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Sara A. Mehltretter

  • Professor of Rhetoric

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Sara A. Mehltretter is Associate Professor of Rhetoric. Her research analyzes the quality and character of public discourse in the United States. Her specific interests include the theories and practices of democratic deliberation, presidential rhetoric, the rhetoric of national security, political communication, and the rhetoric of religion.
 
Dr. Mehltretter has offered workshops on facilitation, problem-solving, conflict resolution, dialogue, deliberation, and civic engagement to a variety of groups, including the American Association of Colleges and Universities, Campus Compact, Council on Independent Colleges, Indiana Humanities Speakers Bureau, NASPA-Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education Lead Initiative, the 糖心Vlog视频 Center for Teaching and Learning in Theology and Religion, Campus Compact, and the 糖心Vlog视频 Pastoral Leadership Program.
 
Dr. Mehltretter earned her B.A. degree summa cum laude in Communication and Political Science at Boston College, and was inducted into Phi Beta Kappa. She did her graduate work at the Pennsylvania State University, earning her M.A. and Ph.D. in the Department of Communication Arts and Sciences in the College of Liberal Arts. 
 
Outside of the classroom, Professor Mehltretter enjoys cooking, outdoor activities, travel, and cheering on her favorite Indiana sports teams, the Indy Ignite and the Indiana Fever. A native of Buffalo, New York, she is a loyal Bills and Sabres fan, and has a discerning palate for the delicacy known to Buffalonians simply as “wings.”
 
 

Education

Ph.D. in Communication Arts and Sciences, The Pennsylvania State University
M.A. in Communication Arts and Sciences, The Pennsylvania State University
B.A. summa cum laude in Communication and Political Science, Boston College

Recent Course Offerings

RHE 101 Public Speaking
RHE 270 Political Campaign Rhetoric
RHE 270 Rhetoric and Deliberative Innovations
RHE 270 Rhetoric, Science, and Public Policy
RHE 280 Deliberation and Democracy
RHE 320 Classical Rhetoric

Recent Publications

Select Scholarly Publications 

Mehltretter Drury, Sara A., and John Rountree.

Rountree, John, Windy Y. Lawrence, and Sara A. Mehltretter Drury. "Rhetorical Alignment between Political Campaign Discourse and Democratic Deliberation." Journal of Deliberative Democracy 19(1) (2023).

Herbeck, Dale A., and Sara A. Mehltretter Drury. .
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Honors & Awards

 
 
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