US political discourse increasingly emphasizes Islam and Muslims. Rooted in political
communication and religious discourse scholarship, this study seeks to identify broader …

Given on January 5, 1957, the Eisenhower Doctrine Address forever changed America's
relationship with the Middle East. In the aftermath of the Suez Crisis, President Dwight D …

The July 2015 nuclear agreement between Iran and the United States was heralded by
many as the best possible chance of avoiding both a nuclear armed Iran and another war in …

In its broadest sense, presidential control encompasses all the actions, in both word and
deed, whereby presidents" go it alone" to adopt policies in the absence of congressional will …

Drawing on Miranda Fricker's concept of epistemic injustice, this chapter analyses epistemic
practices in communication and rhetorical studies. I argue that the heuristic schemas that …

In this thesis I outline the Obama administration's legitimating discourse for the drone
programme focusing on the discourse's language and claims of precision. I begin with an …

The severity of our global picture may evoke a common refrain: this is no laughing matter.
This dissertation, respectfully, disagrees. In a cultural context mired by the balkanization of …

Abstract This analysis of Barack Obama's “Address on the 50th Anniversary of the Selma,
Alabama March” argues that the president used the African oral element of nommo to locate …

This study examines the rhetoric of US senators and representatives regarding natural
disasters in their home states. Using Kenneth Burke's dramatism, we examine four model …

A LINE DRAWN IN WATER: RHETORIC AND PARTISANSHIP IN THE 1978 PANAMA CANAL
TREATY DEBATES by ERIN MARIE FOREST (Under the Direct Page 1 A LINE DRAWN IN …