This path-breaking PhD Concentration in Rhetoric offers the opportunity to explore the full range of rhetorical studies within an integrated program that brings Communication and Composition together. Solidly grounded in rhetoric's traditions, yet leaving artificial boundaries behind, our program is perfect for graduate students attracted by the option to develop expertise across the rich and diverse terrain of contemporary rhetorical theory and practice.

Our students and faculty collaborate on the vital educational, political, cultural, historical, and aesthetic interests emerging in research and teaching in rhetoric and the humanities. With a curriculum that brings together scholars in digital rhetoric, social justice, visual culture, critical-cultural rhetoric, and pedagogical theory, the PhD Concentration in Rhetoric is an ideal place for graduate students to pursue their eclectic passions and interests in an environment of intellectual curiosity, creativity, scholarly rigor, social commitment, and community.

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