Department of Communication Studies Faculty

E-mail: JohnKares.Smith@oswego.edu

Office: 14 Lanigan Hall

Office extension: (315) 312-3519

Office Hours:
Mondays,Wednesdays and Fridays - 10:15-11:15 am
Mondays,Wednesdays and Fridays - 3:00-5:00 pm

Spring 2013:
COM 340 800:  MWF 9:10 am - 10:05 am - 216 Mahar
COM 340 810:  MWF 1:50 pm - 2:45 pm - 220 Mahar
COM 350 800:  MWF 11:30 am - 12:25 pm - 202 Mahar

Education:
Ph.D., Northwestern University, 1974

Area(s) of Specialty:
public communication, persuasion, rhetorical criticism, rhetoric of movements, history of communication, group interaction and discussions, and conflict management.

Research Interests:
presidential and political communication; the American muckraking movement, especially the life, times and works of Upton Sinclair.

Recent Publication(s) or Presentation(s):
"'Once more unto the breach, dear friends': War in the Persian Gulf as a Rhetorical System," in Honor and Loyalty: Inside the Politics of the George H. W. Bush White House, Edited by Leslie D. Feldman and Rosanna Perotti. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2002, pp. 347-359.

"Bush and Gore on Oprah Winfrey, or the 'Oprah-fication' of American Presidential Candidates." Presented at the 94th Annual Convention of the Eastern Communication Association, Washington, DC, April 24 -April 27, 2003.

Honors:
Profiled in the 10th edition of Directory of American Scholars

Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching (1993)

State of New York and United University Professions Excellence Award for Professional Service (1991)