Woodward, Gary C. 1946–

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Woodward, Gary C. 1946–

PERSONAL: Born July 12, 1946, in Denver, CO. Education: California State University, Sacramento, B.A., 1968, M.A., 1969; University of Pittsburgh, Ph.D., 1973.

ADDRESSES: Home—342 Rileyville Rd., Ringoes, NJ 08551. Office—Department of Communication Studies, 243 Kendall Hall, College of New Jersey, P.O. Box 7718, 2000 Pennington Rd., Ewing, NJ 08628-0718; fax: 609-637-5187. E-mail—woodward@tcnj.edu.

CAREER: College of New Jersey, Ringoes, professor of communication studies and department chair, 1974–. University of Worcester, exchange professor, 1976–77. Political commentator for television networks and periodicals; consultant.

MEMBER: National Communication Association (chair of commission on governmental communication, 1987), Eastern Communication Association (chair of political communication division, 1988–89), New Jersey Communication Association.

AWARDS, HONORS: Fellow, National Endowment for the Humanities, 1980.

WRITINGS:

(With Robert E. Denton, Jr.) Political Communication in America, Praeger (New York, NY), 1985, 3rd edition, 1999.

(With Robert E. Denton, Jr.) Persuasion and Influence in American Life, Waveland (Prospect Heights, IL), 1987, 5th edition, 2004.

Persuasive Encounters: Case Studies in Constructive Confrontation, Praeger (New York, NY), 1990. Perspectives on American Political Communication, Allyn & Bacon (Boston, MA), 1997.

The Idea of Identification, State University of New York Press (Albany, NY), 2003.

Contributor to books, including Ethical Dimensions of Political Communication, Praeger (New York, NY), 1991; Media and the Gulf War, Praeger (New York, NY), 1993; The Inaugural Addresses of Twentieth-Century American Presidents: Critical Rhetorical Studies, Praeger (New York, NY), 1993; and Political Ethics, Greenwood Press (Westport, CT), 2000. Contributor of articles and reviews to academic journals, including Central States Speech Journal, New York Times, and Journal of Rhetoric and Public Affairs. Member of editorial board, Communication Quarterly, 1994–2001, and Qualitative Research Reports, 1999–.

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