Classes Taught

COM 103 Introduction to Communication Theory

COM 202 Public Speaking

COM 203 Journalistic Reporting and Writing  

COM 206 History of Rhetorical Thought

COM 215 Introduction to Media Studies

COM 242 Cinematic Images and Society

COM 325 Film Criticism

COM 328 Communication and Social Theory

COM 402 Senior Seminar






My teaching and research interests are in media/film studies, cultural studies,  rhetorical theory and criticism, American public discourse, and philosophy of communication.

I have published articles in the Journal of Communication and Religion, the Florida Communication Journal, and the Louisiana Communication Journal.

My book, The Rhetoric of Redemption: Kenneth Burke's Redemption Drama and Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" Speech was published by Rowman & Littlefield as part of their Communication, Media, and Politics series.