérubé, English, University Park
  • Kendra Boileau, Editor-in-Chief, Penn State Press
  • Christian Brady, Dean, Schreyer Honors College
  • Mia Briceño, Communication Arts and Sciences, University Park
  • Steven Browne, Communication Arts and Sciences, University Park
  • Guoray Cai, Geography and Information Sciences and Technology, University Park
  • Suresh Canagarajah, Linguistics, University Park
  • Davin Carr-Chellman, Education Policy Studies, University Park
  • Jack Carroll, Information Science and Technology, University Park
  • Chris Castiglia, English, University Park
  • John Christman, Philosophy, University Park
  • Ellen Dannin, Dickinson School of Law, University Park
  • David Dzikowski, Communication Arts and Sciences, University Park
  • Rosa Eberly, Communication Arts and Sciences, University Park
  • Jeremy Engels, Communication Arts and Sciences, University Park
  • Eric Fuchs, Communication Arts and Sciences, University Park
  • John Gastil, Communication Arts and Sciences, University Park
  • Keith Gilyard, English, University Park
  • Nichola Gutgold, Communication Arts and Sciences, Lehigh Valley
  • Adam Haley, English, University Park
  • Paul Haspel, English, University Park
  • Lisa Hogan, Communication Arts and Sciences, University Park
  • Heather Holleman, English, University Park
  • Philip Jenkins, History, University Park
  • Christopher Johnstone, Communication Arts and Sciences, University Park
  • Matthew Jordan, Film/Video and Media Studies, University Park
  • Robin Kramer, Communication Arts and Sciences, University Park
  • Daniel Letwin, History, University Park
  • Janet Lyon, English, University Park
  • Jonathan Marks, Bioethics, Humanities, and Law, University Park
  • Cynthia Mazzant, English, University Park
  • Matt McAllister, Communications, University Park
  • Sophia McClennen, Comparative Literature, University Park
  • Alfred Mueller II, Communication Arts and Sciences, Mt. Alto
  • Jeff Nealon, English, University Park
  • Jessica O'Hara, Center for Excellence in Writing, University Park
  • Mary Beth Oliver, Communications, University Park
  • Jon Olson, Center for Excellence in Writing, University Park
  • Mya Poe, English, University Park
  • Eric Plutzer, Political Science, University Park
  • Veena Raman, Communication Arts and Sciences
  • Emily Rimland, Penn State Libraries
  • Stuart Selber, English, University Park
  • Jack Selzer, English, University Park
  • Susan Squier, English, University Park
  • Jane Sutton, Communication Arts and Sciences, York
  • Molly Wertheimer, Communication Arts and Sciences, Hazelton
  • Casey Wiley, English, University Park
  • Kirt Wilson, Communication Arts and Sciences, University Park
  • Xiaoye You, English, University Park

 

Affiliated Graduate Students

  • Jessica Bargar, Communication Arts and Sciences, University Park
  • Michael Bergmaier, Communication Arts and Sciences, University Park
  • Bryan Blankfield, Communication Arts and Sciences, University Park
  • David Brinker, Communication Arts and Sciences, University Park
  • Laura Brown, English, University Park
  • Lauren Camacci, Communication Arts and Sciences, University Park
  • Holly Gates, Communication Arts and Sciences, University Park
  • Cory Geraths, Communication Arts and Sciences, University Park
  • Anne Harries, Communication Arts and Sciences, University Park
  • Mark Hlavacik, Communication Arts and Sciences, University Park
  • Jo Hsu, English, University Park
  • Hillary Jones, Communication Arts and Sciences, University Park
  • Kyle King, English, University Park
  • Alexandria Lockett, English, University Park
  • Kristopher Lotier, English, University Park
  • Kristin Mathe, Communication Arts and Sciences, University Park
  • Jason Maxwell, English, University Park
  • Eric Miller, Communication Arts and Sciences, University Park
  • John Minbiole, Communication Arts and Sciences, University Park
  • Adam Perry, Communication Arts and Sciences, University Park
  • Robert Richards, Communication Arts and Sciences, University Park
  • Craig Rood, Communication Arts and Sciences, University Park
  • Sarah Rude, English, University Park
  • Billy Saas, Communication Arts And Sciences, University Park
  • Bonnie Sierlecki, Communication Arts and Sciences, University Park
  • Frank Stec, Communication Arts and Sciences, University Park
  • Sarah Summers, English, University Park
  • Matt Weiss, English, University Park
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