Academic Background: Ph.D. in Communication Studies, Northwestern University; M.A., University of Kansas.
Research Interests: Argumentation, persuasion, media influence, rhetorical theory.
Appointments: John E. Burchard Professor of the Humanities, Department of Comparative Media Studies/Writing.
Publications: 'The Beginnings of Rhetorical Theory in Classical Greece' (Yale University Press, 1999).
Additional Contributions: Former head of Comparative Media Studies/Writing.