Honors College
Lecture Series: Spring 2017
Spring 2017 Honors Lecture Series Rhetoric in Contemporary Culture (UH 3000, CRN# 10052) Mondays, 3:00 to 3:55 P.M. Honors Amphitheatre (Room 106) FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC | ![]() | |
Date | Speaker | Lecture Title |
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January 23 | Philip E. Phillips, Honors Associate Dean | Welcome and Introduction |
January 30 | John M. Sloop, Communication Studies, Vanderbilt University | Sex, Ghosts, and Soccer: A Case Study in the Contextual Critique of Public Argument Watch YouTube Video |
February 6 | Ken Paulson, Media and Entertainment | Music Matters: Free Speech and Music Censorship Watch YouTube Video |
February 13 | Mary Evins, American Democracy Project | Civil Discourse as Core Academic Value and Core American Value Watch YouTube Video |
February 20 | Keel Hunt, The Strategy Group | Political Speech: How Candidates Win and Leaders Lead Watch YouTube Video |
February 27 | Odie Lindsey, Vanderbilt University | Writing the War at Home: Postwar Fiction and the Legacy of Trauma Watch YouTube Video |
March 6 | SPRING BREAK – NO CLASS | |
March 13 | Frank Dobson, Vanderbilt University | The Rhetoric of Race: Black Lives Matter Watch YouTube Video |
March 20 | John R. Vile, Honors Dean | The Rhetoric of the 2016 Presidential Election Watch YouTube Video |
March 27 | Thomas J. Jurkanin, Criminal Justice | The Current State of Police in Society Watch YouTube Video |
April 3 | Preston MacDougall, Chemistry | Rhetoric of Climate Change Watch YouTube Video |
April 10 | Newtona (Tina) Johnson, English | The Rhetoric of Belonging and its Impact within Higher Education Watch YouTube Video |
April 17 | Eric Klumpe | Earth’s Seven Sisters: The TRAPPIST 1 Planets Watch You/Tube Video |
April 24 | Thesis Presentations, Honors Students | Christopher “Ryan” Bearden, Brandon Ingram, and Ginny Whaley Watch YouTube Video |
Contact Us
Honors College
Paul W. Martin Sr. Honors Building
Campus Box 267
1737 Blue Raider Drive
Murfreesboro, TN 37132
Main Office: HONR Room 205 (Dean’s Suite)
Main Office Phone: 615-898-2152
Email: uhc@mtsu.edu