The Routledge Handbook of Public Speaking Research and Theory

About the Editors

List of Contributors

Introduction

Joshua N. Westwick, Sherwyn P. Morreale, and Stevie M. Munz

Part I: Public Speaking as the Centrality of the Discipline

1. A Historical Tracing of Public Speaking Pedagogy

Joseph P. Zompetti

2. Canons of Rhetoric: Building Blocks for Speech Construction

Adrienne E. Hacker Daniels and Christopher J. Oldenberg

3. Public Speaking and Theatre: A Joint Tradition

Kyle A. Hammonds

4. Public Speaking and Democratic Life: A Neo-Classical Rhetoric for the Digital Age

J. Michael Hogan

5. The Instruction of Public Speaking: An Index of Major Events in the Discipline and Related Trends Within the Literature

Maura R. Cherney

Part II: Foundations of Public Speaking

6.  A Communication Traits Approach to the Teaching and Learning of Public Speaking

Scott A. Myers, Jordan Atkinson, Stephen M. Kromka, Sara Pitts, and Melissa F. Tindage

7. Ethical Concerns in Public Speaking

Sara V.A. Kaufman

8.  Listenability: The Art of Meaningful Public Speaking

Tim McKenna-Buchanan and Mary Lahman

9. Audience Analysis in Public Speaking: A Comprehensive Exploration

Jackson W. Scott, Madalena Robertson, and Nicholas T. Tatum

10. Rhetorical Audience Analysis and Reception Studies of Public Speaking

Jens E. Kjeldsen

11. Approaches to Organizing and Outlining in Public Speaking

Maria Hannah and Carly Densmore

12.  Delivery Modes, Elements, and Exceptions: Exploring and Troubling the Canon of Delivery in Public Speaking

Justin J. Rudnick, Douglas Roberts, Tennisha Sonsalla, Vanessa Fowler, and Caleb Webb

13. Verbal and Nonverbal Communication: Creating Inclusion and Accessibility

Miranda N. Rouse, Kent R. Schafer, Darrin J. Griffin, and Cassidy Duncan

14. A Clearer Picture: The History of Visual Aids in Public Speaking

Adam C. Jones and Anna M. Wright

15.  Persuasive Public Speaking: Considerations for a Post-Truth Era

Josh Fitzgerald, Kevin R. Meyer, and Stephen K. Hunt

16.  Exploring Speech Anxiety: Managing our Nerves to Share our Stories

Suzy Prentiss and Dakota Horn

17.  Viva Lost Vagus: Yogic Breathing, Neuroscience, and Public Speaker Anxiety

Eddie Glenn

Part III: Issues of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Public Speaking

18.  Relevant Today and Prepared for Tomorrow: Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, Access (IDEA) in Public Speaking

Kristina Ruiz-Mesa and Melissa A. Broeckelman-Post

19. Accents and Dialects in Public Speaking

Kallia O. Wright, Luisa M. Cotto, and Zixiao Yang

20. Critical Race Theory Interventions for Public Speaking

Sergio Fernando Juárez and C. Kyle Rudick

21.  Whiteness and Public Speaking

Kristen P. Treinen

22. Revisiting Public Speaking as a Liberal Art at Hispanic-Serving Institutions

Cyndi Grobmeier and W. Bradford Mello

23. Accommodations in the Public Speaking Classroom for Students with Mental Health Conditions

Jillian Joyce Kaufmann

24. Access and Accommodation and Public Speaking

Robbie D. Hall and Darcy L. Wente-Hahn

25. Building Communication Competence through Public Speaking: Considerations for Faculty Outside of the Communication Discipline

Amy May and Victoria McDermott

Part IV: Public Speaking Across Contexts

26. Public Speaking’s Transferable Skills for Industry

Michael E. Burns and Joshua H. Miller

27. Public Speaking in Business and Professional Settings

Caroline Walbuesser and Francis Brandau

28. Public Speaking in K–12 Contexts: Not Quite Uncharted Waters

Michael G. Strawser, David A. Yastremski, and Carly Densmore

29. Democratic Education through Public Speaking

Gabriel Wisnewski-Parks and Vincent Russell

30. Public Speaking in Action: Forensics as an Extended Classroom for Skills on Democratic Participation and Advocacy

Kristopher Copeland and Ant Woodall

Part V: Assessing Public Speaking

31. Measuring Student Learning in a College-Level Public Speaking Class: The Development and Evolution of a Rubric

Cheri Simonds and John Hooker

32. Assessment for Learning in Public Speaking Education: Best Practices for Design, Implementation, and Continuous Improvement

Karla M. Hunter

33. A Critical Systematic Review of Rubric Research in the Public Speaking Classroom

Drew T. Ashby-King, Lindsey B. Anderson, and Melissa A. Lucas

Part VI: Public Speaking in the Twenty-First Century

34. Speaking Soundly: Post-Colonial Approaches for the Future of Public Speaking

Sidi Becar Meyara

35. Online Speaking: Adapting to the Virtual Environment

Brent Kice

36. Online and Mediated Public Speaking

Pat J. Gehrke

37. The Case for Online Public Speaking Skills in the Communication Curriculum

Nick Linardopoulos

38. Digital Resources for Public Speaking

Jeffrey H. Kuznekoff

Where We Go from Here: Concluding Remarks

Stevie M. Munz, Anna M. Wright, and Tim McKenna-Buchanan

Index

Biography

Stevie M. Munz is Associate Professor of Communication at Utah Valley University, USA.

Tim McKenna-Buchanan is Associate Professor of Communication Studies at Manchester University, USA.

Anna M. Wright is Instructional Assistant Professor at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, USA.