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Calvin L. Troup, Ph.D.

Associate Professor
McAnulty College and Graduate School of Liberal Arts
Communication & Rhetorical Studies

340 College Hall
Phone: 412.396.6444

Education:

Ph.D., Speech Communication, The Pennsylvania State University, 1994
M.A., Speech Communication, The Pennsylvania State University, 1991
B.A., Speech, Geneva College, 1983
Bio

Calvin L. Troup is Associate Professor and Director of the Rhetoric Ph.D. Program in the Department of Communication & Rhetorical Studies at Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA. He earned his B.A. from Geneva College (1983) and the M.A. (1991) and Ph.D. (1994) degrees from The Pennsylvania State University. His communication research agenda focuses on the rhetoric and philosophy of St. Augustine and Rhetoric of Technology from media ecology perspectives informed by the work of Jacques Ellul and Walter J. Ong. His published work includes Temporality, Eternity, and Wisdom: The Rhetoric of Augustine's Confessions, scholarly book chapters and articles in journals such as Communication Quarterly, Rhetoric Society Quarterly, The Journal of Communication and Religion, and The Journal of Business Ethics. He received the Donald H. Ecroyd Research and Scholarship Award from the Pennsylvania Communication Association. Troup serves as editor of the Journal of Communication and Religion and has edited the Pennsylvania Communication Association's Annual and Pennsylvania Scholars Series. He is a past President of the Religious Communication Association.