Tom Benson

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Thomas W. Benson Edwin Erle Sparks Professor of Rhetoric Department of Communication Arts & Sciences Penn State University 227 Sparks Building University Park, PA 16802 Office Hours Fall 2011: Tuesday 10-12 and by appointment

office: 814-865-4201 department: 814-865-3461 FAX: 814-863-7986

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CAS 415 - Fall 2011 Rhetoric of Film: Alfred Hitchcock and the Critics: The Rhetoric of the Thriller as Art, Entertainment, and Social Text
CAS 475 - Fall 2011 Studies in Public Address: American Rhetoric in the New Deal Era: 1932-1945
CAS 515 - Fall 2011 Seminar in Rhetoric of Film: Alfred Hitchcock and the Critics: The Rhetoric of the Thriller as Art, Entertainment, and Social Text

Recent Courses
CAS 415 - Fall 2008 Rhetoric of Film: Alfred Hitchcock and the Critics: The Rhetoric of the Thriller as Art, Entertainment, and Social Text
CAS 515 - Fall 2008 Seminar in Rhetoric of Film: Alfred Hitchcock and the Critics: The Rhetoric of the Thriller as Art, Entertainment, and Social Text
CAS 500 - Fall 2008 Seminar in Public Address: The Rhetoric of the American Presidency

Some sites of interest to students of rhetoric	Electronic Journals and Computer Mediated Communication
Local weather	News, Politics
local sites	Film, Television, and Media Studies
Maps

ROME

In July 1998, the National Communication Association and the International Communication Association hosted an international conference in Rome, Italy. One program at that conference was a walking tour of Roman tourist sites. For more information on the 1998 Rome tour, click here.

Rome 1998

In summer 2002, Professor Margaret Benson taught a special summer program in Rome on Human Development and Family Studies -- Family and Childhood in Italy. Students lived in apartments in Rome.

Rome 2002

Rome 2006 -- International Program in Communication Arts & Sciences -- Rome

Rome 2006

Rome 2007 -- international program in Communication Arts & Sciences -- Rome -- rhetoric of travel and tourism Rome 2007

Rome 2008 -- international program in Communication Arts & Sciences -- Rome -- rhetoric of travel and tourism

Rome 2008

Rome 2009 -- international program in Communication Arts & Sciences -- Rome -- rhetoric of travel and tourism

Rome 2009

Rome 2010 -- international program in Communication Arts & Sciences -- Rome -- rhetoric of travel and tourism

Rome 2010