RSA Fellows

Fellows of the Rhetoric Society of America have produced scholarship in rhetorical studies that is remarkable for its quality and quantity, have participated in the work of the RSA, whether on the Board, on its committees, or in other capacities, and have worked to increase the visibility and influence of rhetorical studies through public lectures, teaching, advocacy, or other activities. Winners of the George E. Yoos Award, which automatically confers the status of Fellow, meet the criteria for Rhetoric Society Fellows and have made sustained contributions to the RSA which have improved the organization.

Frederick J. Antczak

Class of 2004
Dean for College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Grand Valley State University

Patricia Bizzell

Class of 2018
Professor of English
College of The Holy Cross

David Blakesley

Yoos Award 2016
Professor of English and Campbell Chair in Technical Communication
Clemson University

Leah Ceccarelli

Class of 2022
Professor
University of Washington

Ralph Cintron

Class of 2020
Associate Professor
University of Illinois - Chicago

Gregory D. Clark

Yoos Award 2018
Professor of English
Brigham Young University

Sharon Crowley

Class of 2008
Department of English
Arizona State University

Richard Leo Enos

Yoos Award 2006
Professor of English
Texas Christian University

Jeanne Fahnestock

Class of 2012
Professor Emerita - English
University of Maryland

Cheryl Geisler

Class of 2022
Professor, School of Interactive Arts & Technology
Simon Fraser University

S. Michael Halloran

Yoos Award 2002
Professor Emeritus Language, Literature and Communication
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

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Gerard A. Hauser

Yoos Award 2004
Professor of Communication
University of Colorado - Boulder

Debra Hawhee

Class of 2020
McCourtney Professor
Pennsylvania State University

Winifred Horner (1922 - 2014)

Class of 2012
Professor Emerita and Radford Chair Emerita
Texas Christian University 

David S. Kaufer

Class of 2014
Mellon Distinguished Professor of English
Carnegie Mellon University

George A. Kennedy (1928 - 2022)

Class of 2006
Professor Emeritus – Classics
University of North Carolina

Janice M. Lauer (1932 - 2021)

Yoos Award 2008
Department of English
Purdue University

Michael C. Leff (1941–2010)

Yoos Award 2010
Professor of Communication
University of Memphis

Shirley Wilson Logan

Yoos Award 2020
Professor Emerita of English
University of Maryland

Andrea Lunsford

Class of 2020
Louise Hewlett Nixon Professor of English and Bass Fellow
Stanford University

Carolyn R. Miller

Class of 2010
Professor Emerita - English
North Carolina State University

James Jerome Murphy (1923 - 2021)

Class of 2010
Professor Emeritus - English
University of California - Davis

Lester C. Olson

Class of 2016
Professor of Communication and Chancelloe's Distinguished Teacher
University of Pittsburgh

Krista Ratcliffe

Class of 2018
Professor and Head
Arizona State University

Jacqueline Jones Royster

Class of 2014
Dean Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts and
Ivan Allen Jr. Chair in Liberal Arts and Technology
Georgia Institute of Technology

Edward Schiappa

Class of 2006
Professor of Comparative Media Studies/Writing
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Jack Selzer

Yoos Award 2012
Paterno Family Liberal Arts Professor
Penn State University

C. Jan Swearingen (1948 - 2017)

Class of 2004
Professor of English
Texas A&M University

Victor J. Vitanza

Class of 2016
Professor of English
Clemson University

Jeffrey Walker

Class of 2006 and Yoos Award 2014
Professor of English
University of Texas - Austin

Arthur Walzer

Yoos Award 2000
Professor Emeritus - Communication Studies
University of Minnesota

Barbara Warnick (1946 - 2020)

Class of 2010
Professor Emerita - Communication
University of Pittsburgh

Kathleen E. Welch

Class of 2006
Presidential Professor of English
University of Oklahoma

Kirt H. Wilson

Yoos Award 2022
Associate Professor
Penn State University

George Edward Yoos (1923 - 2021)

Class of 2010
Professor Emeritus - Philosphy
St Cloud State University

David Zarefsky

Yoos Award 2010
Professor of Communication
Northwestern University

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