Assistant Professor; Assistant Director of
Debate
Department of Rhetoric, Communication and
Theatre
Cube 12, B-20, St. John Hall
Queens Campus
Phone: (718) 990-5607
Fax: (718) 990-2435
wrightj4@stjohns.edu
Educational Background
B.A., 1997, University of Alabama, Speech Communication
M.A., 1999, Wake Forest University, Communication
Ph.D., 2007, University of Texas at Austin, Rhetoric
Teaching
Courses Taught at St. John’s
University
- Public Speaking
- Advanced Public Speaking
- Persuasion
- Rhetoric and Pop Culture
- Sophistic Rhetoric
- Feminist Rhetorical Theory
Research
Areas of Specialization
Rhetorical theory, rhetorical history, argumentation theory,
semiotics, persuasion theory, history and post-humanism, popular
culture.