Robert Lynn Ivie

Robert Ivie (b. July 29, 1945, in Medford, Oregon

Medford, Oregon

Medford is a city in Jackson County, Oregon, United States. As of the 2010 US Census, the city had a total population of 74,907 and a metropolitan area population of 207,010, making the Medford MSA the 4th largest metro area in Oregon...

) obtained a Ph.D. in rhetoric

Rhetoric

Rhetoric is the art of discourse, an art that aims to improve the facility of speakers or writers who attempt to inform, persuade, or motivate particular audiences in specific situations. As a subject of formal study and a productive civic practice, rhetoric has played a central role in the Western...

and communication in 1972 from Washington State University. He taught at Gonzaga University from 1972-1974, at Idaho State University from 1974-1975, at Washington State University from 1975-1986 (where he was briefly chair of the communication department in 1983) and at Texas A&M University from 1986-1993. In 1993, he came to Indiana University where he is a professor of Rhetoric and Public Culture in the Department of Communication and Culture at Indiana University.

Both Ivie’s research and his teaching themes are concentrated on “rhetoric as a mode of political critique and cultural production, with particular emphasis on democracy and the problem of war” (“Robert L. Ivie”). He teaches both undergraduate and graduate rhetoric classes. His undergraduate classes include those which focus on “democratic persuasion” (“Robert L. Ivie”). His graduate classes include such titles as, “Productive Criticism of Political Rhetoric,” “Rhetorical Theories of Cultural Production,” and “Rhetorical Critiques of War” (“Robert L. Ivie”).