Biography

Mary Stuckey (Ph.D., University of Notre Dame, 1987) is Professor of Communication and Political Science and Graduate Director in the Department of Communication. Her eight books focus on presidential communication and rhetoric, including national identity, strategic failures, the pre-presidential and presidential rhetoric of Ronald Reagan, the Challenger address, and the theory and practice of political communication research. Her most recent book is Defining Americans: The Presidency and National Identity (Kansas 2004). Her more than 40 articles and book chapters expand understanding of the presidency, the media, and governmental rhetoric aimed at American Indians. In all cases, she is interested in how political power is constructed and communicated. Stuckey has won teaching awards from the Mississippi Humanities Council and the American Political Science Association, a campus-wide award from the University of Mississippi, and is a fellow of the GSU Center for Teaching & Learning. Her research has been supported by NASA, the National Endowment of the Humanities, the American Indian Science and Engineering Society, the Gerald R. Ford Library, and CSPAN. Stuckey has been active in the Women’s Caucus, Political Communication Division and Presidency Research Group of the American Political Science Association, and has chaired the Southern Speech Communication Association’s Rhetoric and Public Address Division. Research Areas: Rhetorical Studies; Presidential Rhetoric; National Identity; Media and Politics. Degree Track Affiliations: Ph.D. (Public Communication), M.A. (Human Communication & Social Influence). Core Graduate Seminars Regularly Taught: Rhetoric & Identity Studies; The Rhetoric of Hatred; Communication Pedagogy; Qualitative Research Methods in Communication.