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A. General Information
1. Academic Record
EDWARD SCHIAPPA
Communication Studies Department
225 Ford Hall, 224 Church Street, S.E.
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN 55455
Phone: (612) 624-2808
schiappa@umn.edu
Ph.D. 1989 Northwestern University (Advisor: Leland M. Griffin)
M.A. 1984 Northwestern University (Advisor: Thomas B. Farrell)
B.S. 1980 Kansas State University
2. Academic Appointments
2005- Department Chair (University of Minnesota)
1999- Professor (University of Minnesota)
1995-1999 Associate Professor (University of Minnesota)
1993-1995 Associate Professor (Purdue University)
1990-1993 Assistant Professor (Purdue University)
1989-1990 Assistant Professor (Kansas State University)
1985-1988 Instructor (Kansas State University)
3. Awards and Honors
National Communication Association, Distinguished Scholar Award, 2009.
Endowed Chair: Paul W. Frenzel Professor of Liberal Arts, 2000-2012.
National Communication Association, Rhetorical and Communication Theory Division 2006
“Distinguished Scholar Award.”
Research Fellow, Rhetoric Society of America, 2006.
Outstanding Director of Graduate Studies Award, University of Minnesota
Graduate School, 2005.
Gary Olson Award for the best book published in 2003 in Rhetorical and Cultural
Theory, given by the Association of Teachers of Advanced Composition, 2004.
National Communication Association, Douglas W. Ehninger Distinguished Rhetorical Scholar
Award, 2000.
National Communication Association, Rhetorical and Communication Theory Division 1996
“New Investigator Award.”
National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Grant, 1994.
Janice Lauer Award for the Best Essay in Volume Ten of Rhetoric Review, 1992.
Summer Faculty Research Grants, Purdue University, 1991, 1992, 1993.
Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award, National Communication Association, 1989.

Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award, Communication Studies Department, Northwestern
University, 1989.
Graduate Research Award, Communication Studies Department, Northwestern University, 1983,
1984, 1985.
4. Membership in Academic and Professional Organizations
National Communication Association
Rhetoric Society of America
International Society for the History of Rhetoric
American Philological Association
Alliance of Rhetoric Societies
B. Research and Scholarship
1. Books
David Timmerman & Edward Schiappa, Disciplining Discourse: Terms of Art in Rhetorical
Theory in Classical Greece (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2010 [in press]).
Edward Schiappa, Professional Development During Your Doctoral Education. (Washington,
D.C.: Forthcoming as an e-book from the National Communication Association, 2009).
Edward Schiappa & John Nordin, Keeping Faith With Reason: A Theory of Practical
Argumentation. (NY: Pearson Custom Publishing, 2009).
Edward Schiappa, Beyond Representational Correctness: Rethinking Criticism of Popular Media
(Albany: State University of New York Press, 2008).
Edward Schiappa, Defining Reality: Definitions and the Politics of Meaning. (Carbondale:
Southern Illinois University Press, 2003).
Edward Schiappa, Protagoras and Logos: A Study in Greek Philosophy and Rhetoric, Second
Edition (Columbia: U. of South Carolina Press, 2003 [original edition, 1991]).
Edward Schiappa, The Beginnings of Rhetorical Theory in Classical Greece (New Haven: Yale
University Press, 1999).
Edward Schiappa, et al., Squeeze Play: The Campaign for a New Twins Stadium (Minneapolis:
Minnesota Public Advocacy Research Report, 1998).
Edward Schiappa, Editor, Warranting Assent: Case Studies in Argument Evaluation (Albany:
State University of New York Press, 1995).
Edward Schiappa, Editor, Landmark Essays on Classical Greek Rhetoric (Mahwah, NJ:
Lawrence Erlbaum, 1994).
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2 . Books in Progress
Edward Schiappa, Making Sense of It All: Constitutive Interpretation.
3. Scholarly Articles and Chapters
Edward Schiappa, “Gorgias of Leontini” and “Greek Rhetoric.” In Encyclopedia of Ancient
Greece and Rome, Michael Gagarin, ed. (Oxford: Oxford University Press, forthcoming).
C. Jan Swearingen and Edward Schiappa, “Historical and Comparative Rhetorical Studies:
Revisionist Methods and New Directions,” The Sage Handbook of Rhetoric, Eds. Andrea A.
Lunsford, Kirt H. Wilson, & Rosa A. Eberly (Thousand Oaks: Sage, 2008), pp. 1-12.
Edward Schiappa and Jim Hamm, “Rhetorical Questions: An Introduction.” In I. Worthington,
Editor, A Companion to Greek Rhetoric (London: Blackwell, 2007), pp. 3-15.
Edward Schiappa, Mike Allen, & Peter Gregg, “Parasocial Relationships and Television: A
Meta-analysis of the Effects.” In Mass Media Effects: Advances Through Meta-analysis, Eds.
Ray Preiss, Barbara Gayle, Nancy Burrell, Mike Allen, and Jennings Bryant (Mahwah, NJ:
Lawrence Erlbaum, 2007), pp. 301-314.
Edward Schiappa & Emanuelle Wessels, “Listening to Audiences: A Brief Rationale & History
of Audience Research in Popular Media Studies,” International Journal of Listening, 21 (2007):
14-23.
Edward Schiappa, Peter B. Gregg, & Dean E. Hewes, “Can One TV Show Make a Difference?
Will & Grace and the Parasocial Contact Hypothesis,” Journal of Homosexuality, 51 (2006): 15-
37.
Edward Schiappa, Peter B. Gregg, & Dean E. Hewes, “The Parasocial Contact Hypothesis,”
Communication Monographs, 72 (2005): 95-118.
Edward Schiappa, “Dissoi Logoi.” In Michelle Ballif & Michael G. Moran (eds.), Classical
Rhetorics and Rhetoricians (Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2005), pp. 146-148.
Edward Schiappa, “Protagoras.” In Michelle Ballif & Michael G. Moran (eds.), Classical
Rhetorics and Rhetoricians (Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2005), pp. 305-314.
Edward Schiappa, Peter B. Gregg, & Dean E. Hewes, “Can a Television Series Change Attitudes
about Death? A Study of College Students and Six Feet Under.” Death Studies 28 (2004): 459-
474.
Edward Schiappa, “Sophisticated Modernism and the Continuing Importance of Argument
Evaluation.” In G. T. Goodnight (Ed.), Arguing Communication and Culture: Selected Papers
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from the 12th NCA/AFA Conference on Argumentation (Washington, D.C.: National
Communication Association, 2002), pp. 51-58.
Edward Schiappa, “Evaluating Argumentative Discourse from a Rhetorical Perspective:
Defining “Person” and “Human Life” in Constitutional Disputes over Abortion.” In F. H. van
Eemeren & P. Houtlosser, eds., Dialectic and Rhetoric: The Warp and Woof of Argumentation
Analysis (Dordrecht: Kluwer, 2002), 65-80.
Edward Schiappa, Robert L. Scott, Alan G. Gross, Raymie McKerrow, “Rhetorical Studies as
Reduction or Redescription?: A Response to Cherwitz and Hikins.” Quarterly Journal of
Speech 88 (2002): 112-120.
Edward Schiappa, “What is Golf?: Pragmatic Essentializing and Definitional Argument in PGA
Tour, Inc. v. Martin,” Argumentation and Advocacy 38 (2001): 18-27.
Edward Schiappa, “Second Thoughts on the Critiques of Big Rhetoric,” Philosophy and
Rhetoric, 34 (2001): 260-274.
Edward Schiappa, “Analyzing Argumentative Discourse from a Rhetorical Perspective: Defining
‘Person’ and ‘Human Life’ in Constitutional Disputes over Abortion,” Argumentation 14 (2000):
315-332.
Edward Schiappa, “Response” in Recontextualizing Our Classical Foundations (three reviews of
The Beginnings of Rhetorical Theory in Classical Greece) American Communication Journal 3
(1999) www.americancomm.org/~aca/acj/acj.html
Valerie Terry & Edward Schiappa, “Disclosing Anti-Feminism in Michael Crichton’s Post-
Feminist Disclosure” Journal of Communication Inquiry, 23 (1999): 69-89.
Jennifer Stromer-Galley & Edward Schiappa, “The Argumentative Burdens of Audience
Conjectures: Audience Research in Popular Culture Criticism,” Communication Theory 8
(1998): 27-62.
Edward Schiappa & John T. Kirby, “Feminist Histories and Theories,” The Comparative
Reader: A Handlist of Basic Reading in Comparative Literature (New Haven: Chancery Press,
1998), 57-59.
Edward Schiappa & Wilfred E. Major, “Gorgias’s Undeclared Theory of Arrangement
Revisited,” Southern Communication Journal 62 (1997): 344-47.
Edward Schiappa, “The Historian as Arguer,” Rhetoric Review 16 (1997): 36-38.
Wilfred E. Major & Edward Schiappa, “Gorgias’s ‘Undeclared’ Theory of Arrangement: A
Postscript to Smeltzer,” Southern Communication Journal 62 (1997): 149-52.
Edward Schiappa, “Interpreting Gorgias’ ‘Being’ in On Not-Being or On Nature,” Philosophy
and Rhetoric 30 (1997): 13-30.
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Edward Schiappa, “Toward a Predisciplinary Reading of Gorgias’s Helen,” Theory, Text,
Context: Issues in Greek Rhetoric and Oratory, ed. C. L. Johnstone (Albany: SUNY Press,
1996), 65-86.
Edward Schiappa “Interdisciplinarity and Social Practice: Reflections on Dow, Condit, and
Swartz,” Communication Studies 46 (1995 [1996]): 140-47.
Edward Schiappa, “Some of My Best Friends are Neosophists: A Reply to Consigny,” Rhetoric
Review 14 (1996): 272-79.
Edward Schiappa ,”Toward a Pragmatic Approach to Definition: ‘Wetlands’ and the Politics of
Meaning,” Environmental Pragmatism, ed. Andrew Light and Eric Katz (London: Routledge,
1996), 209-30.
Edward Schiappa, “Definition,” “Protagoras,” and “Rhêtorikê” [500-word articles]
The Encyclopedia of Rhetoric, ed. Theresa Enos (NY: Garland Publishing Co., 1996), 170-71,
569, 631.
Edward Schiappa, “Sophistic Rhetoric” [Major Article], The Encyclopedia of Rhetoric, ed.
Theresa Enos (NY: Garland Publishing Co., 1996), 682-86.
Edward Schiappa, “Gorgias’s Helen Revisited,” Quarterly Journal of Speech (1995): 310-24.
Edward Schiappa, “Protagoras and the Language Game of History: A Response to Consigny,”
Rhetoric Society Quarterly 25.1 (1995): 220-23.
Edward Schiappa, “Intellectuals and the Place of Cultural Critique,” Rhetoric, Cultural Studies,
and Literacy, ed. Fred Reynolds (Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum, 1995), 21-27.
Edward Schiappa, “Isocrates,” Encyclopedia of Classical Philosophy ed. Donald J. Zeyl (NY:
Greenwood, 1997), 287-88.
Edward Schiappa, “Isocrates’ Philosophia and Contemporary Pragmatism,” Rhetoric, Sophistry,
Pragmatism ed. Steven Mailloux (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1995), 33-60.
Edward Schiappa and Stacey Hoffman, “Intertextual Argument in Gorgias’s On What is Not: A
Formalization of Sextus, adv Math 7.77-80,” Philosophy & Rhetoric 27 (1994): 156-61.
Edward Schiappa, “Plato and hê kaloumenê rhêtorikê: A Response to O’Sullivan,” Mnemosyne:
Bibliotheca classica Batava 47 (1994): 512-514.
Edward Schiappa, “Arguing About Definitions,” Argumentation 7 (1993): 403-17.
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Edward Schiappa, “Burkean Tropes and Kuhnian Science: A Social Constructionist Perspective
on Language and Reality,” Journal of Advanced Composition 13 (1993): 401-22. Available
online at: www.cas.usf.edu/JAC/132/schiappa.html
Edward Schiappa, “The Beginnings of Greek Rhetorical Theory,” Rhetorical Movement: Essays
in Honor of Leland M. Griffin, ed. David Zarefsky (Evanston: Northwestern U. Press, 1993), 5-
33, 229-34.
Maureen Taylor and Edward Schiappa, “How Accurate is Plato’s Portrayal of Gorgias of
Leontini?” Rhetoric in the Vortex of Cultural Studies (Minneapolis: Rhetoric Society of
America, 1993), 23-31.
Edward Schiappa, “Rhêtorikê: What’s in a Name? Toward a Revised History of Early Greek
Rhetorical Theory,” Quarterly Journal of Speech 78 (1992): 1-15. [Lead Article]
Edward Schiappa, “Counterstatement: A Response to Thomas Kent, ‘On the Very Idea of a
Discourse Community’,” College Composition & Communication 43 (1992): 109-110.
Edward Schiappa, “[Über] Antilogie,” Historisches Wörterbuch der Rhetorik [Historical Lexicon
of Rhetoric] vol. I, ed. Gert Ueding (Tübingen: Max Niemeyer Verlag, 1992), 701-708. [In
German]
Edward Schiappa, “NB to DB: Toward a Proliferation of Neo-Sophistic Rhetorics,” Rhetoric
Review 11 (1992): 246-47.
Edward Schiappa, “Sophistic Rhetoric: Oasis or Mirage?” Rhetoric Review 10 (1991): 5-18.
[Lead Article: This article won the “Best Article of the Year” Award for volume 10 of Rhetoric
Review.]
Edward Schiappa, “The Importance of George A. Kennedy’s Aristotle: On Rhetoric,” Rhetoric
Review 11 (1992): 206-208. [Also appears in Rhetoric in the Vortex of Cultural Studies
(Minneapolis: RSA, 1992), 223-25.]
Edward Schiappa, “Toward More Argument1 Evaluation: Identifying the Constraints,”
Argument in Controversy, ed. D. W. Parson (Annandale: SCA, (1991), 39-45.
Edward Schiappa, “An Examination and Exculpation of the Composition Style of Gorgias of
Leontini,” Pre/Text 12 (1991): 237-57.
Edward Schiappa and Mary F. Keehner, “The Lost Passages of Kenneth Burke’s Permanence
and Change,” Communication Studies 42 (1991): 189-98.
Edward Schiappa, “Neo-Sophistic Rhetorical Criticism or the Historical Reconstruction of
Sophistic Doctrines?” Philosophy and Rhetoric 23 (1990): 192-217.
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Edward Schiappa, “History and Neo-Sophistic Criticism: A Reply to Poulakos,” Philosophy and
Rhetoric 23 (1990): 307-15.
Edward Schiappa, “Did Plato Coin Rhêtorikê?” American Journal of Philology 111 (1990): 460-
73.
Edward Schiappa and Mary F. Keehner, “The Promise of the Cross Examination Debate
Association,” Argumentation & Advocacy 27 (1990): 78-85.
Edward Schiappa, “The Rhetoric of Nukespeak,” Communication Monographs 56 (1989): 253-
72.
Edward Schiappa, “‘Spheres of Argument’ as Topoi for the Critical Study of
Power/Knowledge,” Spheres of Argument, ed. Bruce Gronbeck (Annandale, VA: Speech
Communication Association, 1989), 47-56.
Edward Schiappa, “Metaphor in Science,” Speech Communication Annual 1 (1987): 17-32.
Edward Schiappa, “Dissociation in the Arguments of Rhetorical Theory,” Journal of the
American Forensic Association 22 (1985): 72-82.
4. Book Reviews
Edward Schiappa, Review of M. Agnes van Rees, Dissociation in Argumentative Discussions: A
Pragma-Dialectical Perspective (Dordrecht: Springer, 2009). Informal Logic, in press.
Edward Schiappa, Review of Steven Mailloux, Disciplinary Identities: Rhetorical Paths of
English, Speech, and Composition (NY: MLA, 2006). Quarterly Journal of Speech 93 (2007):
473-475.
Edward Schiappa, Review of Scott Consigny, Gorgias: Sophist and Artist (Columbia: U. of
South Carolina Press, 2001). Argumentation & Advocacy 39 (2003): 287-290.
Edward Schiappa and Richard Leo Enos, “Reviewing the Sophists Rhetorically,” Rhetoric
Review, 22 (2003): 318.
Edward Schiappa, Review of Bruce McComiskey. Gorgias and the New Sophistic Rhetoric
(Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press, 2002). Rhetoric Review, 22 (2003): 319-21.
Edward Schiappa, Review of David Roochnik, Of Art and Wisdom: Plato’s Understanding of
Techne (University Park: Penn State U.P., 1996), Rhetorica 16 (1998): 437-439.
Edward Schiappa, Review of Jacqueline de Romilly, The Great Sophists in Periclean Athens
(NY: Oxford U.P., 1992), Philosophy and Rhetoric 29 (1996): 447-51.
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Edward Schiappa, Review of H. C. Lawson-Tancred, Aristotle, The Art of Rhetoric (London:
Penguin Books, 1991), Ancient Philosophy 14 (1994 [1996]): 422-24.
Edward Schiappa, Comparative Review of George A. Kennedy, Aristotle, On Rhetoric (NY:
Oxford U.P. 1991) and H. C. Lawson-Tancred, Aristotle, The Art of Rhetoric (London: Penguin
Books, 1991), Quarterly Journal of Speech 79 (1993): 114-17.
Edward Schiappa, Review of Doug Brent, Reading as Rhetorical Invention (Urbana: N.C.T.E.,
1992) in Journal of Advanced Composition 13 (Winter, 1993): 265-69.
Edward Schiappa, Review of George Kimball Plochmann and Franklin E. Robinson, A Friendly
Companion to Plato’s Gorgias (Carbondale: Southern Illinois U. Press, 1988), Rhetoric Society
Quarterly 20 (1990): 187-89.
5. Papers Delivered at Professional Meetings (representative list)
Edward Schiappa, “Beyond Representational Correctness: Why Perfect Representation is
Impossible.” Paper presented to the Mass Communication Division of the National
Communication Association conference, Chicago, IL, November, 2007.
Edward Schiappa, “The Phenomenal Text of Will & Grace: Revisiting the Text/Audience Divide
in Popular Culture Criticism.” Paper presented at the International Communication Association
conference, San Francisco, CA, May, 2007.
Edward Schiappa & David Timmerman, “Rhetorical Matters: The Emergence of Terms of Art in
Rhetorical Theory.” Paper presented at the American Philological Association conference, San
Diego, CA, January, 2007.
Edward Schiappa, David Timmerman, & Wilfred E. Major, “Inferring Theory from Practice in
Early Greek Oratory.” Paper presented at the International Society for the History of Rhetoric,
Los Angeles, CA, July 2005.
Edward Schiappa, Peter B. Gregg, Martin J. Lang, “Influencing Student Attitudes about Men and
Masculinity in a Film Class.” Paper competitively selected by the Scholarship of Teaching and
Learning Division, National Communication Association convention, Chicago, IL, November,
2004.
Edward Schiappa, Mike Allen, & Peter B. Gregg, “Parasocial Relationships and Television: A
Meta-Analysis of the Effects.” Paper competitively selected by the Mass Communication
Division, National Communication Association convention, Chicago, IL, November, 2004.
Edward Schiappa, Peter B. Gregg, & Dean E. Hewes, “The Parasocial Contact Hypothesis.”
Paper competitively selected by the Intergroup Communication Division, International
Communication Association convention, New Orleans, May, 2004.
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Edward Schiappa, Peter B. Gregg, & Dean E. Hewes, “Can a Television Series Change Attitudes
about Death? College Students and Six Feet Under.” Paper competitively selected by the Mass
Communication Division, International Communication Association convention, New Orleans,
May, 2004.
Edward Schiappa, Peter Gregg, & Dean Hewes, “Can One TV Show Make a Difference? Will &
Grace and College Students’ Attitudes toward Gay Men.” Paper competitive selected by the
Mass Communication Division, National Communication Association convention, Miami Beach,
November, 2003.
Edward Schiappa, “Revisiting ‘Sophistic Rhetoric: Oasis or Mirage?’“ National
Communication Association Annual Convention, New Orleans, 2002.
Edward Schiappa, “Teaching about Masculinities using Popular Film.” Second Biennial
Feminism(s) and Rhetoric(s) Conference, Minneapolis, MN, October, 1999.
Edward Schiappa, “Analyzing Argumentative Discourse from a Rhetorical Perspective:
Defining ‘Person’ and ‘Human Life’ in Constitutional Disputes over Abortion.”
Colloquium on Rhetoric and Dialectic, U. of Amsterdam, The Netherlands, July 1999.
Edward Schiappa, “The Beginnings of Greek Rhetorical Theory.” International Society for the
History of Rhetoric Conference, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, July 1999.
Edward Schiappa, “Making Corax Eat Crow: Reconstructing the Origins of Classical Rhetoric.”
Joint Central/Southern States Communication Association Convention, St. Louis, Missouri,
April, 1999.
Panel Organizer and Chief Presenter, “Stadium Blues: The Campaign for a New Minnesota
Twins Stadium.” National Communication Association Annual Convention, New York City,
NY, November 1998.
Wilfred E. Major and Edward Schiappa, “Gorgias’s ‘Undeclared’ Theory of Arrangement.”
American Philological Association Convention in Chicago, IL, December 1997.
Edward Schiappa, “Toward a Pragmatic Approach to Definition: The Politics of Meaning.”
National Communication Association Convention, Chicago, IL, November 1997.
Edward Schiappa, “The Historian as Arguer.” Special Octalog on the Politics of Historiography,
College Conference on Composition and Communication, March, 1997, Phoenix, AZ.
Edward Schiappa & David M. Timmerman, “Aristotle’s Genre of Epideictic and the Athenian
Epitaphios.” Speech Communication Association Annual Convention, San Diego, CA,
November 1996.
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Edward Schiappa & Jennifer Stromer-Galley: “The Argumentative Burdens of Audience
Conjectures: Audience Research in Popular Culture Criticism.” Speech Communication
Association Annual Convention, San Diego, CA, November 1996.
Edward Schiappa, “Translating ‘Being’ in Gorgias’s On Not-Being.” Paper presented at the
Speech Communication association, San Antonio, TX, Nov. 1995.
Edward Schiappa, “Constructions of Post-feminism in Michael Crichton’s Disclosure.” Paper
presented at the Speech Communication Association Convention, New Orleans, LA, Nov. 1994.
Edward Schiappa, “Intellectuals and the Place of Cultural Critique.” Charles Kneupper Memorial
Address, Rhetoric Society of American Conference, Norfolk, VA, May 1994.
Edward Schiappa, “Other/Text and the Values of Historical Reconstruction and Contemporary
Appropriation.” Paper presented at the Rhetoric Society of American Conference, Norfolk, VA,
May 1994.
Edward Schiappa, “Isocrates and Canons.” Paper presented before the Society for Ancient
Greek Philosophy at the American Philological Association Convention, Washington D.C.,
December 1993.
Edward Schiappa, “Texts, Lumps, and History: Pragmatism and Historiography.” Paper
presented at the Speech Communication Association Convention, Miami Beach, FL, November
1993.
Edward Schiappa, “Teaching about the Sophists.” Paper presented at the Central States
Communication Association convention in Lexington, KY. April, 1993.
Edward Schiappa, “Toward a Pragmatic Approach to Definition: ‘Wetlands’ and the Politics of
Meaning.” Paper presented at the Eighth Annual Comparative Literature Conference at Tulsa,
OK, entitled “Pragmatism and the Politics of Culture.” March, 1993.
Edward Schiappa, “Early Use of the terms Rhêtoreia and Rhêtoreuô.” American Philological
Association Convention, New Orleans, LA, December 1992.
Edward Schiappa, “Rereading Isocrates’ Philosophia.” Speech Communication Association
Convention, Chicago, IL, November 1992.
Edward Schiappa, “Evaluating Visual Argument.” Indiana Speech Association Annual Meeting,
Indianapolis, IN, September 1992.
Edward Schiappa, “The Importance of George A. Kennedy’s Aristotle: On Rhetoric.” Rhetoric
Society of America Conference, Minneapolis, MN, May, 1992.
Edward Schiappa, “More Questions About the Sophists and Rhetoric.” Conference on College
Communication and Composition, Cincinnati, OH, March, 1992.
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Edward Schiappa, “Gorgias on Logos: A Predisciplinary Reading.” American Society for the
History of Rhetoric Conference, Atlanta, GA, Nov. 1991.
Edward Schiappa, “On the Notion of ‘Sophistic Rhetoric’.” Speech Communication Association
Convention, Atlanta, GA, November 1991.
Edward Schiappa, “Rhetoric: What’s In A Name?” International Society for the History of
Rhetoric Conference, Baltimore, MD, September, 1991.
Edward Schiappa, “Toward a Revised History of Early Greek Rhetorical Theory.” Central States
Speech Association Convention, Chicago, IL, April 1991. [Top Paper]
Edward Schiappa, “Reconsidering the Beginnings of Greek Rhetorical Theory.” Speech
Communication Association Convention, Chicago, IL, Nov. 1990.
Edward Schiappa, “On the Future of Argumentation [Scholars],” Speech Communication
Association Convention, San Francisco, CA, Nov. 1989.
Edward Schiappa, “A Critique of John Poulakos’ ‘Sophistic Definition of Rhetoric’.” Speech
Communication Association Convention, San Francisco, CA, November 1989.
Edward Schiappa, “Plato and the Coining of Rhêtorikê.” Congress of the International
Society for the History of Rhetoric, Göttingen, West Germany, July 1989.
Edward Schiappa, “Did Plato Coin Rhêtorikê?” Central States Speech Association Convention,
Kansas City, MO, April 1989. [Top Paper]
Edward Schiappa, “Ideological Aspects of Argument Evaluation.” Speech Communication
Association Convention, New Orleans, LA, Nov. 1988.
Edward Schiappa, “Protagoras’ Promise Reconsidered: The “Better’ and ‘Worse’ Logoi.”
Central States Speech Association Convention, Schaumburg, IL, April 1988.
Edward Schiappa, “The Rhetoric of Nukespeak.” Joint Southern and Central States Speech
Association Conventions, St. Louis, MO, April 1987 [Top Three Paper]
Edward Schiappa, “Metaphor in Science.” Central States Speech Association Convention,
Indianapolis, IN, April 1985. [Top Four Paper]
Edward Schiappa, “The Epistemology of Protagoras: Rhetorical Relativism Revisited.” Speech
Communication Association Convention, Chicago, IL, November 1984. [Top Three Paper]
Edward Schiappa, “Burkean Tropes and Kuhnian Science.” Speech Communication Association
Conference on The Legacy of Kenneth Burke, Philadelphia, PA, 1984.
Edward Schiappa, “Communication Rules and ‘Terministic Screens’ in Academic
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Disciplines.” Central States Speech Association Convention, Chicago, IL, April 1984.
Edward Schiappa, “Dissociation Strategies in the Arguments of Rhetorical Theory.” Central
States Speech Association Convention, Chicago, IL, April 1984. [Top Paper]
6. Editorial Responsibilities – Book Series
Arthur E. Walzer and I are co-editors of a book series for the Southern Illinois University Press
on rhetorical theory called Rhetoric in the Modern Era (formerly housed with SUNY Press).
Several books are now under development; published books include:
Alan G. Gross & Ray D. Dearin, Chaïm Perelman (Albany: SUNY Press, 2003).
Arthur E. Walzer, George Campbell: Rhetoric in the Age of Enlightenment (Albany: SUNY
Press, 2003).
Stephen J. McKenna, Adam Smith: The Rhetoric of Propriety(Albany: SUNY Press, 2006).
Andreea Deciu Ritivoi, Paul Ricoeur: Tradition and Innovation in Rhetorical Theory (Albany:
SUNY Press, 2006).
7. Editorial Responsibilities - Journals
Editor, Argumentation and Advocacy, 1997-2000.
Associate Editor, Critical Studies in Media Communication, 2008-
Associate Editor, Communication Monographs, 2007-
Associate Editor, Human Communication Research, 2006-.
Associate Editor, Quarterly Journal of Speech, 1995-1998, 2001-.
Associate Editor, Philosophy and Rhetoric, 1993-.
Associate Editor, Rhetorica, 1997-.
Associate Editor, Rhetoric Society Quarterly, 1994-1997, 1999-.
Associate Editor, Rhetoric Review, 1993-.
Associate Editor, Argumentation, 1999-.
Associate Editor, Argumentation and Advocacy, 1992-1994, 2000-.
Associate Editor, Advances in the History of Rhetoric, 1997-2000.
Associate Editor, Communication Studies, 1990-91, 1998-2001.
Ad hoc Reviewer, Informal Logic, 2007-2008.
Ad hoc Reviewer, Communication Research, 2008.
Ad hoc Reviewer, Classical Philology, 2006.
Ad hoc Reviewer, Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media, 2006.
Ad hoc Reviewer, Death Studies, 2007.
Ad hoc Reviewer, College English, 1999-2004.
Ad hoc Reviewer, Journal of the History of Ideas, 1993.
Ad hoc Reviewer, Critical Studies in Media Communication, 2002-2007.
Ad hoc Reviewer, Communication Yearbook, 1993, 1994.
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Ad hoc Reviewer, Western Journal of Communication, 1993-2009.
Ad hoc Reviewer, Southern Communication Journal, 1996.
Ad hoc Reviewer, Classical Journal, 1994, 1995.
Ad hoc Reviewer, Millennium: Journal of International Studies, published by the
London School of Economics & Political Science, 2003.
8. Editorial Responsibilities - Book Publishers (representative list)
Oxford University Press: Reviewed full-length manuscript on reality, representation, and
simulation.
University of Texas Press: Reviewed full manuscripts of two new volumes of translations and
commentary on Isocrates.
Southern Illinois University Press, Reviewed full-length manuscript of a book on Kerouac,
another full manuscript on Sophistic Theory, and a full manuscript on popular culture as style.
University of South Carolina Press: Reviewed Ekaterina V. Haskins, Logos and Power in
Isocrates and Aristotle and Nola J. Heidlebaugh, Judgment, Rhetoric, and the Problem of
Incommensurability. Also Logos and Sophia and Texts Within Texts.
University of Minnesota Press: Reviewed Inside the Ropes with Jesse Ventura and Winning
Elections the Wellstone Way.
Houghton-Mifflin: Reviewed The Gender Communication Connection.
William C. Brown, Publishers: Reviewed Competitive Debate: The Academic World Series and
Lines of Argument (3 book set).
Wadsworth Publishing: Gendered Lives: Communication, Gender, and Culture and The
Rhetorical Act (2d ed).
Strata Publishing: Readings in Rhetorical Criticism.
Allyn & Bacon: Gender and Socialization: A Reader, Making Waves: California Voices
Reconstructing Gender, and The Art of Rhetorical Criticism.
McGraw-Hill: Argument: A Pragmatic Approach to Critical Thinking & Problem Solving
Mayfield Publishing: The Relevance of Rhetoric in Western Civilization.
9. Invited Lectures (representative list)
“Defining Marriage in California: An Analysis of Public &Technical Argument,” Justification,
Reason & Action: A Conference in Honor of David Zarefsky. Northwestern University
Conference, May 2009.
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“Defining Marriage in California: An Analysis of Public & Technical Argument.” 2008-2009
Rudoph F. Verderber Distinguished Lecturer for the Department of Communication, University
of Cincinnati. April 30, 2009.
“Rethinking Criticism of Stereotypes and Representation in Popular Culture.” The Brigance
Forum: An Annual Public Lecture in Memory of W. Norwood Brigance, Wabash College,
Crawfordsville, IN. April 2, 2008.
“Rethinking the Textual Analysis versus Audience Research Dichotomy in Popular Culture
Criticism.” Keynote Speaker, Penn State Conference on “Kenneth Burke and His Circles, July
11, 2005.
“How Shall We Think about Plagiarism?” Presentation for the University of Minnesota Writing
Consultants, October 29, 2003.
“Evaluating Conflicting Receptions of Will & Grace: Revisiting the Textual Analysis/ Audience
Research Dichotomy.” Biever Guest Lecture Series, Loyola University (New Orleans),
November 20, 2002.
“Beyond Representational Correctness: Thoughts on Evaluating Popular Culture
Representations.” Colloquium for the Communication Department, University of Maryland,
April 12, 2002.
“What is Golf?: Arguing about Definitions in the Supreme Court’s Decision in PGA Tour, Inc v.
Martin.” Minnesota Institute for Legal Education, August 28, 2001.
“In Defense of Big Rhetoric: The Scope and Function of Rhetorical Studies.” Colloquium for the
Department of Communication Studies, Northwestern University, May, 2001.
“Constructing Reality Through Definitions: The Politics of Meaning.” Center for the
Interdisciplinary Study of Writing, University of Minnesota, Lecture Series, October 8, 1998.
“The Rhetoric of Definition.” Colloquium for the Department of Rhetoric, University of
Minnesota. February 1998.
“Critical Communication Studies.” Colloquium for Graduate Students in the School of
Journalism and Mass Communication, University of Minnesota. March 1997.
“Interdisciplinary Research on the Sophists.” Joint Classics and Philosophy Colloquium,
University of Texas, Austin. February 1994.
“The Origins of Rhetorical Theory.” Presentation for Classical Rhetoric and Poetics students,
Comparative Literature Program, Purdue University, January 1994.
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“Recent Research on the Sophists.” Presentation for Classical Greek Rhetoric Students,
Northwestern University, October 1993.
“The Rhetoric of Definition: Redefining Rape.” Joint English and Communication Department
Colloquium, Texas A & M University, October, 1993.
“The Role of Definitions in Constructing Social Reality.” Communication Studies Colloquium,
Department of Communication, Ohio State University, March, 1993.
“Reconsidering the Legacy of the Sophists: The Case of Gorgias.” Interdisciplinary Colloquium
Series on Classical Rhetoric, Pennsylvania State University, November 1991.
“The Politics of the Personal.” Last Lecture Series, College of Arts and Sciences, Kansas State
University, May 1990.
10. Research Grants and Fellowships
Paul W. Frenzel Chair of Liberal Arts, University of Minnesota, 2000-2012 [$35,000 annually]
Summer Research Grant, University of Minnesota, 1996, 1997. [$5,000]
National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Grant, 1993 [$4,000]
Purdue Research Foundation Summer Grant, Purdue University, 1992 [$5,000]
Faculty Incentive Grant, Purdue University, 1992. [$530]
XL Faculty Research Grant, Purdue University, 1991. [$5000]
C. Teaching Experience (See Teaching Portfolio for more information)
1. Courses Taught
Kansas State University (1985-1990)
SPCH 106 Public Speaking, 1987-1988
SPCH 325 Argumentation & Debate, 1985-1990
SPCH 330 Rhetoric in Western Thought, 1986-1988
SPCH 335 Criticism of Public Argument, 1986-1990
SPCH 340 Freedom of Speech, 1988-1990
SPCH 525 Argumentation Theory, 1988
SPCH 610 Rhetoric of the Sixties, 1986-1989
SPCH 720 Classical Rhetorical Theory, 1989
SPCH 730 Contemporary Theories of Rhetoric, 1989
SPCH 799 Feminism and Rhetoric, 1990
Purdue University (1990-1995)
COM 114 Fundamentals of Human Communication, 1993
COM 204 Communication and Social Knowledge, 1991-1995
COM 312 Rhetoric in the Western World, 1990
COM 521 Theories of Rhetoric, 1990, 1993 (also ENGL 596)
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COM 584 Historical Research Methods, 1994 (also ENGL 595)
COM 585 Critical Research Methods, 1994 (also ENGL 595)
COM 621 Classical Rhetorical Theory, 1991
COM 622 Seminar on the Sophists, 1992 (also ENGL 696)
COM 622 Seminar on Richard Rorty, 1993
COM 684 Feminist Critical Methods, 1991
University of Minnesota (1995-2009)
COMM 1102 Introduction to Communication [Theory], 2001-2002.
COMM 1313 Analysis of Argument, 1995-2007.
COMM 3110 Television Studies: Six Feet Under, 2003.
COMM 3110 Masculinity and Film, 2003-2006. (also CSCL 3970)
COMM 3615 Freedom of Speech, 1997-1999.
WOST 3300 Gender and Film, 1997-1999.
WOST 3306 Women in U.S. Popular Culture, 2001.
COMM 5615 Introduction to Rhetorical Criticism, 1996-2005.
COMM 8110 Rhetoric of Popular Culture, 1995, 1996, 2008.
COMM 8110 Practicum on Professional Development, 2000-2002
COMM 8211 Critical Communication Studies, 1996, 1998.
COMM 8611 Seminar in Rhetorical Theory (topics have included
“Writings of Richard Rorty,” “Writings of Kenneth Burke,” “Parents and Media
Research,” “Argumentation Theory,” “Writings of Burke & Foucault,” &
“Rhetoric of Popular Culture”), 1996-2009.
2. Course and Curriculum Development
Developed new courses at Kansas State University:
SPCH 335 Criticism of Public Argument. First taught, spring 1986.
SPCH 340 Freedom of Speech. First taught, fall 1988.
SPCH 610 Rhetoric of the Sixties. First taught, spring 1986.
SPCH 799 Feminism and Rhetoric. First taught, spring 1990.
Developed new courses at Purdue University:
COM 621B Classical Rhetorical Theory. First taught, spring 1991.
COM 684F Feminist Critical Methods. First taught, fall 1991.
COM 622S Seminar on the Sophists. First taught, spring 1992.
COM 622R Seminar on Richard Rorty. First taught, spring 1993.
Developed new courses at University of Minnesota.
COMM 8110 Rhetoric of Popular Culture. First taught, fall 1995.
COMM 3615 Freedom of Speech. First taught, winter 1997.
COMM 3110 Television Studies: Six Feet Under, 2003.
WOST 3300 Gender & Film. First taught, fall 1997.
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COMM 8110 Practicum on Professional Development. First taught, 2000.
3. Involvement in Graduate Research Program
a. Completed M.A. Theses under Schiappa’s Direction
David K. Scott, “Toward a ‘Steady-State’ Theory of Social Movements: Louis Farrakhan and the
Nation of Islam.” Kansas State University, May 1989.
Karen Smalldone, “Campus Activities and the First Amendment.” Kansas State University, May
1990.
James A. Fieser, “A Predisciplinary Interpretation of Gorgias’ On What Is Not, or On Nature.”
Kansas State University, May 1990.
Todd E. Graham, “No Joking Matter: The Hateful Rhetoric of Andrew Dice Clay.” Kansas State
University, August 1990.
Naomi Rockler, “‘There He Is!’ Hegemonic Masculinity and the Narrative of the American Gulf
War Troops in Newsweek and People.” Purdue University, April 1994.
Margaret K. Dick, “Magic Realism: A Study of the Emancipatory Rhetoric of Gabriel García
Márquez and Isabel Allende.” Purdue University, May 1994.
Patricia Anne Ryden, “A Feminist Analysis of the Constructed Role of First Lady: Hillary
Rodham Clinton as First Citizen.” Purdue University, May 1994.
Bryan Crable, “A Reinterpretation of Method in Rhetorical Criticism: Critics, Beliefs, and Text.”
Purdue University, Dec. 1994.
J. Sibley Law, “Fictive Discourse as a Way of Knowing.” Purdue University, July 1995.
Jesika R. Goldman, “Making It Perfectly Queer: A Narrative Perspective on Alternative Media.”
Purdue University, July 1995.
Marj Schneider, “Narrative within a Narrative: The Diane Story.” University of Minnesota,
November 1998.
Melanie Christine Hohertz, “Punk Rock and the Struggle for Collective Identity.” University of
Minnesota, June 1999.
Christopher Swift, “Herbert Marcuse and the Aesthetic Power of the New Left.” University of
Minnesota, August 1999.
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Adam Tyma, “Exploring Technophobia and Existentialism in The Matrix.” (plan B paper)
University of Minnesota, May 2001.
Michael Fox (plan B paper), University of Minnesota, May 2001.
Peter Gregg, “From MTV to ELM: The Development of a Critical Media Literacy Video.”
University of Minnesota, May 2002.
Sean William Larson, “Combatting Tyranny: Juvenal’s Second Satire and Homosexuality.”
University of Minnesota, M.A. Thesis, defended January, 2005.
Emanuelle Wessels, “A Textual and Audience Analysis of the ‘Zombie Survival’ Film Genre.”
University of Minnesota, M.A. Thesis, defended May, 2006.
Thomas Johnson, “Relationships between sports viewing habits and attitudes about masculinity.”
University of Minnesota, M.A. Thesis, defended May, 2006.
Robert Baron, “The Encyclopedia Everyone Can Edit: The Rhetorical Framing Controversy and
Implications of Wikipedia.” University of Minnesota, M.A. Thesis, defended June 2007.
Meg Kunde, “Not a Third Party, but Me!: An Evaluation of Minnesota Independence Party
Gubernatorial Candidate Peter Hutchinson's Failed Attempt to use Ethos and Logos to Connect
with Voters.” University of Minnesota, M.A. Thesis, defended December 2007.
Kristin Naumann Mannix, plan B paper, University of Minnesota, May 2002.
Jurene Fremstad, plan B paper, University of Minnesota, May 2002.
Elizabeth Widup, plan B paper, University of Minnesota, May 2003.
Meghan Krause, plan B paper, University of Minnesota, May 2003.
Elizabeth Owen, plan B paper completed May, 2004.
Diane Odash, plan B paper completed May, 2004.
Randall Schaefer, plan B paper, MA, 2005
Kevin Vollmers, plan B paper, MA, 2005.
Kim Kleitz, plan B paper, 2008.
b. Completed Ph.D. Dissertations under Schiappa’s Direction.
Keith M. Hearit, “Organizations, Apologia, and Crises of Social Legitimacy.” Purdue
University, May 1992.
William N. Elwood, “Critical Rhetoric and the Issue of Drug Control: A Rhetorical Commentary
on Contemporary Discourse in the American War on Drugs.” Purdue University, September
1992. [Published as Rhetoric in the War on Drugs: The Triumphs and Tragedies of Public
Relations (Westport, CT: Praeger, 1994)]
Shawny Anderson, “Condensed Hegemony: A Cultural/Ideological Critique of Reader’s Digest,
1980-1992.” Purdue University, April 1994.
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David M. Timmerman, “Rhetorical Acts, Redescription, and Identification: A Study of the
Rhetoric of Bill Hybels.” Purdue University, September 1994.
Omar J. Swartz, “Toward a Scholarship of Difference: Critical Praxis, Neo-Pragmatism, and
Rhetorical Inquiry.” Purdue University, January 1995. [Published as Conducting Socially
Responsible Research (Thousand Oaks: Sage, 1997)].
Deborah A. Wertanen, “Sights, Sounds, and Signs: A Rhetorical Analysis of Nondiscursive
Artifacts.” Purdue University, April 1997.
Randall Lee Ferguson, “The Anti-Revolutionary Rhetoric of Thomas Chandler, Myles Cooper,
Charles Inglis, and Samuel Seabury: An Analysis of Metaphor.” University of Minnesota, July
1998.
Brent Allen Whitmore, “From Barthes to Bart Simpson: Semio-Rhetoric, Commercial
Intertextuality, and Popular Culture.” University of Minnesota, July 2000.
Patricia Anne Ryden, “Fighting Fire with Fire: Textual and Audience Research on Three Critical
Media Literacy Videos.” Purdue University, May 2001.
Badri Nahvi Johnson, “An Iranian-American Experience: A Narrative of Culture and
Transformation.” University of Minnesota, December 2001.
Michael Alan Netzley, “Persuasion Theory’s Pedagogical Turn in Ranked MBA Programs.”
University of Minnesota, February 2002.
Christine Lynn Garlough, “The Rhetoric of Culture: Shaping Indian-American Identities
Through Grassroots Community Education.” University of Minnesota, May 2002.
Shannon Skarphol Kaml, “Talking Back: The Rhetoric of Billboard Liberation.” University of
Minnesota, August 2002.
Kristen Eis Cvancara (coadvisor with T. Kinney), “Social Influence in Interpersonal
Relationships: An Examination of Parents’, Peers’, and Mass Media’s Ability to Instill
Antisocial Communication.” Ph.D. Dissertation, defended May, 2004.
Peter B. Gregg, “Reconceptualizing Parasocial Interaction: Multiple Dimensions or Multiple
Functions of Mediated Communication?” University of Minnesota, May, 2005.
Annalisa Marie Wirth, “Negotiating the Double Binds Facing Women in Leadership: Rhetorical
Personae and the Feminine Style.” University of Minnesota, July, 2005.
Timothy Behme, “Authorship Ethics in Ancient Greece: Case Studies of Herodotus, Isocrates,
and Plato.” University of Minnesota, July 2007.
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Robert Hinrichs, “Arguing Global Warming: The Reception and Uses of Climate Change
Science.” (Winner of the University of Minnesota Consortium on Law and Values in Health,
Environment, and the Life Sciences Student Scholar Award). University of Minnesota, Ph.D.
Dissertation, defended July 2008.
Beth Bonnstetter, “An Analytical Framework of Parody and Satire: Mel Brooks and His World.”
University of Minnesota, Ph.D. Dissertation, defended June 2008.
Kelley Marie Skillin, “Beyond the Classroom: Rhetorical Constructions of ‘Service Learning’.”
University of Minnesota, Ph.D. Dissertation, defended July 2009.
c. Served on 5 M.A. Thesis committees at Kansas State University.
d. Committee Member (or “Reader”) of Ph.D. and M.A. Students.
Jeffrey Courtright (completed Ph.D. 1991)
Kirt Wilson (completed M.A. 1991)
Linda Gail Seward (completed Ph.D. 1991)
Daniel O’Rourke (completed Ph.D. 1992)
Detine Bowers (completed Ph.D. 1992)
Derek Arnold (completed M.A. 1992)
Scott Adams (completed M.A. 1992)
Maureen Taylor (completed M.A. 1993)
Dale Gauthreaux (completed Ph.D. 1993)
Joy Cypher (completed M.A. 1994)
Angela Tretheway (completed Ph.D. 1994)
Darla Williams (completed Ph.D. 1994)
Bruce McComiskey (completed Ph.D. in English, 1994)
Kristine Blair (completed Ph.D. in English, 1994)
Susan Smith (completed M.A. 1994)
April Franklyn (completed M.A. 1995)
Theresa Russell-Loretz (completed Ph.D. 1995)
Ron Wendt (completed Ph.D. 1995)
Brent Whitmore (completed M.A. 1996)
K. J. Wall (completed M.A. 1996)
Nathan Stormer (completed Ph.D. 1997)
Kathy Torrens (completed Ph.D. 1997)
Robert Brookey (completed Ph.D. 1998)
Joshua Gunn (completed M.A. 1998)
Samuel Chambers (completed PhD [political science] 1998)
Les Opatz (completed M.A. 1998)
David Beard (completed M.A. 1998)
Jennifer McGee (completed Ph.D. 1998)
Catherine Orr (completed PhD 1998)
Naomi Rockler (completed PhD 1999)
Ruth Cronje (completed Ph.D. [Rhetoric] 2000)
Christopher Paul (completed M.A. 2001)
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Sara Wolf (completed M.A. 2001)
Elizabeth Sue Weber (completed Ph.D. 2001)
Mark Alan Cenite (completed Ph.D. [Journalism] 2001)
Martin Lang (completed M.A. 2002)
David Beard (completed Ph.D. [Rhetoric] 2002)
Joshua Gunn, (completed Ph.D. 2002)
Diane Gruber (completed Ph.D. [Am. Studies, Purdue] 2003]
Erin Wais, MA Thesis Committee, Rhetoric Department, 2005 defense.
Kelly Ball-Stahl, PhD Thesis Committee, Rhetoric Department, 2005 defense
Cristina Hanganu-Bresch, PhD Thesis Committee, Rhetoric Department, 2005 defense.
Kris Bruss, PhD Thesis Committee, Communication Studies, 2005 defense.
Jin Bong Choi, PhD Thesis Committee, Communication Studies, 2005 defense.
Karyl Daughters, PhD Thesis Committee, Communication Studies, 2005 defense.
Michael Kramer, PhD Thesis Committee, Communication Studies, 2005 defense.
Martin Lang, PhD Thesis Committee, Communication Studies, 2005 defense.
Christopher Paul, PhD Thesis Committee, Communication Studies, 2005 defense.
Jennifer Charpentier, PhD Thesis Committee, Communication Studies, 2006 defense.
Aric Putnam, PhD Thesis Committee, Communication Studies, 2006 defense.
Mariko Izumi, PhD Thesis Committee, Communication Studies, 2007 defense.
Zornitsa Keremidchieva, PhD Thesis Committee, Communication Studies, 2007 defense.
Brigid Power, MA Thesis Committee, Communication Studies, 2007 defense.
{This list is incomplete, but close}
D. Service and University Outreach Activities
1. University of Minnesota (1995-ongoing) [representative list]
Chair, Department of Communication Studies (2005- )
Co-Chair, Task Force on Graduate Education: Student Support (2005-2006).
College of Liberal Arts Promotion/Tenure Advisory Committee (2003-2005)
Director of Graduate Studies, Communication Studies Department (1996-2005)
Member, Committee of the University of Minnesota Press (2001-2005)
Associate Dean of the Graduate School (1999-2000)
College Writing Consultant, Writing-Intensive Initiative (1998-2004)
Chair, Graduate School Constitution Revision Committee (2001-2002)
Member, Steering Group for new major in “Cinema and Media Studies” (2000-ongoing)
Member, Planning Committee for the Institute for New Media Studies (1998-1999)
Member, Dean’s Task Force on Communication Studies (1997-1998)
Member, Women’s Studies Assembly (1995-1998)
Member, Women’s Studies Curriculum Committee (2003-ongoing)
Board Member, Center for Interdisciplinary Studies in Writing (1996-1998)
Search Committee Chair, Center for Interdisciplinary Studies in Writing (1997-1998)
Chair, Departmental Search Committee (1996-97; 2000-2001)
Member, Ph.D. in Feminist Studies Proposal Committee (1996-1997)
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2. Purdue University Service [representative list]
Director of Graduate Studies, Communication Department (1993-1995)
Member, Women’s Studies Steering Committee (1991-1995)
Chair, Communication Department Graduate Committee (1993-1995)
Chair, School of Liberal Arts Grievance Committee (1991-1993)
Chair, Search Committee, Communication Department (1992-1993)
Chair, Rhetorical Studies Instructional Unit (1992-1995)
Member, Faculty Affairs Committee, Communication Dept. (1992-1994)
Member, Communication Internship Evaluation Committee (1992-1993)
Faculty Adviser, Delta Lambda Phi Fraternity (1992-1995)
School of Liberal Arts Senator (1991-1992)
Member, [all-university] Campus Appeals Board (1991-1993)
3. Service in Professional Organizations [representative list]
Member, Doctoral Education Committee, National Communication Association, 2003-2006.
Member-at-Large of the National Communication Association Legislative Council, 1999-2003.
Chair of the Rhetorical and Communication Theory Division of NCA, 2000-2003. This Division
is one of NCA’s largest. The chair runs the division and also is responsible for planning the
divisions’ programs for the national convention. In 2002 I processed over 100 submissions for
the NCA convention.
Member, Diamond Anniversary Book Award Committee, National Communication Association
(2001-2004).
At-Large Member of the National Communication Association Nominating Committee 1997-
1999.
Co-planner, NCA summer conference on Graduate Education, 1996. Put together program on
“Ethical Issues in Graduate Education” for the conference.
Convention Program Committee, Rhetoric Society of America, 1995-1997.
Editor Selection Committee for Rhetoric Society Quarterly for the Rhetoric Society of America,
1995.
Member of the Golden Anniversary Awards Committee of the National Communication
Association, 1993-1995.
Member of the Publications Board (selects editors for NCA journals) of the National
Communication Association, 1993-1996.
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Member of the Editorial Review Board (selects editor for RSA journal) of the Rhetoric Society
of America, 1994.
Board of Directors, Rhetoric Society of America, 1993-1996.
Vice-President, Cross-Examination Debate Association, 1989-1990.
4. International Service
External Reviewer for the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada.
Reviewed research grant proposal by Robert Danisch on Neopragmatism (December 2007).
External Reviewer for the Israel Science Foundation. Reviewed research grant proposal for a
project on using the Internet to explore the Parasocial Contact Hypothesis (February 2009).
5. Community Service [Examples of Recent Activities]
Interviewed frequently by local print, radio, and television media on popular culture issues and
political communication. Recent examples include:
Guest for an hour show on “Politics in the Classroom” with Kelly Guest on KTLK talk radio on
March 4, 2006.
Guest on “Access Minnesota” radio show about political debates, September 2, 2006.
Television interview (1/10/07) for WCCO TV on labeling decades and how such labels influence
our perceptions and memories of periods of time.
Guest on Minnesota Public Radio’s “Midmorning Show,” April 26, 2007, for hour-long
discussion of NBC releasing Virginia Tech killer’s self-promotional materials.
Studio Guest, KSTP-TV, July 31, 2004. Appeared on “At Issue” to discuss the Democratic
National Convention and media influence on perceptions of John Kerry.
Studio Guest, WCCO-TV, March 28, 2004. Debated the case of Elk Grove v. Newdow being
heard by the Supreme Court concerning the phrase “under God” in the Pledge of Allegiance.
“Nation has heard this line before.” Op Ed Commentary published in Minneapolis Star Tribune,
February 13, 2004, p. A15.
Guest, “Midmorning” show on Minnesota Public Radio on “The Changing Meaning of
Marriage.” February 16, 2004.
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Interview with ABC radio news (nationwide) on San Francisco gay marriages, February 17,
2004.
Expert Witness (paid), OOIDA v. DAC Services. Activities took place throughout 2005 & 2006,
culminating in Testimony in Trial, September 2006.
Participant in Minnesota Public Radio Forum on the Future of the University. This involved
numerous posting on web forum throughout February 2001, as well as participation in a live
broadcast that took place on February 22, 2001. For a summary,
see: http://news.mpr.org/programs/specials/u/forumsummary.shtml
Active Participant in “PoliTalk” Forum on Public Funding of Major League Baseball stadiums
(June, 2001). See: www.politalk.com/pages/topics/stadium/archive.html
This discussion received some media attention nationwide, including an article in the Village
Voice.
Presenter, Minnesota Institute for Legal Education, August 28, 2001. Title: ”What is Golf?:
Arguing about Definitions in the Supreme Court’s Decision in PGA Tour, Inc v. Martin.”
Board Member, “Debate Minnesota,” a non-partisan group that sponsors debates between
candidates for state offices in Minnesota. For more information see:
http://www.debateminnesota.com
Official Advisor to “The Great American Think-Off” held in New York Mills, MN. For more
information see: http://www.think-off.org.
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