Shivers Chair in Communication and Professor of Government
Director, Annette Strauss Institute for Civic Participation
University of Texas at Austin
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Teaching Activities:
| Political Communication Theories of Persuasion Rhetorical Criticism Political Language Voices of Citizenship |
Scholarly Activities:
| General information Research Publications Convention Presentations University Lectures Professional Duties Directed Research Grants and Contracts |
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CMA A7.124
Dept. of Communication Studies
Mail Code: A1105
University of Texas
Austin, TX 78712
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office - (512) 471-5646
fax - (512) 471-3504
Roderick Hart received his B.A. degree from the University of Massachusetts and his M. A. and Ph. D. degrees from the Pennsylvania State University. His area of special interest is politics and the mass media and he is the author of twelve books, the most recent of which is Political Keywords: Using Language that Uses Us (Oxford University Press, 2005). He is also the author of DICTION 5.0, a computer program designed to analyze language patterns. Hart has delivered public lectures at more than seventy colleges and universities and received grant support from the Ford Foundation, Carnegie Foundation, Exxon Foundation, Hatton Sumners Foundation, Annenberg Foundation, Dorot Foundation, and the Pew Charitable Trusts. A former Woodrow Wilson Fellow, Hart is listed in Who's Who in America, the Directory of American Scholars, International Who's Who in Education, and American Men and Women of Science. He was named a Research Fellow of the International Communication Association, a Distinguished Scholar by the National Communication Association, and the National Scholar of the Year Award from Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society, and has received the Murray Edelman Career Award from the American Political Science Association. Hart has been inducted into the Academy of Distinguished Teachers at the University of Texas and has also been designated Professor of the Year for the State of Texas from the Carnegie/C.A.S.E. Foundation. Previously he received the Eyes of Texas Student Involvement Award and the Texas Excellence Teaching Award from the University of Texas, the Excellence in Teaching Award in the Humanities from Purdue University, and the Outstanding Young Teacher Award from the Central States Communication Association. He has supervised over fifty graduate theses and dissertations. He is married to Peggy Hart (who works for IBM) and is the father of two children, Chris (an artist) and Katy (an investment banker), he is the father-in-law of Leigh Ann (a retailer) and Craig (a social worker) and the grandfather of Meg and Colleen, who are genuinely perfect babies. He is passionate about many things, but especially about his family and basketball. |
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