The Rhetoric of Public Places

“I think the coverage is excellent in terms of breadth [and] the range of examples is great. The chapters are well focused, and I think students would enjoy the style overall. […] [Chapter 2, Theory and Method] does an excellent job providing students with terms to use as they explore rhetorical criticism and analysis of place. This will allow students to carry a framework into the rest of the text. […] It’s a well thought-out and presented volume, and the breadth of examples-along with the suggested projects in each chapter-make this a promising text to teach from.”

Stephen Schneider, Associate Professor, University of Louisville

Theodore F. Sheckels (Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University) is the Charles J. Potts Emeritus Professor of Social Science, as well as an emeritus professor of English and communication studies, at Randolph-Macon College. Dr. Sheckels has contributed numerous articles and book chapters and has published thirteen books, which reflect his research on various literary and political communication topics.

Natalie Bennie (Ph.D. Candidate, Pennsylvania State University) is a research assistant and graduate instructor of public speaking and rhetorical criticism at Penn State University. She is also the cofounder of Neo Communications Consulting.

Carl T. Hyden (M.A., Ohio University) is the associate dean for administration in the School of Global Journalism & Communication at Morgan State University. His primary research involves ways in which monuments, architecture, and landscape inhabit place and communicate what is important to society.