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Shawn Parry-Giles

Professor of Communication, University of Maryland

Parry-Giles teaches and studies rhetoric and politics. Her research has appeared in the Quarterly Journal of Speech, Presidential Studies Quarterly, Rhetoric & Public Affairs, and elsewhere.

She is the author of the book: Hillary Clinton in the News: Gender and Authenticity in American Politics. She also authored The Rhetorical Presidency, Propaganda, and the Cold War, 1945-1955 (named a Choice "Outstanding Academic Title") and is a co-author of Constructing Clinton: Hyperreality and Presidential Image-Making in Postmodern Politics, as well as The Prime-Time Presidency: The West Wing and U.S. Nationalism. Parry-Giles is also co-editor of the Handbook of Rhetoric and Public Address (Wiley-Blackwell, 2010).

Parry-Giles' most recent book is is co-author with David S. Kaufer and is forthcoming with the Pennsylvania State University Press. It is entitled: Memories of Lincoln and the Splintering of American Political Thought.

Parry-Giles is the director of the University of Maryland's Center for Political Communication and Civic Leadership. She is also co-editor of the journal: Voices of Democracy—a project that was initially funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Current research projects include a large corpus project with David Kaufer and Xizhen Cai on Hillary Clinton's speeches and writings from 1992 through 2016. The most recent article is published with the Quarterly Journal of Speech and is entitled: "Hillary Clinton's Presidential Campaign Memoirs: A Study in Contrasting Identities" published in 2016. To access the article, see: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00335630.2016.1221529

US Election Series

2016 presidential advertising focused on character attacks

Nov 17, 2016 23:38 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics

The general election ads from the 2016 presidential campaign represented a referendum on each candidates character. And in this ad race, there were no winners. Both the Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump campaigns...

US Election Series

Why do so many believe Hillary Clinton is inauthentic?

Oct 31, 2016 02:21 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics

In the national spotlight for nearly 25 years, Hillary Clinton remains the candidate voters still struggle to know. Labels like guarded, secretive, evasive, even mysterious have dogged her since she first introduced...

Economy

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Politics

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Science

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NASAs Artemis II mission launched Wednesday, marking humanitys return to crewed lunar exploration for the first time since the Apollo era. Carrying four astronauts aboard the Orion spacecraft, this historic 10-day mission...

NASA's Artemis II Mission: First Crewed Lunar Journey Since Apollo

NASA's Artemis II Crew Arrives in Florida for Historic Moon Mission

The four astronauts chosen for NASAs Artemis II mission have touched down at Kennedy Space Center in Florida, marking the beginning of final launch preparations for the first crewed lunar journey in over 50 years. NASA...

Technology

Samsung Union Talks Enter Final Stage as Strike Threat Looms

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