Read between the lines and explore how politicians use language to move, convince and persuade audiences.

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Speaker:

Colleen Derkatch, professor, English, Ryerson University

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Colleen Derkatch teaches courses on rhetoric and writing studies in the English Department’s BA program and Literatures of Modernity Graduate Program. She is also on faculty in the joint Ryerson-York University Graduate Program in Communication and Culture and a recipient of the Ryerson Faculty of Arts New Faculty Teaching Award. Her research and teaching focus on rhetorical theory and criticism, particularly rhetorics of science, medicine, and health.