Professor and Director of
Debate
Department of Communication Studies and the Women's Studies
Program
mailing address: Lang 341, University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, IA 50614-0139
Fall 2008 office hours:
tba
If none of these times work, feel free to call or email to make an appointment.
I have already scheduled meetings with students at the following times (meaning I will be in my office). So, if you just have a quick question or need to drop something off, you will be able to find me then:
tba
Forensic office hours, in Lang 218
tbae-mail address: palczewski@uni.edu
academic biography:
My research specialties include: rhetorical theory and criticism, feminist theory and criticism, political communication, social movements, and argumentation theory. Within these areas, I especially focus on the rhetorical constructions and implications of speaking from the margin. My own projects include an analysis of 1909 anti-suffrage postcards, a study of the anti-pornography movement, an analysis of Native American legal argument, and an exploration of the way cyber-movements function. I recentlty completed a textbook on gender in communication, Communicating Gender Diversity: A Critical Approach (Sage, 2007) with Dr. Victoria DeFrancisco. The main project on which I will be working over the next year is a rhetoric and citizenship textbook, co-authored with my UNI colleage Dr. John Fritch and St. John's University Professor Richard Ice. If you are interested in examining a complete list of my publications, feel free to link to a list of them.
Links:
48C:001:27: Oral Communication
This link contains the syllabus for the Fall 2004 Oral Communication course.
48C:074: Argumentation & Debate: (offered every fall)
This link contains the syllabus for the Argumentation & Debate class
48C: 113g: Social Protest: Performance and Rhetoric
This link contains the syllabus for the Social Protest class
48C:123: Rhetorical Theory:
This link contains the syllabus for the Contemporary Rhetorical Theory class.
48C:153g Gender Issues in Communication
This link contains the syllabus for the Fall 2008 Gender Issues in Communication class.
48C:160g Political Communication: (fall 2006) (offered fall of even years)
This link contains the syllabus, as well as other pertinent information, concerning political communication, particularly Campaign 2006.48C:160g Political Communication: (fall 2002) (offered fall of even years)link to 2002 paper draft (The paper was accepted for presentation at the 2003 NCA in Miami and published in the Iowa Journal of Communication)
This link contains the syllabus for the Freedom of Speech class.
48C:189g: Rhetorical Criticism:
This link contains the syllabus for the Rhetorical Criticism class.
48C:201:01 Graduate Seminar in Communication Studies
This link contains the syllabus for the Fall 2008 Graduate Seminar in Communication Studies
48C:222: Seminar in Communication: Rhetorical Theory and Criticism:
This link contains the syllabus for the graduate seminar in rhetoric.
48C:236:03: Critical Methods (Fall 2007)
This link contains the syllabus for the graduate seminar in critical methods.
680:289:02 Global Feminisms (Spring 2005)
This link contains the syllabus for the Graduate Seminar in Women's Studies.
This link explains the criteria I use to grade discussion.
General Information on classroom policies:
This link explains late assignment, ADA and other policies governing classroom management.
This link contains information about the UNI Debate team. Descriptions of the travel schedule, as well as explanations of two-person policy debate are located here. If you are interested in joining the UNI Debate Team, this link will answer many of your questions. You also may access my coaching philosophy if you are interested in more about me as a coach.