Brant Short
Rank: Professor
Environmental Rhetoric, Political Communication
School of Communication, Room 349
(928) 523-4701
Brant.Short@nau.edu
Brief description of research and teaching interests:
My primary teaching interests include rhetoric, political discourse, public communication, conflict management, organizational communication, and research methods. My research interests include the study of environmental communication in the context of public debates over wildfire, wolf recovery, and public policy. I am also interested in political communication, especially the rhetorical presidency.
Courses offered:
COM 200 Communication Theory
SC 111 Fundamental of Public Speaking
SC 201 Introduction to Research in Speech Communication
SC 311 Advanced Presentational Techniques
SC 365 Communication and Contemporary Affairs
SC 472 Organizational Communication
SC 477 Mediation and Conflict Management
SC 465 American Political Communication
COM 601 Introduction to Research Methods
COM 698 Seminar in Communication Theory.
Representative Research and Creative Activity:
“Conservation Reconsidered: The Reagan Revolution and Environmental History.” In Green Talk: The Rhetorical Presidency Meets Ecology. Ed. Tarla Peterson, Texas A&M Univ. Press, 2004, 134-153.
(with Dayle Hardy-Short), “‘Physicians of the Forest’: A Rhetorical Critique of the Bush Administration’s Healthy Forest Initiative.” In The Electronic Green Journal, v. 19 December 2003 http://egj.lib.uidaho.edu/egj19/short1.html
Ronald Reagan and the Public Lands: America's Conservation Debate, 1979-1984 Texas A&M University Press, 1989.
Links of Interest:
http://www.esf.edu/ecn/
http://www.presidentialrhetoric.com/
http://www.folksampler.com/
Education:
Ph.D., Speech Communication, Indiana University, 1985
M.S., Speech Communication, Idaho State University, 1980
B.A., History, Idaho State University, 1978
