Emily Cope, Ph.D.

Education

• B.A. Moody Bible Institute of Chicago (May 2004)
• M.A. University of Tennessee, Knoxville (May 2008)
• Ph.D. University of Tennessee, Knoxville (May 2015)

Courses

• Religious Rhetorics
• Advanced Composition
• Research Methods in Writing Studies
• Interdisciplinary Communication
• Communication in Professional Cultures

Research Interests

• Rhetorical Education
• Religious Rhetorics
• Public Discourse
• Writing Teacher Preparation

Recent Publications

• “‘Inspiration of Delivery’: John A. Broadus and the Evangelical Underpinnings of Extemporaneous Oratory.” Rhetoric Society Quarterly 45.4 (2015): 279-299.
• “Coming to (Troubled) Terms: Methodology, Positionality, and the Problem of Defining ‘Evangelical Christian.’” Mapping Christian Rhetorics: Connecting Conversations, Charting New Territories. Ed. Michael-John DePalma and Jeffrey M. Ringer. New York: Routledge, 2014. 103-124. With Jeffrey M. Ringer.
• “The Mt. Oread Manifesto on Rhetorical Education 2013.” Rhetoric Society Quarterly 44.1 (2014): 1-5. Contributor.
• “Learning Not to Preach: Beth Moore and the Rhetoric of Constraint.” Rhetoric, History, and Women’s Oratorical Education: American Women Learn to Speak. Ed. David Gold and Catherine Hobbs. New York: Routledge, 2013. 217-238.
• Review of Listening to the Logos: Speech and the Coming of Wisdom in Ancient Greece, Christopher Lyle Johnstone. Rhetorica 31.1 (2013): 124-128.