Roger Aden Benjamin Bates Christina Beck Laura Black Jennifer Bute Devika Chawla Tom Daniels David Descutner Elizabeth Graham Claudia Hale Lynn Harter Anita James Andrew Ledbetter Judith Lee Raymie McKerrow Jerry Miller Dan Modaff Nagesh Rao William Rawlins Greg Shepherd J.W. Smith Jeffrey St. John Scott Titsworth Daniel West Staff Julie Venrick Vicki Rhodes

Roger Aden

Professor Lasher 205 740-593-4822 aden@ohiou.edu Dr. Aden's curriculum vitae is available on-line.

Education: Ph.D. (speech communication; language and culture), M.A. (speech communication; socio-political influence of language), and B.J. (broadcasting and political science), University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

Professional Experience: Honors Program Director and Director of forensics, Ohio University; assistant professor and director of forensics, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire.

Publications: Popular Stories & Promised Lands: Fan Cultures & Symbolic Pilgrimages. Articles in Western Journal of Communication; Speaker & Gavel; National Forensic Journal; Central States Speech Journal; Southern Communication Journal; Political Communication Review; Forensic Educator; Communication Education; Elysian Fields Quarterly;
Argumentation & Advocacy, Communication Quarterly; Women's Studies in Communication. Numerous presentations to communication conventions and conferences.

Research Interests: Rhetoric and popular culture (especially film and television), place and space theory.

Teaching Specialization: Rhetoric; Courses from Criticism to Theory to History to Special Topics; Combining theory development and multiple forms of scholarly writing.