William Keith, Professor

Office: Johnston Hall 235
Phone: (414) 229-5828
e-mail: wmkeith@uwm.edu
Curriculum Vita: Vita (138K)

Degree:
Ph.D., Speech Communication (The University of Texas at Austin; 1986)
M.A., Applied Philosophy (Bowling Green State University; 1982)
B.A., Philosophy (Bowling Green State University; 1980)

Research:
My current research focuses on the role of rhetoric and communication in public deliberation, with a focus on the intellectual and pedagogical history of the speech communication field.

Teaching:
Communication 103: Public Speaking (Course Director)
Communication 701: Critical Analysis of Communication
Communication 762: Argumentation in Theory and Practice
Communication 772: Rhetorical Leadership and Ethics
Communication 862: Public Deliberation
Communication 900: Philosophy and Practice of Communication

Representative Publications:
Keith, William (2007). Democracy as Discussion: The American Forum Movement and Civic Education. Rowman and Littlefield/Lexington Books.

Keith, William & William Rehg (Forthcoming, 2007). Argumentation in Science and Technology Studies. In O. Amsterdamska, E Hackett, M. Lynch and J. Wajcman (eds.), The Science Studies Handbook. MIT Press.

Gastil, John, & Keith, William (2005). A Nation that (Sometimes) Likes to Talk: A Brief History of Public Deliberation in the United States. In John Gastil & Peter Levine (eds), The Deliberative Democracy Handbook: Strategies for Effective Civic Engagement in the Twenty-First Century (Chapter 1). San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass. Reprinted in the Winter 2006 issue of the Kettering Review.

Keith, William (2003). Dewey, Discussion, and Democracy in Speech Pedagogy. Rhetorical Democracy: Discursive Practices of Civic Engagement. Matwah, NJ: Erlbaum.

Keith, William (2000). Identity, Rhetoric and Myth: A Response to Mailloux and Leff. Rhetoric Society Quarterly, 30, 95-106.

Keith, William (1999). The Deliberative Turn. Communication Theory, 92-111.

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