- Department, Office, or School
- Department of Communication
- Council of Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏÂÛ̳
- American Democracy Project
- Associate Professor
- emailvendress@ric.edu
- phone401-456-4781
- location_onCraig-Lee Hall, 170
Education
B.S., M.A, Ball State University
Ph.D., Indiana University
Courses
COMM 208 Public Speaking
COMM 251 Research Methods in Communication
COMM 332 Gender and Communication
COMM 336 Health Communication
COMM 351 Persuasion
COMM 353 Political Communication
COMM 354 Communication and Civic Engagement
COMM 412 Strategies in Fundraising and Development
COMM 450 Topics:
COMM 454 Organization Communication
COMM 461 Public and Professional Capstone
Expertise & Research Interests
Areas of Expertise
Public and Professional Communications
Research Interests
Contemporary Political Communication
Rhetoric of War
Social and Protest Movements
Presidential Communication
Gender and Politics
Health Communication
Civic and Political Engagement ​​​​