Department of Rhetoric & Communication Studies

Department of Rhetoric & Communication Studies

The RHCS curriculum analyzes and theorizes symbolic action across a variety of venues, including law, rhetoric, media, elective politics, history, resistance efforts, public memory, and relational dynamics.
Major & MinorCourses

Wunpini Fatimata Mohammed

Media, Culture and Decolonization

Join the Department of Rhetoric & Communication Studies for a book talk with Wunpini Fatimata Mohammed, assistant professor in the Department of Communication at Cornell University.
Media, Culture, and Decolonization: Rerighting the Subaltern Histories of Ghana invites us to look at media and culture from a decolonial perspective. Through African epistemologies and knowledge systems, this book examines media by highlighting how African languages, cultures, and traditions can completely shift how we think of knowledge. It is an offering to anyone curious about the relationship between culture, language, and media. By focusing on African language media in Ghana, such as film, television, and radio, the book emphasizes the importance of espousing a decolonial politic and praxis in the process of co-creating knowledge with indigenous communities. It succinctly connects the struggles of global majority countries and demonstrates how (neo)colonialism and imperialism impede the work toward liberatory futures. It deconstructs subalternity and marginality within the nation-state, demonstrating its fixity and malleability in the processes of cultural production. 

April 1, 2025
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
University of Richmond, Weinstein Hall, Brown Alley Room 313
231 Richmond Way
University of Richmond, VA 23173
 

LuMing Mao

Rhetorical Togetherness

Join us for this exceptional opportunity to engage with groundbreaking work in comparative rhetoric! 

Dr. LuMing Mao, Professor of Rhetoric, University of Utah 

Rhetorical Togetherness: Centering China and Mapping a World.

Student Success

With its innovative bridging between an emphasis on critical/ethical thinking and a focus on the practical role of communication in public life, the Department of Rhetoric Communication Studies empowers students to find fulfilling careers and professional and educational experiences across a wide diversity of subjects. Our RHCS students have gone on from UR to make exciting, creative, and vital contributions to civic culture.

RHCS Inclusivity Statement

Faculty Highlights

Dr. Timothy Barney
Barney Published

Timothy Barney, professor of rhetoric and communication studies, published “’The Angel of Sarbandan’: Ford Foundation Philanthropy, Transnational Development Rhetoric, and the Scalar Geopolitics of 1950s Iran” in Rhetoric & Public Affairs.

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Contact Us

Mailing Address:
Department of Rhetoric & Communication Studies
402-C Weinstein Hall
231 Richmond Way
University of Richmond, VA 23173

Phone: (804) 289-8263
Fax: (804) 287-6496

Department Chair: Paul Achter
Academic Administrative Coordinator: Robin Mundle