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Edward Karshner, Ph.D.
Director, Communications Intensive Courses (English Department)
Associate Professor of English Studies & Comm. Skills (English Department)
karshner@rmu.edu
412-397-6444 phone (M)
412-397-2481 fax
Wheatley Center 209


Educational Background

  • Ph.D., Rhetoric/Philosophy, Bowling Green State University, 2000
  • Master of Arts, English/Creative Writing, Indiana State University, 1997
  • Bachelor of Arts, English/Religion, Otterbein College, 1992

Area of Expertise/Research

  • Classical and Comparative Rhetoric
  • Navajo Studies
  • Comparative Metaphysics

Publications

  • "Thought, Utterance, Power: Toward a Rhetoric of Magic." Philosophy and Rhetoric. 44.1: 52-71

  • "Rhetoric, Reality, and Ritual: How Diné rhetoric can restore classical rhetoric’s epistemic promise" Proceedings of the 19th Navajo Studies Conference. Forthcoming

  • Writing the Self: A Phenomenological Approach to the Composition Process. VDM Verlag Dr. Mueller: 2008.

               

     

Presentations

  • 2012 - "Rhetoric, Reality, and Ritual: How Dine rhetoric can restore classical rhetoric's epistemic promise." Presented at the 19th Navajo Studies Conference: Santa Fe, New Mexico.
  • 2012 - "Thinking and Speaking the Circle: Symbolic Action in Navajo Rhetoric." Rhetoric Society of America Conference: Philadelphia, PA.

Schedule of Courses
Schedule Book for All Active and Available Future Terms, Karshner, Edward


Summer 2013
Course-SectionTimeDaysLocInstructorSessionSeats
  • ELIT1060-B
  • -ONLINEIKarshner7 (06/03-07/27/13)0 Seats

    Fall 2013
    Course-SectionTimeDaysLocInstructorSessionSeats
  • ELIT1050-F
  • 06:00-08:50 PM RMKarshner1 (08/26-12/14/13)17 Seats
  • ENGO3500-L1
  • -ONLINEFKarshner4 (10/19-12/14/13) Seats
  • LITO1050-L1
  • -ONLINEFKarshner2 (08/24-10/18/13)21 Seats


     
     

     

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