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I recommend the following websites
for information on rhetoric:

• www.perseus.tufts.edu
  (resources on Classical rhetoric and culture).
• www.uky.edu/AS/Classics/Harris/rhetform.html
  (an online glossary of literary terms and a handbook
  of rhetorical devices by Robert Harris at U. KY).
• www.wam.umd.edu/~gaines/rhetheor.html
  (rhetoric and rhetorical criticism by Robert Gaines
  at the University of Maryland). 
• www.allianceofrhetoricalsocieties.org
  (lots of information on rhetoric)

I hold a B.A. in English, an M.A. in the History of Art, and a Ph.D.in Rhetoric (University of Minnesota, 1998).  As a member of the English Department graduate program in Literacy, Rhetoric, and Social Practice, I teach writing, literature, and rhetorical theory. 

My research interests include Aristotelian and Classical rhetorical theory, the history of rhetoric and style, metaphor and figurative language, in particular, and the Rhetoric of Science.  Following from these interests, my current project, Aristotle and Style, focuses on Aristotle’s conceptualization of figurative language and the history of the rhetorical canon of style.  In my newest project, I turn to the rhetoric of mental health.  When I need a break from my studies, I listen to music.

Areas of Interest

Classical Rhetorical Theory, History of Rhetoric, Style, Gesture, Disability Studies

Current Project

• “Aristotle’s Metaphorical Theory Applied to the Nicomachean Ethics: Aiming at a Mean” (under review at Quarterly Journal of Speech).

Selected Recent Publications

• Aristotle and Style. Lewiston, NY: Mellen, 2005.
  
• “Metaphorical Medicine: Using Metaphors to Enhance Communication with Patients Who Have Pulmonary Disease,” with Alejandro C. Arroliga, M.D, David   L. Longworth, M.D., James K. Stoller, M.D. The Annals of Internal Medicine (September 2, 2002): 376-380.
• “Aristotle’s Notion of ‘Bringing-Before-the-Eyes’: Its Contributions to Aristotelian and Contemporary Conceptualizations of Style and Audience” Rhetorica XX/I (Winter 2002): 1-23.
• “Aristotle’s Definitions of Rhetoric in the Rhetoric: the Metaphors and their Message.” Written Communication. (Jan. 2001): 3-25.
• “Recognizing a Rhetorical Theory of Figures: What Aristotle Tells us About the Relationship Between the Figures of Speech.” Advances in the History of Rhetoric IV (2000): 13-25.
• “Aristotelian Rhetorical Theory as a Framework for Teaching Scientific and TechnicalCommunication.” The Journal of Technical Writing and Communication 29/4 (1999): 325-334.