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Shawn J. Parry-Giles Professor & Director of Graduate Studies Ph.D., Indiana University |
Research |
Dr. Parry-Giles teaches and studies rhetoric and politics. Her research has appeared in the Quarterly Journal of Speech, Presidential Studies Quarterly, Rhetoric & Public Affairs, and elsewhere. She is the author of The Rhetorical Presidency, Propaganda, and the Cold War, 1945-1955 (named a Choice "Outstanding Academic Title"), the co-author of Constructing Clinton: Hyperreality and Presidential Image-Making in Postmodern Politics, as well as The Prime-Time Presidency: The West Wing and U.S. Nationalism. Dr. Parry-Giles is also the director of the University of Maryland's Center for Political Communication and Civic Leadership. She is also co-editor of the new online journal: Voices of Democracy—a project that was initially funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities. Current research projects include
working on a book manuscript that examines the mediation of Hillary Rodham Clinton from 1992-2008, intersecting such theories of nationalism, authenticity, feminism, and news frames. Representative Publications: Parry-Giles, Shawn J. The Rhetorical Presidency, Propaganda, and the Cold War, 1945-1955 (Westport, Conn.: Praeger, 2002). Parry-Giles, Shawn J., and Trevor Parry-Giles. Constructing Clinton: Hyperreality and Presidential Image-Making in Postmodern Politics (New York: Peter Lang, 2002).
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Teaching |
Fall 2009: COMM 738B—Seminar in Mediated Communication: Visuality & the Media Spring 2010: TBD |
Contact |
Department of Communication Office: Skinner 2126 |
