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Education<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ph.D., University of Georgia, Athens, GA, 2001<\/p>\n

M.A., North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND, 1997<\/p>\n

B.A., Concordia College, Moorhead, MN, 1993, Magna cum laude<\/em><\/p>\n

Academic Positions<\/strong><\/p>\n

2010- Associate Professor of Rhetoric, University of Richmond
\n2004-2009 Assistant Professor of Rhetoric, University of Richmond<\/p>\n

Recent Courses Taught<\/strong><\/p>\n

Public Speaking
\nInterpreting Rhetorical Texts
\nRhetorical Criticism
\nRhetoric and Television
\nCritical Confederacy Studies (with Andrea Simpson)
\nFirst Year Seminar: Watching The Wire<\/em> (with Andrea Simpson)
\nRhetoric and Terrorism
\nRepresenting America (with Staffan Ericson, So\u0308derto\u0308rn University)<\/p>\n

Publications<\/strong><\/p>\n

Book<\/strong><\/p>\n

Achter, P.J.\u00a0Fit To Kill: Militarism and the Rhetoric of Style<\/em>. Under contract, Rutgers University Press.<\/p>\n

Articles and book chapters<\/strong><\/p>\n

Achter, P.J. (2019). \u201c\u2018Military Chic\u2019 and the Rhetorical Production of the Uniformed Body.” Western Journal of Communication <\/em><\/a>83 (3): 265-285.<\/em><\/p>\n

Achter, P.J. (2018). \u201cGreat Television: Trump and the Shadow Archetype,” in\u00a0Faking the News: What Rhetoric Can Teach us About Donald J. Trump<\/em><\/a>, Ed. Ryan Skinnell (Exeter, UK: Imprint Academic): 108-12.<\/p>\n

Achter, P.J. (2016). \u201cRhetoric and the Permanent War.\u201d Quarterly Journal of Speech<\/em><\/a> 102 (1): 79-94.<\/p>\n

Achter, P.J. (2015). \u201cReluctant Conquests: Media Events and the End of the Iraq War.\u201d In Lynne Webb and Erin Sahlstein (Eds.) A Communication Perspective on the Military: Messages, Strategies, Meanings<\/em><\/a>: 199-216.<\/p>\n

Achter, P.J. (2015) \u201cIs Team USA\u2019s militaristic Uniform a Problem?\u201d In Rhonda Divley, Ed.\u00a0Create<\/em>. McGraw-Hill. (reprint of 2012 CNN article)<\/p>\n

Achter, P.J. (2010). \u201cUnruly Bodies: The Rhetorical Domestication of Twenty-First Century Veterans of War.\u201d Quarterly Journal of Speech<\/em><\/a> 96 (1): 46-68.<\/p>\n

Achter, P.J. (2009). \u201cRacing Jesse Jackson: Leadership, Masculinity, and the Black Presidency.\u201d In Janis Edwards (Ed.), Gender and Political Communication In America: Rhetoric, Representation, and Display<\/a>.<\/em> (Lanham, MD: Lexington Books): 107-128.<\/p>\n

Kuswa, K. D., Achter, P.J., and Lauzon, E. (2008). \u201cThe Slave, the Fetus, the Body: Articulating Biopower and the Pregnant Woman.\u201d Contemporary Argumentation and Debate<\/em> 29: 166-185.<\/p>\n

Achter, P.J. (2008). \u201cComedy in Unfunny Times: News Parody and Carnival After 9\/11.\u201d Critical Studies in Media Communication<\/em><\/a> 25 (3): 274-303.<\/p>\n

Lynch, J. Bevan, J., Achter, P.J., Harris, T., and Condit, C.M. (2008, March). \u201cA Preliminary Study of How Multiple Exposures to Messages about Genetics Impact on Lay Attitudes Towards Racial and Genetic Discrimination.\u201d New Genetics and Society<\/em>, 27 (1), 43- 56.<\/p>\n

Achter, P.J. \u201cMcCarthy Hearings.\u201d (2007). Encyclopedia of Political Communication<\/em>. Christina Holtz-Bacha and Lynda Lee Kaid, (Eds.). Thousand Oaks: Sage, 424-425.<\/p>\n

Achter, P.J., Parrott, R.L., Silk, K.A. (2005, March). \u201cAfrican Americans\u2019 Opinions About Human Genetics Research.\u201d Politics and the Life Sciences<\/em>, 23 (1), 60-66.<\/p>\n

Condit, C.M, Bates, B.R., Bevan, J.L., Parrott, R.L., Achter, P.J. (2004) \u201cExploration of the Impact of Messages About Genes and Race on Lay Attitudes.\u201d Clinical Genetics<\/em>, 66 (5), 402-408.<\/p>\n

Bates, B.R., Poirot, K., Harris, T.M., Condit, C.M., Achter, P.J. (2004). \u201cEvaluating Direct-to- Consumer Marketing of Race-Based Pharmacogenomics: A Focus Group Study of Public Understandings of Applied Genomic Medication,\u201d Journal of Health Communication<\/em>, 9,(6), 541-559.<\/p>\n

Achter, P.J. (2004) \u201cTV, Technology, and McCarthyism: Crafting the democratic renaissance in an age of fear.\u201d Quarterly Journal of Speech,<\/em>\u00a090 (3), pp. 307-326.<\/p>\n

Bates, B.R., Templeton, A., Achter, P.J., Harris, T.M., & Condit, C.M. (2003). \u201cWhat does ‘a gene for heart disease’ mean?”: A focus group study of public understandings of genetic risk factors. American Journal of Medical Genetics<\/em> 119A (1), pp. 156-161.<\/p>\n

Bevan, J. L., Lynch, J. A., Dubriwny, T. N., Harris, T. M., Achter, P. J., Reeder, A. L., and Condit, C. M. (2003). \u201cInformed lay preferences for delivery of racially varied pharmacogenomics.\u201d Genetics In Medicine<\/em> 5, pp. 393-399.<\/p>\n

Condit, C. M., Achter, P. J., Lauer, M. I., Sefcovic, E. (2002). \u201cThe changing meanings of mutation: A contextualized study of public discourse.\u201d Human Mutation<\/em>, 19, pp. 69- 75.<\/p>\n

Ramsey, E. M., Achter, P.J., Condit, C.M. (2001). \u201cReading audiences: A reflection on the politics of the production of racism.\u201d Response to Grey. Critical Studies in Media Communication<\/em>, 18 (4), pp. 471-474.<\/p>\n

Condit, C. M., Condit, D., Achter, P. J. (2001). \u201cHuman equality, affirmative action, and genetic models of human variation.\u201d Rhetoric and Public Affairs<\/em>, 4, pp. 85-108.<\/p>\n

Ramsey, E. M., Achter, P. J., Condit, C. M. (2001). \u201cGenetics, race, and crime: An audience study exploring the effects of The Bell Curve<\/em> and book reviews.\u201d Critical Studies in Media Communication<\/em>, 18, pp. 1-22.<\/p>\n

Achter, P. J. (2000). \u201cNarrative, intertextuality, and apologia in contemporary political scandals.\u201d Southern Communication Journal<\/em>,<\/a> 65, pp. 318-333.<\/p>\n

Online Publications<\/strong><\/p>\n

Achter, P.J. (2018). \u201cGreat Television: Trump and the Morality of the Screen.\u201d Citizen Critics<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Achter, P.J. (2016). \u201cEudemonia.\u201d Media Commons<\/a><\/p>\n

Achter, P.J. (2015). \u201cHave you seen The Wire<\/em>?\u201d Huffington Post<\/a>, cross-posted at Salon.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Achter, P.J. (2012). \u201cIs Team USA\u2019s militaristic Uniform a Problem?\u201d CNN.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Achter, P.J. (2010). \u201cWatching The Masters.\u201d FlowTV.org<\/a><\/p>\n

Achter, P.J. (2009). \u201c\u201dWeekend Update\u2019 and the Tradition of New Journalism.\u201d FlowTV.org<\/a><\/p>\n

Recent Conference Presentations<\/strong><\/p>\n

Achter, P.J. “Tacticool: The Inhospitable Rhetoric of the Warrior-Cop.” Presentation at the 2020 Rhetoric Society of America Conference, Portland, OR.<\/p>\n

Achter, P.J. “Faking the News: What Rhetoric Can Teach Us About Donald J. Trump.” Panelist at the 2020 Rhetoric Society of America Conference, Portland, OR.<\/span><\/p>\n

Achter, P.J. \u201cThe Alternate Duel: Army-Navy Football and the Martial Style.\u201d Presentation at the 2019 National Communication Association Conference, Baltimore, MD.<\/span><\/p>\n

Achter, P.J. \u201cValor Thieves: Military Impersonation and the Cult of the Warrior.” Presentation at the 2019 National Communication Association Conference, Baltimore, MD.<\/span><\/p>\n

Achter, P.J. “Writing War Memories: Richmond, Virginia’s Mighty Pen Project.” Presentation at the 2018 National Communication Association Conference, Salt Lake City, UT.<\/p>\n

Achter, P.J. \u201dNo Surrender Ceremonies: New Militarism, Genetic Arguments, and the End of the Iraq War.” Presentation at the 2018 Rhetoric Society of America Conference, Minneapolis, MN.<\/p>\n

Achter, P.J. \u201cContinuity and Change in the Rhetoric of PTSD.\u201d Presentation at the 2016 Rhetoric Society of America Conference, Atlanta, GA.<\/p>\n

Achter, P.J. \u201cUnapologetic: Mistakes of the State in Iraq War Rhetoric.\u201d Presentation at the 2016 Rhetoric Society of America Conference, Atlanta, GA.<\/p>\n

Achter, P.J. \u201cThe Redemption of the F-Bomb Anchor.\u201d Presentation at the 2014 Rhetoric Society of America Conference, San Antonio, TX.<\/p>\n

Selected Awards, Honors, and Research Grants<\/strong><\/p>\n

Faculty Research Committee, \u201cMilitary Chic and the Rhetorical Production of the Uniformed Body,\u201d 2017, 2018, 2019 ($6,000)<\/p>\n

Program for the Enhancement of Teaching Effectiveness grant (PETE), 2015 ($500). Mobile Initiative (iPad) class grant, 2012 (with Andrea Simpson)<\/p>\n

UR Faculty Research Committee Travel Grant, 2011 ($1,100)<\/p>\n

Swedish Central Bank Foundation (Riksbankens Jubileumsfond) grant for \u201cChronicle, Catastrophe, Ritual: Television Historiography and Transnational Politics,\u201d 2010-2012 ($540,000, with Staffan Ericson and Amanda Lagerkvist).<\/p>\n

Tocqueville Seminar Faculty Development grant, 2009 ($8,000)<\/p>\n

Swedish Foundation for International Cooperation in Research and Higher Education (STINT) grant for student study abroad, 2009 ($12,000, with Staffan Ericson)<\/p>\n

University of Georgia Outstanding Graduate Teaching Award, 1999<\/p>\n

International Communication Association Excellence in Teaching Award, 1999<\/p>\n

Recent Invited lectures\/talks<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cGreat Television: Trump and the Shadow Archetype\u201d for the UR International Studying Leadership Conference, December 10, 2017.<\/p>\n

\u201cTeaching for the Mighty Pen Project,\u201d Center for Civic Engagement Brown Bag Series, University of Richmond, November 8, 2017.<\/p>\n

\u201cTeaching Race and Controversy in the Classroom,\u201d University of Richmond Teach-In, August 29, 2017.<\/p>\n

\u201cFake News: Journalism in the Age of Trump.\u201d Panelist for discussion sponsored by the local chapter of the National Association of Black Journalists, ABC News 8, April 8, 2017.<\/p>\n

\u201cTrump and Terror: Terrorism and the Rhetoric of the Trump Regime,\u201d Keynote Address and Scholar in Residence at the 29th Annual James Madison University Undergraduate Research Conference in Communication, April 10-11, 2017.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat I Watched This Summer: Race Politics and the Urgency of Now,\u201d Speech to the 2016 Orientation Advisors, August 12, 2016.<\/p>\n

\u201cVisual Disruption II: Critical Confederacies in Richmond\u201d Faculty Excursion co-Led by Nicole Maurantonio and Melissa Ooten, April 8, 2016.<\/p>\n

\u201cHave You Seen The Wire<\/em>?\u201d Brown Bag Lecture, sponsored by The Center for Civic Engagement, University of Richmond, February 5, 2016.<\/p>\n

Professional Organizations<\/strong><\/p>\n

National Communication Association (NCA), Rhetoric Society of America (RSA).<\/p>\n

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