Martin J. Medhurst Distinguished Professor of Rhetoric and Communication Professor of Political Science Baylor University
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Martin J. Medhurst Distinguished Professor of Rhetoric and Communication Professor of Political Science Baylor University One Bear Place 2024 Oak Glen Drive Campus Box 97000 McGregor, TX 76657 Baylor University Married: Laurel Medhurst Waco, TX 76798-7000 Three Adult Children (254) 710-7840 (254) 848-4244 email: [email protected] Education: Ph.D. (1980) The Pennsylvania State University Speech Communication (Rhetorical Theory & Criticism) Diss. “God Bless the President: The Rhetoric of Inaugural Prayer” Directed by Thomas W. Benson M.A. (1975) Northern Illinois University Speech Communication (Radio/TV/Film) B.A. (1974) Wheaton College (Illinois) Speech Communication Employment: Distinguished Professor of Rhetoric and Communication Baylor University; Professor of Political Science (2006) 2003- Coordinator of the Program in Presidential Rhetoric The Center for Presidential Studies George Bush School of Government and Public Service Texas A&M University 1993-2003 Professor of Speech Communication Texas A&M University 1991-2003 Associate Professor of Speech Communication Texas A&M University 1988-1991 Associate Professor of Rhetoric University of California, Davis 1985-1988 Assistant Professor of Rhetoric University of California, Davis 1979-1985 Medhurst 2 Courses Taught: Undergraduate Graduate Public Speaking Rhetorical Criticism Media & Society Rhetoric of Film Media Criticism Theories of Criticism Speech Criticism Documentary Film/TV Persuasive Campaigns Rhetorical Theory Rhetoric in Western Thought Presidential Rhetoric Early Christian Rhetoric Research in Rhetoric & Public Cold War Rhetoric Affairs Rhetorical Theory Rhetoric and Society African American Rhetoric Classical and Christian Rhetorics Politics and Communication Contemporary Public Address Rhetorical Theory & Criticism Current Memberships: National Communication Association Southern States Communication Association Religious Communication Association Rhetoric Society of America International Society for the History of Rhetoric Center for the Study of the Presidency Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations Council of Editors of Learned Journals Books: 2009 Stephen E. Lucas and Martin J. Medhurst, eds., Words of a Century: The Top 100 American Speeches, 1900-1999 (New York: Oxford University Press), vi + 669. 2008 Martin J. Medhurst, ed., Before the Rhetorical Presidency (College Station: Texas A&M University Press), 1 + 356. Reviewed: Choice 46 (2009): 6471. Journal of American Studies 43 (2009): e68. Rhetoric & Public Affairs 13 (2010): 149-151. Presidential Studies Quarterly 40 (2010): 191-193. Quarterly Journal of Speech 97 (2011): 114-117. 2008 James Arnt Aune and Martin J. Medhurst, eds., The Prospect of Presidential Rhetoric (College Station: Texas A&M University Press), vii + 384. Reviewed: The Review of Communication 10 (2010): 38-52. Medhurst 3 2006 Martin J. Medhurst, ed., The Rhetorical Presidency of George H. W. Bush (College Station: Texas A&M University Press), ix + 207. Reviewed: White House Studies 6 (2006): 431-32. The Historian 69 (2007): 551-52. Rhetoric & Public Affairs 10 (2007): 534-36. Presidential Studies Quarterly 39 (2009): 157-59. 2003 Kurt Ritter and Martin J. Medhurst, eds., Presidential Speechwriting: From the New Deal to the Reagan Revolution and Beyond (College Station: Texas A&M University Press), ix + 231. Paperback edition published in 2004. Reviewed: Presidential Studies Quarterly 33 (2003): 698-700. Choice 40 (2003): 1903 (6232) Argumentation and Advocacy 40 (2004): 294-95. Rhetoric & Public Affairs 7 (2004): 232-35. Journal of American History 91 (2004): 721-24. Quarterly Journal of Speech 90 (2004): 249-51. Presidential Studies Quarterly 36 (2006): 332-34. 2000 Martin J. Medhurst and H.W. Brands, eds., Critical Reflections on the Cold War: Linking Rhetoric and History (College Station: Texas A&M University Press), vii + 281. Reviewed: Presidential Studies Quarterly 31 (2001): 370-72. Argumentation and Advocacy 38 (2001): 51-54. Journal of Military History 65 (2001): 868-69. American Historical Review 106 (2001): 703. Journal of American History 89 (2002): 290. Rhetoric & Public Affairs 5 (2002): 363-67. Review of Communication 3 (2003): 56-59. 1996 Martin J. Medhurst, ed., Beyond the Rhetorical Presidency (College Station: Texas A&M University Press), vii + 270. Paperback edition published in 2004. Reviewed: Choice 34 (1997): 873 (3001). Journal of Politics 59 (1997): 1279-82. Southern Communication Journal 62 (1997): 257-62. 1994 Martin J. Medhurst, ed., Eisenhower’s War of Words: Rhetoric and Leadership (East Lansing: Michigan State University Press), 1+ 318. Reviewed: Orbis 39 (1995): 101-112, esp. 106-07. Presidential Studies Quarterly 25 (1995): 315-18. Quarterly Journal of Speech 82 (1996): 199-200. Medhurst 4 1993 Martin J. Medhurst, Dwight D. Eisenhower: Strategic Communicator (Westport, CT: Greenwood Press), ix + 256. Reviewed: The Historian 56 (1994): 758-59. Presidential Studies Quarterly 25 (1995): 315-18. Southern Communication Journal 60 (1995): 181. Quarterly Journal of Speech 81 (1995): 404-05. Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 537: 191-92. 1993 Martin J. Medhurst, ed., Landmark Essays on American Public Address (Davis, CA: Hermagoras Press), xi + 227. Reviewed: Rhetoric Society Quarterly 24 (1994): 181-83. Quarterly Journal of Speech 82 (1996): 302-04. 1991 Martin J. Medhurst and Thomas W. Benson, eds., Rhetorical Dimensions in Media: A Critical Casebook, 2nd edition (Dubuque: Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company), v + 534. 1990 Martin J. Medhurst, Robert L. Ivie, Philip Wander, and Robert L. Scott, Cold War Rhetoric: Strategy, Metaphor, and Ideology (Westport, CT: Greenwood Press), x + 224. Revised edition in 1997 by Michigan State University Press, xiii + 230. Reviewed: Quarterly Journal of Speech 78 (1992): 503-04. 1990 Martin J. Medhurst, Alberto Gonzalez, and Tarla Rai Peterson, eds., Communication & the Culture of Technology (Pullman: Washington State University Press), ix + 285. Reviewed: Journal of Communication 41 (1991): 174-75. Journalism Quarterly 68 (1991): 578. Journal of Technical Writing and Communication 23 (1993): 303- 05. 1984 Martin J. Medhurst and Thomas W. Benson, eds., Rhetorical Dimensions in Media: A Critical Casebook (Dubuque: Kendall/Hunt), v + 408. Revised printing, 1986, v + 460. Reviewed: Communication Education 34 (1985): 274-75. In Preparation: 2016 Martin J. Medhurst, Barack Obama and the Politics of Faith. Not under contract. 2017 Martin J. Medhurst, The Eisenhower Persuasions: Rhetoric, Politics, and Leadership Not under contract. Medhurst 5 2017 Martin J. Medhurst and Andrew Hogue, eds., Landmark Speeches on the Cold War, 1945-1991. Under contract with Texas A&M University Press. Chapters: 2014 Martin J. Medhurst, “Rhetoric as Hermeneutic Key: The Reasonableness of Faith in God.” In Is Faith in God Reasonable? Debates in Philosophy, Science, and Rhetoric, ed. Corey Miller and Paul Gould (New York and London: Routledge), 122-135. 2014 Martin J. Medhurst, “Rhetorical Criticism as Textual Interpretation.” In Purpose, Practice, and Pedagogy in Rhetorical Criticism, ed. Jim A. Kuypers (Lanham, MD: Lexington Books), 123-135. 2012 Martin J. Medhurst, “Evangelicals, Politics, and the 2008 Presidential Campaign.” In Evangelicals and Popular Culture, Vol. 3, ed. Robert H. Woods, Jr. (Westport, CT: Greenwood Press), 33-61. 2012 Martin J. Medhurst, “Barack Obama’s 2009 Inaugural Address: Narrative Signature and Interpretation.” In Making the Case: Advocacy and Judgment in Public Argument, ed. Kathryn M. Olson, Michael William Pfau, Benjamin Ponder, and Kirt H. Wilson (East Lansing: Michigan State University Press), 191-228. 2010 Martin J. Medhurst, “The History of Public Address as an Academic Study,” in The Handbook of Rhetoric and Public Address, ed. Shawn J. Parry-Giles and J. Michael Hogan (New York: Wiley-Blackwell), 19-66. 2010 Martin J. Medhurst, “The Acceptance Address: Presidential Speechwriting, 1932-2008,” in The President’s Words: Speeches and Speechwriting in the Modern White House, ed. Michael Nelson and Russell L. Riley (Lawrence: University Press of Kansas), 27-50. [My interview with speechwriters Patrick Anderson, Kenneth Khachigian, and Raymond Price follows on pages 51-86]. 2009 Martin J. Medhurst, “Public Moral Argument and the Debate over Same-Sex Marriage: A Narrative Approach,” in Public Address and Moral Judgment, ed. Shawn J. Parry- Giles and Trevor Parry-Giles (East Lansing: Michigan State University Press), 61-96. [The volume in which this chapter appeared won the 2010 NCA Communication Ethics Division Edited Volume Award] 2009 Martin J. Medhurst, “Rhetorical Education and the Christian University: A Nationwide Survey of Major Catholic Institutions,” in And the Word Became Flesh: Studies in History, Communication and Scripture in Memory of Michael W. Casey, ed. Thomas H. Olbricht and David Fleer (Eugene, OR: Wipf and Stock Publishers), 213-230. Medhurst 6 2008 Martin J. Medhurst, “Questioning the Rhetorical Presidency Construct,” in Before the Rhetorical Presidency, ed. Martin J. Medhurst (College Station: Texas A&M University Press), 329-334. 2008 Martin J. Medhurst, “Was There a Nineteenth Century Rhetorical Presidency? A Debate Revisited,” in Before the Rhetorical Presidency, ed., Martin J. Medhurst (College Station: Texas A&M University Press), 1-16. 2008 Martin J. Medhurst, “William Norwood Brigance and the Democracy of the Dead: Toward a Genealogy of the Rhetorical Renaissance.” In Rhetoric and Democracy: