G. Thomas Goodnight
G. Thomas Goodnight | |
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Born | Houston, Texas, U.S. | December 4, 1948
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Institutions | University of Southern California |
G. Thomas Goodnight is an American argumentation and rhetorical scholar.
Early life and education
Goodnight was born in 1948 in
Career
Goodnight is a professor and director of doctoral studies in the
His seminal contribution to the field of argumentation theory lies in his approach to "spheres of argument," an idea that has sparked many scholarly studies. Before joining USC full-time in 2004, Goodnight taught undergraduate and graduate courses in Northwestern University's Communication Studies department in contemporary rhetorical theory, criticism, theory of argumentation, and the public sphere. His current research interests include deliberation and postwar society, science communication, argument and aesthetics, public discourse studies, and communicative reason in controversy.
Goodnight has been named by the
References
- ^ Curriculum Vitae. USC Academia. Retrieved February 23, 2020
- ^ Peterson's graduate programs in the humanities, arts, & social sciences, 2006, p. 922
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