Department News:
September 2016
Publications
Foote, J. G., Butterworth, M. L., & Sanderson, J. (2016). Adrian Peterson and the “Wussification of America”: Football and Myths of Masculinity. Communication Quarterly.
Miller, E. C. (2016). “Randall Terry’s Liberal Prophecy: National Sin, Activist Redemption, and the Death of Freedom.” Pennsylvania Communication Annual,72, 39-58.
Miller, E. C. (2016). “Civil Religion as Christian Religion: Francis Schaeffer’s Liberal Fundamentalism.” In J. Edwards and J. Valenzano (Eds.), The Rhetoric of American Civil Religion: Symbols, Sinner, and Saints (pp. 111-128). Lanham, MD: Lexington Books.
Invited Lectures
Dr. Eric C. Miller gave the first lecture in this year’s Communication Studies Scholarship Symposium Series. The talk, based on his article “Randall Terry’s Liberal Prophecy: National Sin, Activist Redemption, and the Death of Freedom,” was given on September 13.
Dr. Shavonne Shorter was invited to speak at the 4th Annual Hispanic Student Meet and Greet, and to participate in the Career Intensive Bootcamp Networking with Professionals Reception, both at Bloomsburg University.
Scholarly Activity
Dr. Eric C. Miller’s interview with religious studies scholar Kristen Tobey appeared at Religion Dispatches on September 7.