The New Arts of Persuasion: Contemporary Media, Communications, and Rhetoric

Instructor

David Simpson received his PhD in English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University and has served on the faculty in English and humanities at Columbia and Northwestern. His background is in classical rhetoric and Renaissance literature. However, his main current interest is in analyzing the effects of new media and information technologies on teaching, on current trends in public discourse and professional communication, and on traditional methods of literary study. He has served as a consultant in business writing, has taught in various writing programs and workshops, and has published articles and reviews on cyberculture and electronic media. He has served on the visiting faculty at SNL since 1990.