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Stephen Lucas Professor Rhetoric 6037 Vilas Hall 608-262-2095 selucas@wisc.edu Office Hours: On leave And By Appointment

Education

• Ph.D. Pennsylvania State University, 1973
• M.A. Pennsylvania State University, 1971
• B.A. University of California, Santa Barbara, 1968

Honors and Awards

• National Communication Association, Donald H. Ecroyd Award for Outstanding Teacher in Higher Education, 2001
• National Communication Association, Golden Anniversary Monograph Award for "The Rhetorical Ancestry of the Declaration of Independence", 1999
• Elected to Wisconsin Teaching Academy, 1997
• Excellence in Teaching Award, Wisconsin Student Association, 1992
• University of Wisconsin, Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching, 1988
• National Communication Association, Golden Anniversary Award for Portents of Rebellion: Rhetoric and Revolution in Philadelphia, 1765-1776, 1977
• Pulitzer Prize nomination for Portents of Rebellion: Rhetoric and Revolution in Philadelphia, 1765-1776, 1976
• National Communication Association, Gerald R. Miller Oustanding Dissertation Award, 1973

Selected Works

Books

• 2001. The Art of Public Speaking, Seventh edition. New York: McGraw-Hill.
• 1999. The Quotable George Washington: The Wisdom of an American Patriot. Madison: Madison House.

Articles

• 1998. "The Rhetorical Ancestry of the Declaration of Independence." Rhetoric and Public Affairs, 1, 143-184.

Chapters

• 2001. "Public Speaking." Encyclopedia of Rhetoric, Thomas O. Sloane, ed. New York: Oxford University Press. 640-647.
• 1998. "Teaching Public Speaking." Teaching Communication: Theory, Research and Methods, 2nd ed., Anita Vangelisti, John A. Daly, and Gustav Friedrich, eds. Hillsdale: Lawrence Erlbaum. 75-84.
• 1997. "Booker T. Washington." African-American Orators, Richard W. Leeman, ed. Westport: Greenwood Press. 341-357.
• 1995. "Debate and Oratory." Encyclopedia of the United States Congress, Donald C. Bacon, Roger H. Davidson, and Morton Keller, eds. New York: Simon and Schuster. 608-613.
• 1994. "The Plakkaat van Verlatinge: A Neglected Model for the American Declaration of Independence." Connecting Cultures: The Netherlands in Five Centuries of Transatlantic Exchange, Rosemarijn Hofte and Johanna C. Kardux, eds. Amsterdam: VU Press. 189-207.

Courses

• CA 372 - Rhetoric of Campaigns and Revolutions
• CA 667 - History of American Public Address