Title: Associate Professor

Department: Communication Studies

Office: 213G Calhoun
Phone: 615-322-3460 or 615-322-2307
Email: vanessa.b.beasley@vanderbilt.edu

Degrees

• B.A., Vanderbilt University, 1988
• M.A., University of Texas, 1991
• Ph.D., University of Texas, 1996

Research Areas

• presidential rhetoric
• U.S. political communication
• rhetorical criticism and theory

Current Positions

• Director, PCD (Program in Career Development), Vanderbilt University
• Book Review Editor, Rhetoric & Public Affairs, Michigan State University Press
• Editor, Presidential Rhetoric Series, Texas A&M University Press

Professional Societies

• National Communication Association
• Rhetoric Society of America
• Southern States Communication Association
• American Political Science Association
  

Books

• Who Belongs in America:  Presidents, Rhetoric & Immigration, edited volume, Texas A&M University Press, 2006.
• You, the People:  American National Identity in Presidential Rhetoric, Texas A&M University Press, 2004.
  

Teaching Honors & Awards

Faculty Excellence Award, given by the graduate students in the Department of Speech Communication, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, 2007

Golden Mustang Award for 2003-2004, Southern Methodist University. University-wide award given by the Center for Teaching Excellence for a junior faculty member with “unusually high achievement in both teaching and research.”

Outstanding New Teacher, Southern States Communication Association, 2000

Teacher-Scholar for the College of Liberal Arts, Montague Center for Teaching Excellence, Texas A&M University, 1999 – 2000