Jay Self

Office: Barnett 1107
Phone: 785-6044
E-mail: selfjw@truman.edu

Courses
Contemporary Rhetoric
Survey of Rhetoric
American Rhetorical Traditions Communication Theory
Political Communication
Public Speaking

Language and Meaning
Art and Science of Humor

Research Interests
Political debates
Role of humor in politics
Presidential rhetoric
Feminist rhetoric       

 "Try teaching your discipline
      without using mine."
               --Dr. Chandler Monroe, in response to a faculty debate
              on whose discipline is the most important discipline