Joseph Zompetti
Professor
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FEL Fell Hall 414
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- About
- Education
- Awards & Honors
- Selected Research
Current Courses
COM 303.001 Controversy And Contemporary Society
COM 128.001 Gender In The Humanities
COM 400.032 Independent Study
COM 371.001 International Political Communication
COM 471.001 International Political Communication
COM 370.001 Psychology Of Language
COM 470.001 Psychology Of Language
Teaching Interests & Areas
I teach courses in civic engagement, rhetoric, and argumentation. My courses usually involve aspects of rhetorical theory, rhetorical criticism, critical theory, cultural studies, civic engagement and social movement theories and magic.
Research Interests & Areas
My research interests include the rhetoric of Sacco & Vanzetti, the rhetoric of Dante, Gramsci, civic engagement, rhetorical theory and criticism, and the rhetoric of magic.
Ph D Communication
Wayne State University
Detroit, MI
MA Communication
Illinois State University
Normal, IL
BA Political Science
Butler University
Indianapolis
Fulbright Specialist Grant
World Learning
2018
ISU Internationalization Award for Global Learning
OISP
2016
Janice Witherspoon Neuleib Award for Outstanding Scholarly Achievement in the College of Arts & Sciences
CAS
2016
University Teaching Award nominee
2015
Fulbright Specialist Grant
2015
College of Arts & Sciences Dossey Teaching award nominee
2013
University Teaching Award
2013
University Teaching Award
2011
Grants and Contracts
Fulbright
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US State Department. 2018 - 2018
Fulbright
Joseph Zompetti.
U.S. State Department. 2015 - 2015
Advancing the discipline: Expanding the role of communication in civic and political engagement through the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL
Stephen Hunt, Joseph Zompetti, Jennifer McDade, Bryan Asbury, Griffin Hammond.
Cross Endowed Chair for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning. August 2008
Book Review
Book Review: Unravelling Gramsci: Hegemony and passive revolution in the
Joseph Zompetti.
(2007), 44, 53-56, Argumentation and Debate
Book Review: Talking Democracy: Historical Perspectives on Rhetoric and Democracy
Joseph Zompetti.
(2006), 42, 120-121, Argumentation and Advocacy
Book Review: A Government by the People: Direct Democracy in America, 1890-1940
Joseph Zompetti.
(2004), 7, 109-111, Rhetoric and Public Affairs
Book Review: America's Newcomers and the Dynamics of Diversity
Joseph Zompetti.
(2004), 7, 432-434, Rhetoric and Public Affairs
Book Review: Social Movements, Civil Society, and Radical Adult Education
Joseph Zompetti.
(2002), 1, 117-121, Controversia: an International Journal of Debate and Democratic Renewal
Book, Authored
Divisive Discourse: The Extreme Rhetoric of Contemporary American Politics
Joseph Zompetti.
(2015), Cognella
Essential Readings on Rhetoric
Joseph Zompetti.
(2013), IDEA Press
Reasoned Rationales: Exploring the Educational Value of Debate
Joseph Zompetti.
(2011), International Debate Education Association Press
Debating the "Framework."
Joseph Zompetti.
(2004), West Coast Debate Handbook
The International Criminal Court: Global Politics and the Quest
Joseph Zompetti, Suzette Walden Zompetti.
(2004), Central European University Press
Book, Chapter
The Rhetoric of Social Control
Joseph Zompetti.
(2019), 11-26, Political Authority, Social Control and Public Policy, Emerald Publishing
The right to peaceable assembly and social movements: The role of “occupying” space as a way to speak
Joseph Zompetti, Maria A Moore, Peter Smudde, Stephen Hunt.
(2013), 237-256, First Amendment Rights: An Encyclopedia, ABC-CLIO, LLC
Persuasive Prestigitation: Exploring the Rhetorical Power of Magical Performance
Joseph Zompetti.
(2012), Popularizing Research, Peter Lang Publishing
Debate and the Art of Rhetorical Citizenship
Joseph Zompetti, David Cratis Williams.
(2010), 10, 122-140, Urgent Problems in Communication and Culture – 10, Pyatigorsk State Linguistic University
The Rhetoric of Social Justice in Pope John Paul II’s Catechism
Joseph Zompetti.
(2009), 39-66, The Rhetoric of Pope John Paul II, Lexingon Press
The Internationalization of a Communication Studies Major: A Global Redesign
Joseph Zompetti, John Baldwin, Lance Lippert.
Internationalizing the Communication Curriculum in an Age of Globalization: Why, What, and How
Book, Edited
Essential Readings on Argumentation
Joseph Zompetti.
(2014), IDEA Press
The Rhetoric of Pope John Paul II
Joseph Blaney, Joseph Zompetti.
(2008), Lexington Press
Conference Proceeding
Stasis and the Collective National Memory of Statues: The Soldier Statue Controversy in Tallinn, Estonia
Joseph Zompetti, Satoru Aonuma.
Proceedings of the 3rd Tokyo Conference on Argumentation, (2008)
The Pedagogy of Civic Engagement: Argumentation
Joseph Zompetti, David Cratis Williams.
Proceedings of the 3rd Tokyo Conference on Argumentation, (2008)
The Role of Debate Activism for Civil Societies
Joseph Zompetti.
Central European University Press, 157-172, (2008)
Who Am I? Who Are We? Or, Rhetorical Schizophrenia and the Breakdown of Society
Joseph Zompetti.
Proceedings of the 2nd Tokyo Conference on Argumentation, 242-245, (2004)
Revisiting Topoi: Their Use for Contemporary Argumentation and Debate
Joseph Zompetti.
Proceedings of the 1st Tokyo Conference on Argumentation, 188-190, (2000)
Transforming the Quest for Meaning: A Case Study in Public Argument
Sandra J. Berkowitz, Joseph Zompetti, Satoru Aonuma.
1997 Proceedings of the SCA/AFA Conference on Argumentation, (1998)
Journal Article
Considering AI for the classroom to boost civic learning and democratic engagement
Joseph Zompetti, Lance Lippert, Stephen K Hunt.
eJournal of Public Affairs, 12 (1), (2024)
Policy fosters family: Examining discourses of biology and care in foster care-related government texts
Lindsey Thomas, Joseph Zompetti, Amber Jannusch.
(2021)
A Historical Tracing of (In)Civility in American Presidential Rhetoric
Joseph Zompetti, Lauren Bratslavsky.
Northwest Journal of Communication, (2019)
Debate and Critical Thinking as Civic Education: The Case of Myanmar
Joseph Zompetti.
eJournal of Public Affairs, 8 (2), (2019)
Fake It “Till You Make It”: Debunking Fake News in a Post-Truth America
Joseph Zompetti, Molly Kerby.
eJournal of Public Affairs, 8 (1), (2019)
Rhetorical Incivility in the Twittersphere: A Comparative Thematic Analysis of Clinton and Trump’s Tweets During and After the 2016 Presidential Election
Joseph Zompetti.
Journal of Contemporary Rhetoric, 9 (1/2), 24-54, (2019)
Twitter, Incivility, and Presidential Communication: A Theoretical Incursion into Spectacle and Power
Lauren Bratslavsky, Nathan Carpenter, Joseph Zompetti.
Cultural Studies, (2019), 10.1080/09502386.2019.1656760
Citizenship and Civic Engagement: Civic Education in a Globalized World
Joseph Zompetti.
Pyatigorsk State Linguistic University, 15, 208-226, (2013)
The cultural and communicative dynamics of capital: Gramsci and the impetus for social action
Joseph Zompetti.
Culture, Theory and Critique, 53 (3), 365-382, (2012)
Debate and the Art of Rhetorical Citizenship
Joseph Zompetti, David Williams.
Urgent Problems in Commuication and Culture – 10, 10, 122-140, (2010)
Freaking the Mind: Exploring the Rhetoric of Magic in Criss Angel’s Mindfreak
Joseph Zompetti.
Lore, 8 (1), (2010)
The Rhetoric of Redemption of Sacco and Vanzetti
Joseph Zompetti.
Social Justice in Context, 5, 56-68, (2009)
Informal Arguing: The Likelihood of Providing Arguments, Rebuttals, Refutations, and Evidence in an Argumentative Interaction
Sean M. Limon, M. M. Turner, Joseph Zompetti.
Argumentation and Advocacy, 45, 37-48, (2008)
Revisiting Concepts of Public Relations Audience through Postmodern Concepts of Metanarrative, Decentered Subject, and Reality/Hyperreality
Joseph Zompetti, Mary Moffitt.
Journal of Promotion Management, 14, 275-291, (2008)
A Hegemonic Model of Crisis Communication: Truthfulness and Repercussions for Free Speech in Kasky v. Nike
John McHale, Joseph Zompetti, Mary Moffitt.
Journal of Business Communication, 44, 375-402, (2007)
César Chávez's Rhetorical Use of Religious Symbols
Joseph Zompetti.
Journal of Communication and Religion, 29, 262-284, (2006)
Embracing a Critical Communication Pedagogy: A Radical Examination of the Common Communication Course
Joseph Zompetti.
Radical Pedagogy, 8, (2006)
Listening and intercultural communication: Viewing international debate as a means of improving listening effectiveness
Joseph Zompetti.
Controversia: An International Journal of Debate and Democratic Renewal, 5, 85-101, (2006)
The Value of Topoi
Joseph Zompetti.
Argumentation: An International Journal of Reasoning, 20, 15-28, (2006)
The role of advocacy in civil society
Joseph Zompetti.
Argumentation: An International Journal of Reasoning, 20, 167-183, (2006)
Habermas, Gramsci and Praxis: Understanding Contingency to Salvage the Public Sphere
Joseph Zompetti.
International Journal of Communication, 15, 225-243, (2005)
Kritiking as Argumentative Praxis
Joseph Zompetti, Brian Lain.
Speaker & Gavel, 42, 13-27, (2005)
Using Postmodernism to Inform Issues Facing Public Relations Today: A New Emphasis on Audience and Campaign Message Design
Joseph Zompetti, Mary Moffitt.
Business Research Yearbook, 12, 773-777, (2005)
Personalizing Debating: Diversity and Tolerance in the Debate Community
Joseph Zompetti.
Contemporary Argumentation and Debate, 25, 26-39, (2004)
Coaching Confidence
Joseph Zompetti.
The Rostrum, 75, 6-7 & 16, (2000)
Magazine/Trade Publication
The great persuader: In teaching and practice, Pope John Paul II
Joseph Blaney, Joseph Zompetti.
Columbia Magazine, 20-21, (2008)
Using and Citing Evidence to Construct and Support Arguments
Joseph Zompetti.
Idebate (a periodical published by the International Debate Education Association), 5 (3), 32-36, (2005)
Debating the Negative on the YFE 2004 Topic
Joseph Zompetti.
Idebate (a periodical published by the International Debate Education Association), 4 (4), 60-61, (2004)
Material Regarding New Courses/Curricula
Embracing Organic Learning: Progressive Measures for the Communication
Joseph Zompetti.
Published in the ISU University Assessment Office’s Progressive Measures: Special Issue: Diverse and Global Perspectives, 3, (2007)
Textbook, Revised
Discovering the World Through Debate: A Practical Guide to Educational Debate for Debaters, Judges and Coaches
Robert Trapp, Joseph Zompetti, Jurate Montejure.
(2005), International Debate Education Association
Discovering the World Through Debate: A Practical Guide to
William Driscoll, Joseph Zompetti.
(2003), International Debate Education Association
Presentations
Embodied realities: Strategies to improve a climate of diversity and respect.
Byron Craig, Ashley Hall, Lindsey Thomas, Joseph Zompetti, K. Megan Hopper.
Culturally Responsive Campus Community Conference, Normal, IL, November, 2019
Empowering Civic Education and Civic Engagement through Debate Training: Are Pedagogical Practices and Outcomes Culturally Transferable?
Joseph Zompetti, David C. Williams.
21st NCA/AFA Summer Conference on Argumentation, Alta, UT, August 18, 2019
Curriculum across the Curriculum: Using Intro-to-Major and Capstone Courses for Curriculum Integration
John Baldwin, Stephen D Perry, Elizabeth Chupp, Joseph Zompetti.
CTLT Symposium, Normal, IL, January 8, 2014
The Way of the Wingnut: Exploring the Mediated Mania of Glenn Beck
Joseph Zompetti.
Global Fusions, Carbondale, IL, October, 2013
Gramscian Pedagogy: Common Sense and the Possibility of a Radical Democracy
Joseph Zompetti.
Rethinking Marxism, University of Massachusetts-Amherst, September, 2013
21st Century Citizenship Education in a Globalized World
Joseph Zompetti.
American Democracy Project, Denver, CO, June, 2013
Fostering Organic, Dialogic Pedagogy
Joseph Zompetti.
American Democracy Project, Denver, CO, June, 2013
Institutional Support, Student Career Prep & Democracy Promotion: Navigating the Minefield
Joseph Zompetti.
American Democracy Project, Denver, CO, June, 2013
Communicative Strategies of Cooperation through Collective Bargaining
Joseph Zompetti.
Central States Communication Association Convention, Kansas City, MO, April, 2013
Building Democracy in Myanmar
Joseph Zompetti.
Mornings With Professors, Normal, IL, April 19, 2013
Rhetorical Criticism Workshop
Joseph Zompetti.
School of Communication Brownbag, Normal, IL, April 12, 2013
Civic Engagement Pedagogy: Utilizing the Course Redesign Process
Joseph Zompetti.
CTLT Symposium, Normal, IL, January, 2013
Political Bias & Political Misinformation in the Classroom
Joseph Zompetti.
CTLT Symposium, Normal, IL, January, 2013
“Occupying” space as a way for social movements to speaking as founded in the right to peaceable assembly
, Peter Smudde, Joseph Zompetti, Stephen Hunt.
Annual Meeting of the National Communication Association, Orlando, FL, November, 2012
Civility and participatory democracy in Occupy Wall Street
Joseph Zompetti, Stephen Hunt, Maria A Moore.
Annual meeting of the International Congress for Qualitative Inquiry, Champaign, IL, May, 2012
Gendered (mis)representations of poverty: Theoretical explorations of civic engagement
Joseph Zompetti, Stephen Hunt.
Annual meeting of the International Congress for Qualitative Inquiry, Champaign, IL, May, 2012
Sharing our Passion for Teaching and Research
K McKinney, C Rabe-Hemp, Maria A Moore, P McCluskey-Titus, S Hildebrandt, Joseph Zompetti.
State Your Passion: Symposium on Teaching and Learning, Normal, IL, , 2011
Sharing our passion for teaching and research
K McKinney, C Rabe-Hemp, Maria A Moore, S A Hildebrandt, Joseph Zompetti.
State Your Passion: Symposium on Teaching and Learning, Normal, IL, , 2011
From research into practice: Current cases of SoTL impact as championed by communication educators
M A Moore, Stephen Hunt, Joseph Zompetti, Lance Lippert, J McDade.
Annual Meeting of the National Communication Association, New Orleans, LA, November, 2011
Marxist pedagogy in communication: Common sense and the possibility of radical democracy
Joseph Zompetti.
Annual Meeting of the National Communication Association, New Orleans, LA, November, 2011
Nuclear accident and/as natural disaster: An accidental rhetoric of Fukushima Nuclear Crisis during 2011 East Japan earthquake
S Aonuma, Joseph Zompetti.
Annual Meeting of the National Communication Association, New Orleans, LA, November, 2011
From research intro practice: Current cases of SoTL impact as championed by commincation educators
Maria A Moore, Stephen Hunt, Joseph Zompetti.
National Communication Association, New Orleans, LA, November, 2011
Deliberation, Forensics and Radical Democracy: Rethinking Parliamentary Debate from an International Perspective
Satoru Aonuma, Joseph Zompetti.
17th Alta Conference on Argumentation, Alta, UT, July, 2011
Incorporating Civic Engagment in Tenure and Promotion Policies
Lance Lippert, Joseph Zompetti.
American Democracy Project conference, Orlando, FL, June 4, 2011
Pedagogy Strategies for the Political Engagement Project (PEP).
Jennifer McDade, Joseph Zompetti.
American Democracy Project conference, Orlando, FL, June 4, 2011