David Frank, Publications

BOOKS (Click on title for ordering information) (Back to Top)

Picart, C.J.S. and David A. Frank, Frames of Evil: the Holocaust as Horror in American Film. Foreword by Dominick LaCapra. Introduction by Edward J. Ingebretsen. (Carbondale: Southern Illinois Press, 2006).

Rowland, Robert C. and David A. Frank. Shared Land/Conflicting Identity: Trajectories of Israeli and Palestinian Symbol Use (Michigan State University Press, 2002).

Bartanen, Michael D. and David A. Frank. Non-Policy Debate (New York: Gorsuch and Allyn & Bacon, 1994) Second Edition.

Frank, David A. Creative Speaking (Chicago: NTC and McGraw-Hill, 1994).

Bartanen, Michael D. and David A. Frank. Lincoln-Douglas Debate (Chicago: NTC and McGraw-Hill, 1993).

Bartanen, Michael D. and David A. Frank. Debating Values (Scottsdale: Gorsuch 1991).

BOOK CHAPTERS (Back to Top)

Frank, David. A. "Rhetoric and the Middle East," The Encyclopedia of Communication (Blackwell: Cambridge, 2007). In press.

Picart, C.J.S. and David A. Frank. "Schindler's List: History, Horror and the Monstrous" In The Holocaust Film Sourcebook (Fiction, Documentary, Propaganda) 3 Volumes. (Westport, CT and London, England: Praeger, 2004).

Picart, C.J.S. and David A. Frank. "Horror and the Holocaust: Genre Elements in Schindler's List and Psycho" In The Horror Film. Ed. Stephen Prince. (New Brunswick, N.J. Rutgers UP, 2004). 206-223.

Frank, David A. and Michelle K. Bolduc, "Beyond Amnesia and Critical Thinking: Forensics and Argument Pedagogy," in Proceedings of the Fifth Conference of the International Society for the Study of Argumentation Eds. Frans H. van Eemeren, J. Anthony Blair, Charles A. Willard and Francisca Snoeck Henkemans. (Netherlands: Sic Sat, 2002). 325-327.

Frank, David A. "Debate as Rhetorical Scholarship" In CEDA 1991: 20th Anniversary Conference Proceedings Eds David Thomas and Stephen C. Wood. (Dubuque: Kendall/Hunt, 1993). 75-95.

Bailie, Mashoed and David A. Frank. "An Occidental Construction of the Orient: Media, Madness, and the Muslim World," In Democratic Communications in the Information Age. Eds. Janet Wasko and Vincent Mosco. (Ontario: Garamond Press, 1992). 75-86.

Frank, David A. "From Manila to Manhattan: An Analysis of the New York Times Coverage of Aquino's People Power Movement," In Democratic Communications n the Information Age. Eds. Janet Wasko and Vincent Mosco. (Ontario: Garamond Press, 1992). 196-209.

Bartanen, Michael D., and David A. Frank. "The Issues Agenda Model," In Advanced Debate. Ed. David Thomas. (Lincolnwood: NTC, 1986). 408-416.

Frank, David A., Carolyn Keefe, Randy Lake, John Morello, Robin Reese, Ross Smith, Ken Strange, and Walter Ulrich. "Statement of Ethics," In American Forensics in Perspective Ed. Don Parson. (Annandale: Speech Communication Association, 1984). 15-19.

REFERRED ACADEMIC JOURNALS (Back to Top)

"Barack Obama's Address to the 2004 Democratic National Convention: Trauma, Compromise, Consilience, and the (Im)possibility of Racial Reconciliation,"
Frank, David A. and Mark McPhail. "Barack Obama's Address to the 2004 Democratic National Convention: Trauma, Compromise, Consilience, and the (Im)possibility of Racial Reconciliation," Rhetoric and Public Affairs 8 (2005): 571-593.

"Arguing with God, Talmudic Discourse, and the Jewish Counter-Model: Implications for the Study of Argumentation,"
Frank, David A. "Arguing with God, Talmudic Discourse, and the Jewish Counter-Model: Implications for the Study of Argumentation," Argumentation and Advocacy. 41 (2004): 71-86.

Frank, David A. and Michelle K. Bolduc. "From Vita Contemplativa to Vita Activa: Chaïm Perelman and Lucie Olbrechts-Tytca's Rhetorical Turn" Advances in the History of Rhetoric 7 (2004): 65-86.

"Argumentation Studies in the Wake of the New Rhetoric,"
Frank, David A. "Argumentation Studies in the Wake of the New Rhetoric," Argumentation and Advocacy 40 (2004): 267-283.

"The Jewish Counter model: Talmudic Argumentation, the New Rhetoric Project, and the Classical Tradition of Rhetoric"
Frank, David A. "The Jewish Counter model: Talmudic Argumentation, the New Rhetoric Project, and the Classical Tradition of Rhetoric" Journal of Communication and Religion 26 (2003): 163-194.

"The Pedagogy and Politics of Solipsism,"
Frank, David A. "The Pedagogy and Politics of Solipsism," Contemporary Argumentation and Debate 24 (2003): 31-41.

"After the New Rhetoric,"
Frank, David A. "After the New Rhetoric," [Review Essay] Quarterly Journal of Speech 89 (2003): 253-261.

Chaïm Perelman's "First Philosophies and Regressive Philosophy." Commentary and Translation
Frank, David A. and Michelle K. Bolduc. "Chaïm Perelman's "First Philosophies and Regressive Philosophy." Commentary and Translation" Philosophy and Rhetoric 16 (2003): 177-207.

Picart, C.J.S. and David A. Frank. "The Holocaust as Horror-Psychological Thriller Film: Working-Through Spielberg's Schindler's List," Film and History CD-ROM Annual (2003).

"Jerusalem and the Riparian Simile"
Cohen, Shaul C. and David A. Frank. "Rivers of Peace: The Riparian Conflict Simile." Political Geography 21 (2002): 745-760.

"The Mutability of Rhetoric: Hadair Shafi's Madrid Speech and Vision of Palestinian-Israeli Rapprochement."
Frank, David A. "The Mutability of Rhetoric: Hadair Shafi's Madrid Speech and Vision of Palestinian-Israeli Rapprochement." Quarterly Journal of Speech 86 (2000): 334-353.

Bartanen, Michael D. and David A. Frank. "Reclaiming a Heritage: A Proposal for Rhetorically Grounded Academic Debate" Parliamentary Debate: The Journal of the National Parliamentary Debate Association 6 (1999): 31-54.

Frank, David A. "Dialectical Rapprochement in the New Rhetoric," Argumentation and Advocacy 33 (1998): 111-137.

Frank, David A. "A New Forensics for a New Millennium" The Forensic 83 (1997): 4-16.

Frank, David A. "The New Rhetoric, Judaism, and Post-Enlightenment Thought: The Cultural Origins of Perelmanian Philosophy" Quarterly Journal of Speech 83 (1997): 332-350.

Frank, David A. "Diversity and the Public Space: A Response to Stepp" Argumentation and Advocacy 33 (1997): 195-198.

Frank, David A. "My Enemy's Enemy is My Friend: Palestinian Rhetoric and the Gulf Crisis" Communication Studies 44 (1995): 309-324.

Xing Lu and David A. Frank. "On the Study of Ancient Chinese Rhetoric" Western Journal of Communication 54 (1993): 445-463.

BOOK REVIEWS (Back to Top)

Frank, David A. Rev. Alan R. Kluver, Legitimating the Chinese Economic Reforms: a Rhetoric of Myth and Orthodoxy (Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 1996). In Quarterly Journal of Speech 85 (1999): 436-437.

Frank, David A. Rev. Thomas Farrell's Norms of Rhetorical Culture (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1993) In The Forensic 79 (1994): 47-50.

Frank, David A. Rev. Frans H. van Eemeren and Rob Grootendorst, Argumentation, Communication, and Fallacies: A Pragma-Dialectical Perspective (Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 1992). In Quarterly Journal of Speech 79 (1993): 251-253.

Frank, David A. Rev. Marilyn J. Young and Michael K. Launer, Flights of Fancy, Flight of Doom: KAL and Soviet-American Rhetoric. (Lanham: University of Press of America Press, 1988). In Quarterly Journal of Speech 77 (1991): 106-108.

Frank, David A. Rev. Robert Axelrod, Evolution of Cooperation (New York: Basic Books, 1984) In Quarterly Journal of Speech 73 (1986): 100-101.

WORKS SUBMITTED AND IN PROCESS (Back to Top)

Picart, C.J.S. and David A. Frank. Holocaust as Horror-Psychological Thriller: Working-Through the American Holocaust Film. Completed 250 page manuscript to be reviewed by Rutgers UP

Frank, David A. "Medium Shifting and Argument." Revise and resubmit at Argumentation and Advocacy

Frank, David A. The New Rhetoric Reconsidered: The Possibility of Argumentation and Community in Post-Enlightenment Culture. Book manuscript in process.

Frank, David A. "Finding Common Ground: The Composite Audience, its Dialectic, and Two Speeches on Palestine." In preparation for Rhetoric and Public Affairs.

RESEARCH PRESENTATIONS (Back to Top)

Frank, David A. "From Vita Contemplativa to Vita Activa: Chaim Perelman and Lucie Olbrechts-Tyetca's Rhetorical Turn." Paper to be presented to the International Society for the History of Rhetoric's Fourteenth Biennial Conference, July 2003, Madrid, Spain. (Competitively submitted paper).

Picart, C.J.S. and David A. Frank. "History and Myth, Fact and Fiction in Schindler's List: Repackaging the Holocaust, Hollywood Style." Paper presented to the "28th Annual Conference on Literature and Film" sponsored by Florida State University. January 2003, Tallahassee, FL (Compeitively submitted paper).

Frank, David A."Tracing the Inventory: What it Means to be a Rhetorical Theorist in the 21st Century." Paper presented to the Rhetorical and Communication Theory Division, National Communication Association, November 2002, New Orleans, LA (Competitively submitted panel).

Frank, David A."Mythic Rectification in Israeli Discourse: The Rabin Exemplar," Paper presented to the National Communication Association, November 2002, New Orleans, LA (Competitively submitted panel).

Frank, David A."A LaCapra-ian Framework for the Analysis of American Holocaust Films." Paper presented to the National Communication Association, November 2002, New Orleans, LA (Competitively submitted panel).

Frank, David A."Failing to Think Rhetorically: The Rise and Fall of the Oslo Accords." Paper presented to the Peace and Conflict Communication Commission, National Communication Association, November 2001, Atlanta, GA. (Competitively selected panel).

Picart, C.J.S. and David A. Frank. "The Holocaust as Horror Film: Spielberg's Schindler's List Reconsidered." Paper presented to the Rhetorical and Communication Theory Division, National Communication Association, November 2001, Atlanta, GA. (with Caroline J.S. Picart, Florida State University). (Competiviely selected panel).

Frank, David A."On Picart's The Cinematic Rebirths of Frankenstein: Universal, Hammer and Beyond" Presented to the Visual Communication Commission Division, National Communication Association, November 2001, Atlanta, GA. (Competitively selected panel).

Frank, David A."Eretz Israel and Mythic Rectification." Paper presented to the NCA Research Seminar on Intercultural Communication," Miami University, 24 August 2002, Miami, OH. (Invited paper).

Frank, David A."Rhetorical Theory In The Light Of Nietzsche And Nihilism," a response to Hikins, Shanahan, and Picart." Paper presented to the Rhetorical and Communication Theory Division, National Communication Association, November 2001, Atlanta, GA." (Competitively selected panel)

Frank, David A."And The Winner Is...," The Rhetoric Of Campaign 2000, a response to Collins, Goodnow, Douglass, and Lattin," Panel presented to the the Political Communication Division, National Communication Association, November 2001, Atlanta, GA. (Invited Response).

Frank, David A."A Colloquium On Dominic A. Larusso: Scholar, Teacher, And Citizen." Panel in memory of Dominic A. LaRusso. Sponsored by the Instructional Development Division National Communication Association, November 2001, Atlanta, GA.

Frank, David A."Finding Common Ground: The Composite Audience, Its Dialectic, and Two Speeches on Palestine." Paper presented to the Rhetorical and Communication Theory Division, National Communication Association, November 2000, Seattle Washington. (Competitively selected paper).

Frank, David A."On the Rhetoric of the Chinese Cultural Revolution, Part II." Paper presented to the National Communication Association, November 2000, Seattle Washington. (Invited response).

Frank, David A."Prelude to the New Rhetoric: Chaïm Perelman and Lucie Olbrechts-Tyeca's Rhetorical Turn." Presentation to the Oregon Humanities Center, 7 April 2000. Response by James Crosswhite.

Frank, David A."Levinas, Perelman, and the Call to Conscience." Competitively selected paper presented to Redrawing Communications Ethics Seminar, National Communication Association, November 1999, Chicago, Ill. (Competitively selected paper).

Frank, David A."On the Rhetoric of the Chinese Cultural Revolution." Response paper presented to the National Communication Association, November 1999, Chicago Ill. (Invited response).

Frank, David A."Judaism and the New Rhetoric Project: Heidegger and From Metaphysics to Rhetoric." Paper presented to the International Pragmatics Association, Tel Aviv, Israel, June 1999. (Invited Paper).

Frank, David A."The Mutability of Rhetoric: Hadair Shafi's Madrid Speech and Vision of Palestinian-Israeli Rapprochement." Competitively selected paper presented to the Speech Communication Association's Annual Convention, New York, NY, November 1998. (Competitively selected paper).

Frank, David A."Dialectical Rapprochement in the New Rhetoric." Paper presented to the American Society for the History of Rhetoric, San Diego, CA. November 1996. (Competitively selected panel).

Frank, David A."The Cultural Foundations of Chaim Perelman's New Rhetoric." Paper presented to the Speech Communication Association's Annual Convention, New Orleans, LA, November, 1994. (Competitively selected paper).

Frank, David A."The Intifada as a New Social Movement." Paper presented to the Speech Communication Association's Annual Convention, New Orleans, LA, November, 1994. (Competitively selected paper).

Frank, David A."The Systems Crises in Academic Debate." Paper presented to the Speech Communication Association's Annual Convention, New Orleans, LA, November, 1994. (Competitively selected panel).

Frank, David A."On the Chinese Sophists." Paper presented to the American Society for the History of Rhetoric, Miami Beach, Fl, November, 1993. (Competitively selected panel)

Frank, David A."Blaming the Oppressed: Palestinian Responses to the Gulf Crisis." Paper presented to the Speech Communication Association's Annual Convention, Atlanta, GA, November, 1991. (Competitively selected paper).

Frank, David A."Forensic Graduate Student as Rhetor." Invited paper presented to the Speech Communication Association's Annual Convention, Atlanta, GA, November, 1991.

Frank, David A."The Effectiveness of Noncontigent and Contingent Strategies in Eliciting Cooperation: A Meta-analytic Review." Competitively selected paper presented to the Meeting of the International Association for Conflict Management, Athens, GA, 1989. (With Raymond Preiss).

Frank, David A."The Bear in the Kitchen: Images of the Enemy in Times of Summitry." Paper presented to the Speech Communication Association's Annual Convention Boston, MA, November 1987. (Competitively selected paper)

Frank, David A."Creating Procedural Distinctions between Policy and Value Debate, Part II." Paper presented to the Speech Communication Association, Chicago, Ill, November 1985. (Competitively selected panel).

Frank, David A."Diplomatic Response to Crisis Situations: The Carter-Kissinger Analog." Paper presented to the Speech Communication Association, Washington, D.C., November 1983. (Competitively selected panel).

Frank, David A."'Waging Peace' - A Rhetorical Analysis of President Carter's Persuasive Strategies Used at the Camp David Summit." Paper presented to the Doctoral Honors Seminar in Political Communication, Austin, TX, 1982. (Competitively selected paper)

Frank, David A."In Celebration of Peace: A Rhetorical Analysis of the Three Speeches Delivered at the Middle East Ceremony of Peace." Paper presented to the Western Speech Communication Association, Anaheim, CA, February 1981. (Competitively selected paper).

Frank, David A."Proof and Models in Value Debate." Paper presented to the Northwest Communication Association, Coeur d' Alene, ID, 1981.

Frank, David A."Shalom Aschav - Rituals of the Israeli Peace Movement." Presented to the Western Speech Communication Association, San Jose, CA, 1981. Recipient of the Executive Club's Outstanding Debut Paper Award. (Competitively selected paper)

Frank, David A."Toward a Decision Theory for Value Debate - The Metaphor of the Reasonable Man and the Rule of Justice." Paper presented to the Western Speech Communication Association, San Jose, CA, 1981. (Competitively selected paper).

UNPUBLISHED WORK (Back to Top)

Frank, David A. Search of Peace: The Rhetoric of Nonviolent Action. Diss. University of Oregon, March, 1983.

Frank, David A. In Celebration of Peace: A Rhetorical Analysis of the Three Speeches Delivered at the Middle East Ceremony of Peace. Masters Thesis, Western Washington University, 1979.

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