Contributors

Jennifer Abbott is a Professor of Rhetoric at Wabash College. She earned her B.A. at Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo, California, and her M.A. and Ph.D. in Speech Communication at The Pennsylvania State University. Her research interests include news media rhetoric, gender representation in popular media, and public speaking pedagogy. Her work can be found in such journals as Journalism: Theory, Practice, and Criticism; Journal of Contemporary Rhetoric; and Basic Communication Course Annual. She has enjoyed teaching Public Speaking at Wabash College since 2002.
https://orcid.org/0009-0009-3895-1112

Todd McDorman is Dean of the College and Professor of Rhetoric at Wabash College in Crawfordsville, Indiana. He earned his Ph.D. in Speech Communication at Indiana University Bloomington, M.A. in Speech Communication from Miami University (Ohio), and B.A. in Communication Studies and Political Science from Butler University. His areas of research have included rhetoric of sport (particularly baseball), rhetoric and democracy, and legal rhetoric. He has taught a range of courses including Public Speaking, Reasoning & Advocacy, debate, Contemporary Rhetorical Theory & Criticism and electives in Rhetoric of Sport, Visual Rhetoric, Rhetoric and Memory, and Legal Rhetoric.
https://orcid.org/0009-0005-1945-8462

Jill Lamberton is Special Assistant to the President for Belonging and Community and Associate Professor of English at Wabash College. She holds a Ph.D. in English and Education from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, as well as an M.A. from Western Washington University and a B.A. from Walla Walla University. Her research centers on students from the 19^th through 21^st centuries who deploy their own rhetorical strategies to gain access to higher education. Her work has appeared in College Composition and Communication and English Journal. She has taught Public Speaking, Audio Rhetoric, Academic and Professional Writing, and a wide range of literature courses.

https://orcid.org/0009-0004-5828-9166