JAMES MICHAEL FARRELL
Associate Professor
Department of Communication
University of New Hampshire

EDUCATION

University of Wisconsin - Madison  Ph.D., Rhetoric 1988
University of Maine - Orono  M.A., Speech Communication 1982
Bridgewater State College   B.A.,  Speech Communication 1979
University College - Cork, Ireland, Summer School, Irish Studies, 1995

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

"The Speech Within: Text and Performance in Daniel Webster's Eulogy 
   to Adams and Jefferson," in Thomas Benson, ed. Rhetoric and 
   Political Culture: Interpreting American Public Discourse 
   (East Lansing: Michigan State University Press--forthcoming).
"Letters and Political Judgment: John Adams and Cicero's Style,"
   Studies in Eighteenth-Century Culture 24 (1994): 137-153.
"Rhetoric, Eloquence, and Oratory in Eighteenth-Century American
   Periodicals: An Annotated Bibliography," (with Joseph M. Noone)
   Rhetoric Society Quarterly 23  No. 2 (1993):72-80.
"'Syren Tully' and the Young John Adams," Classical Journal 87
   (1992): 373-390.
"Fisher Ames and Political Judgment: Reason, Passion, and Vehement
   Style in the Jay Treaty Speech," Quarterly Journal of Speech 76 
   (1990): 415-434.
"John Adams's Autobiography: The Ciceronian Paradigm and the Quest
   for Fame," New England Quarterly 62 (1989): 505-28.


SELECTED RECENT CONFERENCE PAPERS

"Demosthenes and Cicero: Models for American Eloquence," 
    Speech Communication Association, San Antonio, 1995.
"No Greater Responsibility: War Rhetoric and the Myth of 
    Deliberation." Speech Communication Association, San Antonio, 1995
"The Base Metal of British Imperialism: Tropes of Resistance
    in Swift's Drapier's Letters." American Conference for Irish
    Studies, Belfast, 1995


ACADEMIC AWARDS AND HONORS

University of New Hampshire Excellence in Teaching Award,
   College of Liberal Arts, 1994
Karl R. Wallace Memorial Award 
   Speech Communication Association, 1991.
Marion & Jasper Whiting Fellowship, 
   to attend University College, Cork Ireland, 1995.
Summer Research Award, UNH, 
   to pursue critical study of Webster's oratory, 1993.
Summer Research Award, UNH,
   to study the classical tradition in American
   rhetoric and public address, 1990.
Graduate School Dissertation Fellowship, 
   University of Wisconsin, 1987-1988.