
Leslie Harris
Rhetorical Leadership Faculty Member
Education
PhD, Communication Studies, Northwestern University
MA, Communication Studies, Northwestern University
BS, Communication Studies and Gender Studies, Northwestern University
Research Interests
I am a scholar of rhetoric and public culture who specializes in understanding the relationships between public controversy and intersectional identity. Across my teaching, research, and service I have maintained a commitment to community engagement and attentiveness to race and gender within rhetoric. My recent research includes the public humanities project Voices of Gun Violence.
Courses Taught
Commun 335: Critical Analysis of Communication
Commun 436: Recent Rhetorical Theory (Sample Syllabus, pdf 224kb)
Commun 472: Rhetorics of Radicalism in the U.S. (Sample Syllabus, pdf 101kb)
Commun 651: Topics: Rhetorics of Radicalism in the U.S. (Sample Syllabus, pdf 122kb)
Commun 701: Critical Analysis of Communication
Commun 765: Argument Theory and Practice (Sample Syllabus, pdf 91kb)
Commun 874: Rhetoric of Women’s Rights in the U.S. (Sample Syllabus, pdf 510kb)
Selected Publications
*Recipient of the Marie Hochmuth-Nichols Distinguished Book Award (Public Address Division of the National Communication Association)