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Rhetoric & Public Affairs is an interdisciplinary journal devoted to the history, theory, and criticism of public discourse. Published quarterly, the journal explores the traditional arenas of rhetorical investigation including executive leadership, diplomacy, political campaigns, judicial and legislative deliberations, and public policy debate. Critical, analytical, or interpretive essays that examine particular instances of symbolic inducement in any historical period are welcome. Of special interest are manuscripts that explore the nexus of rhetoric, politics, and ethics-the worlds of persuasion, power, and social values as they meet in the crucible of public debate and deliberation.
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Volume 14, Number 3, Fall 2011Editorial Board
Editor
Martin J. Medhurst, Baylor University
Martin_medhurst@baylor.edu
Book Review Editor
Vanessa B. Beasley, University of Georgia
vbeasley@uga.edu
Managing Editor
Margot Kielhorn, Michigan State University Press
Production Editor
Anna Taylor, Michigan State University Press
Issue Editor
Jill Kolongowski
Editorial Assistant
Ashley Barrett, Baylor University
Editorial Interns
Andrew Hogue
Reynolds Patterson
Thomas Pope
Joe Wysocki
Student Assistants
Laura Mitchell
Alyssa Tigue
Editorial Board
Robert Abzug, University of Texas
Karrin Vasby Anderson, Colorado State University
Robert Asen, University of Wisconsin
Francis J. Beckwith, Baylor University
Thomas W. Benson, Penn State University
Denise M. Bostdorff, College of Wooster
Stephen Howard Browne, Penn State University
M. Lane Bruner, Georgia State University
Frank Costigliola, University of Connecticut
Joseph G. Dawson III, Texas A&M University
Kevin Michael DeLuca, University of Georgia
Robert Entman, George Washington University
James M. Farrell, University of New Hampshire
Robert A. Ferguson, Columbia University
Michael A. Genovese, Loyola Marymount University
George R. Goethals, University of Richmond
Robert Hariman, Northwestern University
Stephen John Hartnett, University of Illinois
Marouf A. Jr., University of Utah
David Henry, University of Nevada,
Las Vegas
J. Michael Hogan, Penn State University
Davis W. Houck, Florida State University
Karen M. Hult, Virginia Tech University
Robert L. Ivie, Indiana University
John M. Murphy, University of Georgia
Lester C. Olson, University of Pittsburgh
Shawn J. Parry-Giles, University of Maryland
Trevor Parry-Giles, University of Maryland
Angela G. Ray, Northwestern University
Quentin J. Schultze, Calvin College
Craig R. Smith, California State University,
Long Beach
Mary E. Stuckey, Georgia State University
Mari Boor Tonn, University of Maryland
Eric King Watts, Wake Forest University
Kirt H. Wilson, University of Minnesota
David Zarefsky, Northwestern University