Robert D. Clark Honors College at the University of Oregon
David Frank
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UO Forensics Program Director
Professor of Rhetoric
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BOOKS
Frames of Evil: The Holocaust As Horror in American Film (2006)
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Shared Land/Conflicting Identity (2002)
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PROFESSIONAL BIOGRAPHY
David Frank is professor of rhetoric and a resident faculty member in the Robert D. Clark Honors College. His research features the study of rhetoric and argumentation as expressions of reason offering alternatives to violence in human conflict. His research program begins with the rhetorical theory of Chaïm Perelman and his new rhetoric project, the most important twentieth century recovery of rhetoric. Drawing from Perelman's rhetorical theory and those of other writers, Frank has published and taught courses on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the conflict in Northern Ireland, African-American rhetoric and forensic education (intercollegiate debate and individual events speaking). He has published six books. His most recent book is Frames of Evil: The Holocaust in American Film (Southern Illinois Press 2006), with Carolyn "Kay" Picart. His other books include Shared Land/Conflicting Identity: Trajectories of Israeli and Palestinian Symbol Use (Michigan State University Press, 2002) with Robert Rowland (winner of the Recipient of Kohrs-Campbell Prize in Rhetorical Criticism); Nonpolicy Debate, Debating Values and Lincoln Douglas Debate, with Michael Bartanen, and Creative Speaking.
He has published twenty-three articles in the leading refereed journals in his field, including Philosophy and Rhetoric, The Quarterly Journal of Speech, Political Geography, Communication Monographs, Argumentation and Advocacy, Western Journal of Communication, Communication Studies, The Journal of Communication and Religion, Communication Quarterly, and The Forensic. His 2003 article published in the Journal of Communication and Religion won the "article of the year" award. Professor Frank has presented more than 47 papers at international national and conferences, served as associate editor and manuscript referee for a host of academic journals, and as an expert witness in Auvil V. CBS and Abdel Jabbar Hamdan v. U.S. Department of Justice.
Professor Frank teaches courses on oral advocacy (English 200), which is key course in the rhetoric minor and certificate program. He also teaches courses on the rhetoric of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the conflict in Northern Ireland, and the rhetoric of civil rights. He also oversees the University of Oregon Forensics program.
He has won a number of teaching awards. He was recognized by the Northwest Forensics Conference with a Career Accomplishment Award for his direction of the University's Forensic program and was inducted into the Golden Key Honorary Society for his outstanding teaching in the Honors College. He is a two-time winner of the university wide Mortar Board "Professor of the Month." David Frank served as the Director of the Robert D. Clark Honors College (2000-2003), has chaired the Dean's Advisory Committee, the Faculty Advisory Committee, a Senate Committee that examined the issues surrounding the Worker Rights Consortium issue, and is currently the chair of the Senate Budget Committee and the Wilberta and Carton Savage Committee on International Relations and Peace Studies. He is the senior vice president of the University of Oregon chapter of the American Association of University Professors.
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