Faculty

 

 


Stephen H. Browne


Professor of Communication Arts and Sciences

Office: 234 Sparks Building
Telephone: (814) 865-1028

Fax: (814) 863-7986
E-mail: sxb17@psu.edu

Curriculum Vitae

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EDUCATION:

 

  • B.S., University of Oregon, 1979
  • M.A., Colorado State University, 1982
  • Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1987

 

RESEARCH ACTIVITIES AND INTERESTS:

I specialize in the areas of rhetorical criticism, history of oratory and public argument, and nineteenth-century rhetorics of reform. I teach courses in the interpretation of rhetorical texts, and rhetoric of campaigns and revolutions, and rhetorical theory.

 

COURSES:

CAS 220: Introduction to Rhetorical Theory
CAS 412: Speech Criticism
CAS 420: Systems and Theories of Rhetoric
CAS 497: Rhetoric and Public Memory
CAS 506: Contemporary Rhetorical Theory

 

RESEARCH AREAS:

Rhetorical Criticism
History of Oratory and Public Argument
Nineteenth-Century Rhetorics of Reform

 

AWARDS:

  • Karl R. Wallace Memorial Award

 

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