Thomas William Duke – School of Sciences and Humanities

Biography

Selected Publications

Courses Offered

Thomas Duke is a rhetorician who studies argumentation and communicating in persuasive and technical contexts. My most recent projects have focused on the role of adages or idioms in argument construction. I have recently taught MSC 601 Technical Communication, WCS 101 Communication and Society, WCS 150 Rhetoric and Composition, and WCS 302 Argumentation and Debate.

Duke, Thomas. “An Inductive Approach to Communication Analysis” Speaker & Gavel 53.2 (2016): 40-44.
Duke, Thomas. “Aristotle and Impromptu: Lessons for Impromptu Speech Structure(s).” The Forensic 100.1 (2015): 3-12.
Select Conference Presentations
Duke, Thomas. The Readiness Paradigm: An Innovative Approach to Rhetorical Education from Classical Sources. Accepted for presentation at: Southern States Communication Association Conference, Greenville, SC, April 2017.
Duke, Thomas. The Copious Style in the Classroom (G.I.F.T.S. presentation). Accepted for presentation at: National Communication Association Conference, Philadelphia, PA, November 2016.
Duke, Thomas. A Rhetor and his Rhetoric: Teaching Erasmian Style in the Rhetoric Classroom. Accepted for presentation at: Rhetoric Society of America Conference, Atlanta, GA, May 2016.
Duke, Thomas. A Marriage of Ciceronian Stasis and Image Repair Theory. Accepted for presentation at: Southern States Communication Association Conference, Austin, TX, April 2016.
Duke, Thomas. Devilish Suasion: Problematic Propaganda, Paradise Lost and Plain Style. Accepted for presentation at: Southern States Communication Association Conference, New Orleans, LA, April 2014.

Communication and Society

Research Interest

School of Sciences and Humanities