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Cover of Stand Up, Speak Out: The Practice and Ethics of Public Speaking v2.0
Published: 
November 2016
Page Count: 
370
ISBN (Digital): 
978-1-4533-7944-8

Stand Up, Speak Out: The Practice and Ethics of Public Speaking

Version 2.0
By Jason S. Wrench, Anne Goding, Danette Ifert Johnson, and Bernardo A. Attias

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This textbook is suitable for the following courses: Public Speaking, Communication.

Stand Up, Speak Out: The Practice and Ethics of Public Speaking is a practical guide for the speech-making process. With a combination of classic and current academic research, the authors walk students through creating, researching, and presenting public speeches. This text places an emphasis on public-speaking techniques.

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  • Updated and new sections on communication apprehension, plagiarism, audience analysis, research, technologies, style, using graphic arts, and persuasion.
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Jason S. Wrench State University of New York at New Paltz

Jason S. Wrench (Ed.D., West Virginia University) is an associate professor in the Communication and Media department at the State University of New York at New Paltz. Dr. Wrench specializes in workplace learning and performance, or the intersection of instructional communication and organizational communication. His varied research interests include communibiology, computer-mediated communication, empirical research methods, humor, risk/crisis communication, and supervisor-subordinate interactions. Dr. Wrench regularly consults with individuals and organizations on workplace communication and as a professional speech coach for senior executives. Dr. Wrench has published five previous books: Intercultural Communication: Power in Context, Communication, Affect, and Learning in the Classroom (2000, Tapestry Press), Principles of Public Speaking (2003, The College Network), Human Communication in Everyday Life: Explanations and Applications (2008, Allyn & Bacon), Quantitative Research Methods for Communication: A Hands-On Approach (2008, Oxford University Press), and The Directory of Communication Related Mental Measures (Summer 2010, National Communication Association), among others. Dr. Wrench was the editor of the Ohio Communication Journal from 2005– 2007, and has served as an associate editor for Communication Research Reports from 2007– 2010. Furthermore, Dr. Wrench has published over 30 research articles that have appeared in various journals: Communication Quarterly, Communication Research Reports, Education, Human Communication, Journal of Homosexuality, Journal of Intercultural Communication, Southern Communication Journal, The Source: A Journal of Education, and The NACADA Journal (National Association of Campus Advising). Many of his writings are available on his website at http://www.JasonSWrench.com.

Anne Goding State University of New York at New Paltz

Anne Goding (MS, Eastern Washington University) is a lecturer in the Communication and Media department at the State University of New York at New Paltz. Ms. Goding specializes in the intersections of intercultural communication, storytelling, and public communication. From 1981 to 1992, Ms. Goding worked as a teacher for the Medicine Chief of the Bear Tribe Medicine Society in Spokane, Washington. Ms. Goding taught outdoor summer programs for adults, which included Native American philosophy, ceremonial etiquette in native societies, earth rituals, traditional women’s studies emphasizing Native Americans, the Sacred Pipe emphasizing Ojibwe and Paiute-Arapaho traditions, sweat lodge ceremony and symbolism emphasizing Ojibwe tradition, and the Vision Quest, a traditional rite of passage for contemporary people. From 1986–1989, Ms. Goding also worked as co-director of Bear Tribe Publishing Company. In 1994 Ms. Goding received a mini-grant from Eastern Washington University Foundation for the development of a teaching package in visual presentation for Public Speaking. She has presented workshops on public speaking for a range of audiences. Ms. Goding has previously published the article “How Institutional Meanings Displace the Real Environment (Revisiting Rio)” in the International Journal of Communication.

Danette Ifert Johnson Ithaca College

Danette Ifert Johnson is Professor of Communication Studies at Ithaca College. She previously taught at West Virginia Wesleyan College and Texas Tech University. Danette completed her undergraduate studies in history and speech communication at West Virginia Wesleyan College and earned an M.A. in educational psychology from West Virginia University and an M.A. and Ph.D. in communication studies from Northwestern University. During her almost 20-year teaching career, she has taught courses ranging from introductory Business & Professional Communication and Public Speaking to graduate courses in Quantitative Research Methods and Interpersonal Influence. She has written over 30 published articles and book chapters, including articles in Communication Education, Communication Research, Western Journal of Communication, and Communication Teacher. Danette has been recognized for her teaching with West Virginia Wesleyan’s (WVWC) Community Council Outstanding Faculty Award and WVWC’s Honors Faculty Member of the Year. In 2009, she was recognized as a Distinguished Teaching Fellow of the Eastern Communication Association (ECA). She is also a recipient of ECA’s Past President’s Award for early to mid-career scholarly achievement and service to the organization. Danette is a past Executive Director of ECA and is presently First Vice President-Elect of the organization.

Bernardo A. Attias California State University - Northridge

Bernardo Alexander Attias (Ph.D., University of Iowa, 1997) is Department Chair and Professor of Communication Studies at California State University, Northridge, where he has taught since 1994. Dr. Attias teaches a variety of courses, including Rhetorical Theory, Classical Rhetoric, Postmodern Rhetoric, Freedom of Speech, Rhetoric of Peace and Conflict, Rhetoric of Crime and Punishment, Communication and Technology, Intercultural Communication, and Performance, Language, and Cultural Studies. His research is primarily in the areas of rhetorical studies, cultural studies, performance studies, and critical theory; he has written on media coverage of warfare, the politics of psychoanalysis, the history of sexuality, and electronic dance music culture. Dr. Attias is also a DJ and performance artist, and he brings his creative energy and interests into his scholarship and pedagogy.
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