Teaching
St. John’s University
Public Speaking, Discover New York: Great Speeches in New
York, Advanced Public Speaking, Persuasion, American Public
Address, Rhetorical Communication Strategies, Rhetoric of
Religion, Small Group Communication Process
Ivan Franko National University, Lviv,
Ukraine (2007)
Fulbright Lecturer. Seminar, Rhetoric and Democracy
New York University (2005)
Visiting Associate Professor. Graduate Seminar in Rhetorical
Criticism
Bethel Seminary East
(1999-2000)
Homiletics
Publications
Pushing the Limits of Dissent in Wartime:Clement
Vallandigham’s Dare-Devil Tactics. Free Speech
Yearbook. In press.
Art and Effect: Sorting out Persuasive Inadequacy in
Crises in American Oratory: A History of Rhetorical
Inadequacy. Ed. Todd S. Frobish. Kendall/Hunt
Publishing Co. 2007.
David Ramsay and Louisiana: Time and Space in the Adolescent
Rhetoric of America. Western Journal of Communication 70
(2) (April 2006): 134-146.
Washington's Farewell Address: Distance as Bane and
Blessing. Rhetoric and Public Affairs 5 (3) (Fall 2002):
393-407.
Joe Lieberman at Fellowship Chapel: Civil Religion Meets
Self-Disclosure. Journal of Communication and Religion
25 (September 2002): 148-165.
The Rhetoric of Privatized Religious Discourse: Rep. Glenn
Poshard Takes on the Christian Coalition. Qualitative
Research Reports in Communication 1 (4) (Fall 2000): 84-89.
What America Owes the World: The Struggle for the Soul of
Foreign Policy by H. W. Brands. Book Review.
Rhetoric and Public Affairs 3 (1) (Spring 2000): 99-101.
Constructing Audiences for Ecumenism: A Rhetorical
Perspective. World Communication 27 (4) (1998):
38-49.
Bryan As Demosthenes: The Scopes Trial and the Undelivered
Oration, "On Evolution." Western Journal of
Communication 62 (2) (Spring 1998):
165-180. .
Gov. Al Smith Confronts the Catholic Question: The
Rhetorical Legacy of the 1928 Campaign. Communication
Quarterly 46 (1) (Winter 1998): 12-24.
The Enigmatic Ends of Rhetoric: Churchill's Fulton Address
as Great Art and Failed Persuasion. Quarterly Journal of
Speech 83 (1997): 416-428.
Rethinking the War Metaphor in Religious Rhetoric: Burke,
Black, and Berrigan's "Glimmer of Light." Journal of
Communication and Religion 20 (April 1997): 49-60.
Liberty in Baptist Thought: Three Primary Texts,
1614-1856, The American Baptist Quarterly XV (September 1996):
242-256.
John Calvin's Rhetorical Christianity and Sixteenth Century
Religious Exiles: Constructing an Ethic of Refugees,
Speech Communication Annual, New York State Speech Communication
Association, 10 (Spring 1996): 37-60.
Martyrdom as Reflected in Selected Hymn Texts: Keeping
Suffering at Arm's Length. The Hymn 44 (April 1993):
17-21.
Keeping Religious Discourse Out of the Public Debate: What
Happened to C. Everett Koop? Journal of Communication
and Religion 15 (March 1992): 29-41.