college of liberal arts
department of communication
Meet Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Communication
Michelle Kelsey
Michelle Kelsey is Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Communication. She is also the Director of the Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies. Michelle researches interests include rhetoric, identity, social movements, and feminist theory.
EDUCATION
Ph.D. Communication Studies, Arizona State University
M.A. Communication Studies, Illinois State University
B.A. Political Communication, University of Northern Iowa
COURSES TAUGHT AT PURDUE FORT WAYNE
Undergraduate
COM 521 Theories of Rhetoric
COM 518 Theories of Persuasion
COM 517 Communication and Politics
COM 515 Persuasion in Social Movements
COM 500: Introduction to Graduate Studies
COM 499 Capstone in Communication
COM 401 Rhetorical Criticism
COM 316 Controversy in America
COM 312 Rhetoric of the Western World
COM 303: Intercultural Communication
COM 300 Introduction to Communication Research Methods
COM 210 Debating Public Issues/Debating Public Life
COM 203 Communication Theories
COM 114 Fundamentals of Public Speaking COM 101 Introduction to Communication
WOST 304: Feminist Theories
IDIS 10605: Introduction to the Liberal Arts (topics: Eugenics, Hidden Histories)