Jay Self
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