Beth Innocenti
- Professor
- Director of Undergraduate Studies
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Biography —
Ph.D., University of Illinois
Rhetoric & Political Communication
Beth Innocenti's teaching and research interests are in argumentation and the history of rhetoric. She is particularly interested in how public, political arguing generates persuasive force. She teaches courses such as "Rhetoric of Women's Rights," “Persuasive Speaking,” and "Research Methods: Historical and Descriptive." Her work has been published in journals such as Argumentation, Philosophy and Rhetoric, and Journal of Communication. She has served as Editor of Argumentation and Advocacy.
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Recent publications
Selected Recent Publications —
• Innocenti, Beth. “Calling Out Displays and Disclaimers of Aggression.” Informal Logic, forthcoming.
• Innocenti, Beth. “Marshalling Normative Pragmatic Force to Secure Autonomy.” Philosophy and Rhetoric 57.3 (2024): 290-305.
• Innocenti, Beth. “Argumentation.” In Oxford Bibliographies in Communication. Ed. Patricia Moy. New York: Oxford University Press. www.oxfordbibliographies.com. First published 2011. Revised 2014, 2017, 2023.
• Innocenti, Beth. “Cultivating Contexts for Deliberative Argumentation.” Journal of Argumentation in Context 11.3 (2022): 394-416.
• Innocenti, Beth. “Demanding a Halt to Metadiscussions.” Argumentation 36.3 (2022): 345-64.