Rosa A. Eberly

Associate Professor of Communication Arts and Sciences, and English

Office: 214 Sparks Building
Telephone: (814) 863-0867

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

Curriculum Vitae

EDUCATION:

• B.A., Penn State University, 1984
• M.A., University of Chicago, 1987
• Ph.D., Penn State University, 1994

RESEARCH ACTIVITIES AND INTERESTS:

Center for Civic Engagement -- website under development

Citizen Critics: Literary Public Spheres (U Illinois Press, 2000)

Elements of Reasoning, 2d edition (Allyn and Bacon/Longman, 2001)

Ancient Rhetorics for Contemporary Reasons

Violence and Public Discourse

Rhetoric, Democratic Deliberation, Citizen Criticism

COURSES:

public speaking
rhetorical theory
methodological pluralism and integrative rhetoric
public controversies
rhetorics of journalism
http://www.cwrl.utexas.edu/~eberly/309k/
rhetoric and public memory
http://www.cwrl.utexas.edu/~eberly/spring2001/
http://www.cwrl.utexas.edu/~eberly/330e/
rhetoric and composition
http://www.cwrl.utexas.edu/~eberly/S306/
rhetoric and public discourse
http://www.drc.utexas.edu/courses/fall98/eberly.cfm

RESEARCH AREAS:

histories of rhetorical theory
rhetoric and democracy
civic engagement
ancient rhetorics
gender and discourse
rhetoric and public memory
radio rhetorics
rhetoric and philosophy
citizen criticism
contemporary rhetorical theories and practices