Communication Program

Dr. Verlaine McDonald

Professor of Communication

Draper, Room 201B
CPO 1893

Office Hours: TBA

Phone: 859-985-3756
Fax: 859-985-3906

E-Mail: verlaine_mcdonald@berea.edu

At Berea College since 1995

Degrees

  • B.A. Communication and English Education, Seattle Pacific University, 1987
  • M.A. Communication Arts & Sciences, University of Southern California, 1993
  • Ph.D. Communication Arts & Sciences, University of Southern California, 1994

Courses

  • Introduction to Communication
  • Communication and Gender
  • Persuasion
  • Rhetorical Criticism
  • Interpersonal Communication
  • Stories: Encountering Others Through Literature
  • U.S. Traditions: E Pluribus Unum

Special Interests

  • American Public Address, Communication and Gender, Argumentation Theory

Research Programs

  • Rhetorical Theory and Criticism
  • The History of American Communism