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My teaching and research revolve around the rhetoric of resistance in US society. I believe that a rhetorical analysis of dissent best reveals how struggles for rights, resources, and opportunities depend, in large part, on a battle over shared meanings. I try to account for the rhetoric of contentious politics through archival research, especially oral interviews from grassroots activists. However, a social movement approach demands a flexible methodology, ranging from close textual analysis, rhetorical history, and critical public address studies. Most recently, my work focuses on the often competing claims of democratic citizenship and warfare.
Rhetorical Theory; Philosophy of Communication; Public Memory; Argumentation; Rhetoric of Democracy & Dissent
Social Movement Rhetoric; Public Memory; Debates over War and Peace
