This document contains announcements for several English courses offered at Indiana University related to rhetoric, public advocacy, and communication. The courses cover topics like understanding the 2016 US presidential election through concepts of rhetoric, exploring how feminists address issues in public culture, learning about persuading and shaping beliefs in public, and examining how shared social memories work regarding historical events.

1. What does
feminism
mean today?
PUBLIC ADVOCACY:
FEMINISM AND PUBLIC ISSUES
Learn about how different feminists address
sexual violence, beauty culture, work,
transgender identity and other issues.
ENG R396 T,Th 11:15a-12:30p

2. New Course for Fall 2016!
What Can Rhetoric Teach Us
About the 2016 U.S.
Presidential Election?
Professor Scot Barnett
In this course we will explore how concepts from rhetoric can help us understand the 2016 Presiden:al Elec:on.
Although the word “rhetoric” some:mes refers to empty or decep:ve speech, for centuries rhetoric was a highly
respected course of study that taught speakers and writers how to communicate effec:vely on mul:ple topics
and in various situa:ons. In this course, then, we will move back and forth between classical understandings of
rhetoric and the current presiden:al campaign. Along with websites, speeches, and ar:cles on the presiden:al
campaign, we will read primary and secondary texts in classical rhetoric, scholarly ar:cles on presiden:al rhetoric,
and past examples of presiden:al speeches and debates.
English R209: Special Topics in Rhetoric and Public Advocacy

4. ENG R228: ARGUMENTATION AND PUBLIC
ADVOCACY
LEARN ABOUT PERSUADING, DEBATING,
AND SHAPING BELIEFS IN PUBLIC CULTURE.
T,TH 1:00P-2:30P

5. !
ENG- R 224: Persuasion
Rhetoric & Storytelling
Fall 2016
Tuesday & Thursday
4pm - 5:15pm
Instructor: Lora Smith
smithlo@indiana.edu

6. New Course for Fall 2016!
What Can Rhetoric Teach Us
About the 2016 U.S.
Presiden<al Elec<on?
Professor Scot Barne9
In this course we will explore how concepts from rhetoric can help us understand the 2016 PresidenAal ElecAon.
Although the word “rhetoric” someAmes refers to empty or decepAve speech, for centuries rhetoric was a highly
respected course of study that taught speakers and writers how to communicate effecAvely on mulAple topics
and in various situaAons. In this course, then, we will move back and forth between classical understandings of
rhetoric and the current presidenAal campaign. Along with websites, speeches, and arAcles on the presidenAal
campaign, we will read primary and secondary texts in classical rhetoric, scholarly arAcles on presidenAal rhetoric,
and past examples of presidenAal speeches and debates.
English R209: Special Topics in Rhetoric and Public Advocacy

7. ENG•R224Persuasion:The Civic Art of Influence
Enroll in section #14761
MW 1:00 – 2:15pm
Fall 2016
Philip Perdue, Instructor
pdperdue@indiana.edu
”influence” by flickr user Marek

8. ENG R355 (IW)
Public Memory in
Communica1on &
Culture
Dr. Cindy Duquette Smith
cds@indiana.edu
@profcindysama
rhetoricofarchitecture.com
So…how do we “know”
what we think we know
about historical events?
Find out how shared
social memories work
in R355.