Dr. Aldoory publishes in the areas of health communication, public relations and mass media. She has served as advisor to the National Cancer Institute and the Centers for Disease Control. Dr. Aldoory is the author of several articles and co-editor of The Gender Challenge to Media: Diverse Voices from the Field.

Particular areas of interest include: Health Campaigns for Women, Disparities in Health Communication, and Public Relations as a Gendered Profession.

Dr. Kendall is a nationally known expert on American political campaign communication, particularly the interaction of candidates and the media. She is the author/editor of Communication in the Presidential Primaries: Candidates and the Media, 1912-2000 and Presidential Campaign Discourse: Strategic Communication Problems.

Particular areas of interest include: Presidential Primaries, Presidential Debates, Media & Politics.

Dr. Khamis's areas of teaching and research interest include: Public Relations, Advertising, Public Opinion, Audience Research, Mass Media Campaigns, Gender and Media Studies, Women's Media Images and Portrayals, Mass Media and National Development, Ethnographic Media Studies, as well as International and Intercultural Communication.

Dr. Klumpp is the former president of the American Forensic Association and editor of Argumentation & Advocacy. He is an internationally recognized scholar of debate, argumentation, and the role of public speaking in leadership and in social change. His current research concentrates on rituals of governance, the quality of discourse in the American public sphere, and the history of American political speaking.

Particular areas of interest include: History of American Public Speaking and Speeches, Social Movements and Civic Activism in American Reform, and the Quality of Discourse in the American Public Sphere.

Dr. Maddux is a rhetorical critic with particular interests in religious and gendered rhetorics in both contemporary and historical American contexts. Her current project interrogates popular Christian-themed media texts with respect to their constructions of gender and civic responsibility.

Particular areas of interest include: Feminism & Religion, Christian-themed Media, & Civic Responsibility.

Dr. Parry-Giles serves as director of the Center for Political Communication and Civic Leadership. She is the author of The Rhetorical Presidency, Propaganda, and the Cold War, 1945-1955 and the co-author of Constructing Clinton: Hyperreality and Presidential Image-Making in Postmodern Politics and The Prime-Time Presidency: The West Wing and U.S. Nationalism.

Particular areas of interest include: Presidential Rhetoric & Debates, First Ladies & the Media Coverage of Hillary Rodham Clinton, Government Wartime Propaganda.

Dr. Parry-Giles is a former political consultant who publishes in the area of political and legal communication. He is co-author of Constructing Clinton: Hyperreality and Presidential Image-Making in Postmodern Politics and The Prime-Time Presidency: The West Wing and U.S. Nationalism. He is also the author of The Character of Justice: Rhetoric, Law, and Politics in the Supreme Court Confirmation Process.

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Particular areas of interest include: Political Strategy & Advertising, The Presidential Rhetoric of Bill Clinton, Supreme Court Confirmations.