School of Communication Faculty
Michael Weiler
Associate Professor (1989)
B.S. University of Utah, M.F.A. University of Pittsburgh, Ph.D. University of Pittsburgh
On Leave

Michael Weiler, a member of the faculty since 1989, is an expert in argument, rhetoric, and political communication. His research has appeared in Argumentation and Advocacy, Informal Logic, and the Quarterly Journal of Speech, and he has co-authored a collection of essays on the rhetoric of Ronald Reagan.
He is director of Emerson Community Debate, a program that promotes debating activities at Boston elementary and secondary schools.

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