Associate Professor of Rhetoric, Communication Consultant, University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill
I am a rhetorician, so I study public and political speech, with a focus on debate. I've written books about public speaking, persuasion, and political psychology. I am also a communication consultant for corporations and political campaigns. In my spare time I moonlight as a debate coach, currently for Harvard University's Harvard Debate Council.
In victory speech, Donald Trump discovers the power of "we"
Nov 09, 2016 15:14 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics
The core theme of Donald Trumps campaign that the establishment was broken drove a wave of support to the polls. Surprisingly, this theme didnt make it into his victory speech. Nor did any reference to the seismic...
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