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William P Jennings
Assistant Professor
Communication - Field Service Faculty
120 McMicken Hall
513-556-4427
william.jennings@uc.edu
Education
Ph.D., University of Texas, Austin, TX, 2003 (Communication).
M.A., DePaul University, Chicago, IL, 1997 (History).
B.S., University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, 1990 (Education).
Professional Summary
Assistant Professor (Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin). Dr. Jennings teaches courses on Rhetorical Criticism and Communication Theory. His research interests center on in speech, persuasion, and politics. His dissertation, titled Models of Citizenship: Rhetoric, Americans, and their Civic Institutions, looks at how American discourse portrays the role and status of citizens in five different arenas within the public sphere. He also is interested in using computer technology and content analysis techniques to examine quantitative and qualitative properties of messages. He has published in the Journal of Communication and has recently written a book entitled Political Keywords for Oxford University Press.
