CONVENTION PRESENTATIONS

National Conventions:
"The Teller and the Tale: Ethos and the Implied Author in the Economic Narratives of Adam Smith." Presented at the Annual Meeting of the National Communication Association, in Chicago, IL, Nov. 5-7, 1999.

"Rhetoric as the Art of Human Agency." Presented at the Annual Meeting of the National Communication Association, in New York, NY, Nov. 21-24, 1998.

"The Moral Rhetoric of Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations." Presented at the Annual Meeting of the National Communication Association, in Chicago, IL, Nov. 20-23, 1997.

"Reconsidering the Narrative Paradigm: The Implications of Ethos." Presented at the Tenth NCA/AFA Conference on Argumentation at Alta, Utah, July 31-Aug. 3, 1997, in the panel: Argumentation Theory Spotlight: The Best Four Papers.

"Rhetorical Theory and Samuel L. Popkin's Reasoning Voter." Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Speech Communication Association, in San Diego, CA, Nov. 23-26, 1996.

Panel Organized: "Constituting 'The Public' in Presidential Campaigns: Scholarly and Applied Perspectives." At the Annual Meeting of the Speech Communication Association, in San Diego, CA, Nov. 23-26, 1996.

"Rhetorical Theory and Samuel L. Popkin's Reasoning Voter." Presented at the Meeting of the International Society of Political Psychology, in Vancouver, B.C., Canada, June 30 - July 3, 1996.

"Reading As Self-Persuasion: Understanding Rhetorical Topoi As Narrative Elements." Presented at the 4th International Conference on Narrative, University of Kentucky (Lexington), Oct. 13 - 15, 1995.

Regional Conventions:
"Performing a Rhetoric of Science: Dr. Laura's Portrayal of Homosexuality." Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Western States Communication Association, in Couer d'Alene, Idaho, Feb. 2001.

"Death, Football, and Taxes: The Rhetoric of Rationality and Irrationality in Economic Value." Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Western States Communication Association, in Sacramento, CA, Feb. 25-29, 2000.

"Social Knowledge and Respect: A Rhetorical Communication Model of Relationship." Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Western States Communication Association, in Denver, CO, Feb. 14 - 17, 1998.

"Rhetoric and Economics: The Place of Social Knowledge." Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Western States Communication Association, in Monterey, CA, Feb. 15-18, 1997.

"Epideictic Rhetoric and Polemical Argument: Rush Limbaugh's Radio Show." Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Western States Communication Association, in Pasadena, CA, Feb. 17 - 20, 1996.

Panel Organized: "Talk-Radio: Is This the Electronic Town-Hall We Wound Up With?" At the Annual Meeting of the Western States Communication Association, in Pasadena, CA, Feb. 17 - 20, 1996.

Graduate Student Conferences:
"Reconsidering the Narrative Paradigm: The Implications of Ethos." Presented at the Western Miniconference, a graduate student conference hosted by the Annenberg School for Communication, University of Southern California, in Los Angeles, CA, April 11-12, 1997.

"Discerning the Seams: Epideictic Rhetoric as Political Discourse." Presented at Discerning the Right, a graduate student conference hosted by the University of Illinois at Milwaukee, March 8-9, 1996.

"Hidden Costs: Peter Drucker's Post-Capitalist Society." Presented at Markets and Morals: The Rhetoric of a Middle Class, a graduate student conference conducted by POROI (Project on the Rhetoric of Inquiry) and chaired by Donald McCloskey, PhD, University of Iowa (Iowa City), Oct. 6 - 8, 1995.