Education

BA 1989; College of Wooster, Communication
MA 1992; University of California, Rhetoric and Communication
PhD 1995; Penn State University, Speech Communication

Teaching Interests

• Rhetorical Theory and Criticism
• Political Communication and Sport
• Media and Culture

Research Interests

• New Era and early New Deal Presidential Studies
• Disability Studies
• Mediated Representations of Sport with an Emphasis on Issues of Race, Gender, Class and Sexuality