Richard Graff
315 Pillsbury Dr SE
Minneapolis,
MN
55455
Dr. Graff’s research has focused on the spaces of oratorical performance in ancient Greece, Classical theories of rhetorical genre and prose style, and on the reception of classical-traditional rhetoric in modern rhetorical and literary studies. His articles on these subjects have appeared in Rhetorica, Rhetoric Society Quarterly, Philosophy & Rhetoric, and Advances in the History of Rhetoric. He is co-editor of The Viability of the Rhetorical Tradition. He has organized an interdisciplinary collaboration that utilizes digital tools—3d architectural modeling, immersive-interactive visualization, and acoustical simulation—to analyze the physical settings of ancient Greek oratorical performance and political deliberation.
Dr. Graff is a past president of the American Society for the History of Rhetoric (ASHR). At the University of Minnesota, he has held an Institute for Advanced Studies Faculty Fellowship and a McKnight Summer Research Fellowship, and has been a visiting senior associate member of the American School of Classical Studies in Athens, Greece.
Dr. Graff is an Associate Professor in the Department of Writing Studies He routinely teaches core theory courses in the undergraduate major in Technical Writing & Communication, as well as graduate courses in the history and theory of rhetoric.
Educational Background
- Ph.D.: Communication Studies / Rhetoric, Northwestern University, 2000
- M.A. : Communication Studies / Rhetoric, Northwestern University, 1997
- B.A. : English, University of California-Berkeley, 1990
Specialties
- History and theory of rhetoric
- Rhetoric and performance
- Classical rhetoric
- Style theory, rhetorical stylistics
- Space-place studies
- Digital humanities