Still Hunt: Women and Political Discourse in the Pacific Northwest, 1860-1912
My current book project illuminates the collective rhetorical practices through which citizens in the Pacific Northwest developed new political identities and created a powerful social movement …
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The Paradox of Moral Politics
This essay examines how Abraham Lincoln’s Peoria address of 1854 negotiated central paradoxes in antebellum American politics in order to construct a viable framework for decisions about volatile public issues
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The Language of Democracy and Power
“The Language of Democracy and Power, Spoken by Women: Challenging Political Exclusion through Formal Argumentation.” Essay revised and resubmitted for publication.
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Inventing Sacagawea
Analysis of the creation and commemoration of enduring myths about Sacagawea illustrates the capacity of epideictic rhetoric to engage speakers and audiences in the process of imagining and actualizing alternative public norms.
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Most Outstanding Dissertation
2009 NCA Outstanding Dissertation in Political Communication Award
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CRLD Grants
Center for Religion, Law and Democracy
Research and Curriculum Development Grants
The Public Sphere
Citizenship and the Public Sphere
Rhetoric & Media Studies 350
American Ethnic Studies
Women’s and Gender Studies
Available Means: 1920-Present
Available Means: Rhetoric of U.S. Women’s Rights, 1920-Present
Rhetoric & Media Studies
American Ethnic Studies
Women’s and Gender Studies
Available Means: 1785-1920
Available Means: Rhetoric of U.S. Women’s Rights, 1785-1920
Rhetoric & Media Studies 350
American Ethnic Studies
Women’s and Gender Studies
Legal Defeat and Strategic Adaptation
“’To make the laws that govern her’: Legal Activism for Woman Suffrage in the Pacific Northwest,” presented at the Pacific Northwest History Conference , November 2010.
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Not Rules for Rules’ Sake
Not Rules for Rules’ Sake: Parliamentary Procedure and Social Change in the Twentieth Century United States.
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Rhetorical Criticism and Citizenship
“Rhetorical Criticism and the Development of Engaged Citizens,” presented at the NCA Summer Conference on Teaching Rhetorical Criticism and Critical Inquiry, July 2010.
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Vote and Voice
Cindy Koenig Richards, “Vote and Voice: Women’s Organizations and Political Literacy, 1915–1930″ (review). Rhetoric & Public Affairs, 2008.
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Ecroyd Dissertation Fellowship
2006-2007 Donald and Caroline Ecroyd Dissertation Fellowship, Northwestern University School of Communication.
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James L. Golden Award
2004 James L. Golden Outstanding Student Essay in Rhetoric, National Communication Association and Kendall Hunt Publishing
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Inventing Citizens, Imagining Gender Justice
Analysis of legal rhetoric related to Minor v. Happersett illustrates the capacity of argument that “failed” to win in courts to invigorate cultural movements, assisting in the production of new ways of imagining political selves and performing political identities.
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“Is It a Crime For a U.S. Citizen to Vote?”
Essay and teaching resources illuminate how Anthony’s powerful address called upon legal texts, public values, and democratic principles to justify a radical change in political practice.
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Most Outstanding Essay
2007 Most Outstanding Student Essay Award from the Organization for Research on Women and Communication.
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