Professor Lasher 205 740.593.4822

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.