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School of Sport Science, Exercise and Health at University of Western Australia-Perth in Perth, Australia

The practice of speech. Invited by the School of Sport Science, Exercise and Health. University of Western Australia. Perth, Western Australia. November 12, 2015.

Chapter: Imagining a writing and rhetoric program based on principles of knowledge ‘transfer’: Dartmouth’s Institute for Writing and Rhetoric.

In creating each course, speech professors were mindful of shared learning objectives, drawing out themes that cross such diverse topics as intercultural communication and political humor, image repair…

Oberlin College in Oberlin, OH, United States

Speaking with: A conversation with Prof. Josh Compton. Invited by Laurie McMillin, Professor and Chair, Rhetoric and Composition, Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio, USA. March 11, 2015.

Keynote: Basic Communication Course Conference, Eastern Communication Association in Pittsburgh, PA, United States

I can think of no dictionary more dynamic, more accurate, more inspiring, more critical to our discipline than the dictionary that emerges through our talk with others. This…

Presidents as speech professors: American presidents’ public statements about public speaking

So we know that presidents do public speaking, and that what they do when doing public speaking matters.  But how do presidents view public speaking?  Josh Compton & Brian Kaylor Presidents do public…

Introduction to The Forensic special issue: Forensics and the Net Generation

The phrase is a contagion. We add our own versions, and soon, nostalgia is not only contagious, but also, competitive. Josh Compton Compton, J. (2012). Introduction to The…

Presidents as speech professors

The investigation stems from a simple thought: presidents regularly do public speaking, but how do they view it? The answers offer a nuanced look into presidential rhetoric about presidential rhetoric—and…

Image repair in late night comedy

The speech set had shades of politics, humor, and public address, crossing realms of entertainment, news, and word-of-mouth communication. Josh Compton & Brett Miller https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0363811111000932?via%3Dihub David Letterman, host…

Speaking of speech with the disciplines

When we adopt a collaborative conceptualization of speech across the disciplines, it is in the asking that we are answering. Josh Compton https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1474022209359053 As Lecturer of Speech in…

Viewing speech ghostwriting ethics through metaphors

Perhaps this comparison—ghostwriter‐as‐you—will yield some of the most interesting (or at least personal) classroom discussions about the ethics of ghostwriting. Josh Compton Speechwriting is packed with ethical dimensions,…