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Trevor Parry-Giles Associate Professor Ph.D., Indiana University |
Research |
Dr. Parry-Giles studies rhetoric and political culture and legal rhetoric. He is the co-author The Prime-Time Presidency: The West Wing and U.S. Nationalism (University of Illinois Press) and Constructing Clinton: Hyperreality and Presidential Image-Making in Postmodern Politics (Peter Lang), which received the 2003 Everett Lee Hunt Award from the Eastern Communication Association. Dr. Parry-Giles is also the author of The Character of Justice: Rhetoric, Law, and Politics in the Supreme Court Confirmation Process (Michigan State University Press), which received the 2007 Diamond Anniversary Book Award from the National Communication Association, the 2007 Kohrs-Campbell Prize in Rhetorical Criticism, and the 2007 Marie Hochmuth Nichols Award from the NCA Public Address Division. His research has appeared in the Quarterly Journal of Speech, Rhetoric & Public Affairs, Critical Studies in Mass Communication, and elsewhere. Parry-Giles is the editor-elect of Communication Quarterly, a journal published by the Eastern Communication Association. Current research projects include a biography of the first presidential speechwriter (Judson C. Welliver), exploring the role of image and character in U.S. political discourse, and the power of celebrity culture in political and popular culture rhetoric.
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Teaching |
Fall 2008: COMM 700—Introduction to Graduate Studies in Communication COMM 760—Seminar in Political Communication Spring 2010: TBD |
Contact |
Department of Communication Office: Skinner 2105 |
