Biography

James Darsey (Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1985) is Professor of Communication, and a leading scholar of rhetorical theory, GLBT studies, and social movements. His book, The Prophetic Tradition and Radical Rhetoric in America (NYU 1997), is among the most acclaimed books in the history of the discipline, having earned three major awards from the NCA, an unprecedented accomplishment: the Diamond Anniversary Book Award, the Winans/Wichelns Award for Scholarship in Rhetoric and Public Address, and the Nichols Award for Scholarship in Public Address. Darsey is currently researching cosmopolitan rhetorics. In 2000-2001, Darsey was one of only two communication scholars in the nation to earn a National Endowment of the Humanities Fellowship. In 2002 he delivered the Brigance Forum Lecture, the oldest major lecture series in rhetorical studies. He has also received a NEH summer stipend and other journal research awards, has served as chair of the Public Address Division of NCA, and has chaired various NCA award committees. Research Areas: Rhetorical Studies; Social Movements. Degree Track Affiliations: Ph.D. (Public Communication), M.A. (Human Communication & Social Influence). Core Graduate Seminars Regularly Taught: Texts in Context; Research Methods in Communication; Rhetorical Criticism.