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My
research interests follow a consistent thread: investigating concrete
and real-life applications of theories of rhetoric and argument. This
means that that I examines how friends really argue with each other,
how people make arguments when they are accused of wrong-doing, or how
they use rhetoric to offer an account of their actions. In my classes,
I emphasize how rhetoric functions in the popular media including
television, newspapers, and music.
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- Business
and Professional Communication: Plans, Processes, and Performance,
2nd ed. Co-authored with James
R. DiSanza. Allyn & Bacon, 2003.
- "Debating
as a Woman in the 1980s" International Forensics Journal,
Spring 2000.
- "'It's
not my fault': Argument strategies for managing pregnancy
loss," in Sally Jackson (Ed.), Argumentation & Values,
Proceedings of the 9th SCA/AFA Conference on Argumentation,
1995, Annandale, VA: SCA, pp. 421-429.
- "Can you
make an argument without being in an argument? A relational
approach to the study of interactional argument. Journal of the
Northwest Communication Association, 23, 1993, 1-19.
- "What
did you mean by that?": The functions of perceptions in
interpersonal argument. Argumentation & Advocacy, 29,
1992, 41-60.
- Managing
disputes in young adult friendships: Modes of convenience,
cooperation, and commitment. Western Journal of Communication,
56, 1992, 226-247.
- Framing a
dispute: The role of context in interpersonal argument. In Donn W.
Parson (Ed.), Argument in Controversy: Proceedings of the 7th
SCA/AFA Conference on Argumentation, 1991, Annandale, VA.,
217-223.
- Frames for
conflict management: An instructional approach. Speech
Association of Minnesota Journal, 17, 1990, 83-90.
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