In September 1999, the Department of Communication and CECS will welcome new faculty member John W. Delicath. As a new Assistant Professor in the Department, John will be teaching classes in environmental communication, among others, for undergraduates and graduate students.
      John comes to the University of Cincinnati from Allegheny College (Meadville, PA) where he taught undergraduate courses in the rhetorics of environmental advocacy and environmental justice as Visiting Assistant Professor of Communication Arts. In addition to his teaching appointments at Allegheny and at the University of Pittsburgh (1996-97), John also served as Director of Debate at Carlow College (1997-1998) and worked with the Public Debate program at the University of Pittsburgh to execute public debates on environmental and social justice issues. He is co-founder and member of the Advisory Committee for National Public Debates on Environmental Justice/Brownfields, in partnership with the United Church of Christ. John was an active participant in the development of the Environmental Communication Commission with the National Communication Association, and has been conducting research in the field of environmental communication for eight years. His academic background includes argumentation, persuasion, and debate, with specializations in rhetorical theory, media studies, and critical social theory.
      Currently, John is finishing his doctoral dissertation at the University of Iowa, which focuses on environmental justice, public participation, and the relationship between scholarship and political advocacy. In addition, he is working on a grant application that would create a series of national public debates on environmental justice and brownfields issues.

Publications and Presentations by John W. Delicath
       "The Rhetoric of Green Consumerism: A Social Ecological Critique." Speaker and Gavel 31, 2-26, 1994.
       "In Search of Ecotopia: 'Radical Environmentalism' and the Possibilities of Utopian Rhetorics." In S. Muir and T. Veenendall (Eds.), Earthtalk: Communication Empowerment for Environmental Action. Westport: CN: Praeger. 1996.
       "Re-presenting the 'Black-Macho': Boyz N the Hood and the Politics of Black Masculinity." Howard Journal of Communication. (under review).
       "The Greening of Communication Studies: Reviewing the Terrain of Environmental Communication." Quarterly Journal of Speech. (review essay; in progress).

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