Emeritus Professor Michael Sproule continues to contribute to the field with his research on rhetoric, propaganda and democracy.
Dr. Sproule is a featured speaker at the College of Social Sciences Dean’s Symposium this week. The title of his talk is: “Communication and Democracy – the 19th Century Connection.” Symposium is Thursday, April 11, 1:30 pm, Flames Restaurant.
Dr. Sproule has also published three articles this past academic year:
___ “Inventing Public Speaking: Rhetoric and the Speech Book, 1730-1930. ” Rhetoric & Public Affairs, 15 (2012), 563-608.
___ “Propaganda’s Seven Deadliest Dangers: Society and Government in the U.S., 2008-2012.” In Propaganda and American Democracy, ed. Nancy Snow. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press. In press.
___ “Nineteenth-Century Rhetoric—The Big Problem.” Rhetoric & Public Affairs. In press.