Contact Information
Biography
Education
- Ph.D., Rhetoric, Duquesne University, 2012
- M.A., Speech Communication, Kansas State University, 2008
- B.S., Political Science, Black Hills State University, 2005
Profile Information
- 2018
Wimmer Family Foundation Award for Summer Research (2018) - 2017
Wimmer Family Foundation Award for Summer Research (2017). - 2016
Outstanding Faculty Member of the Year from Northern State University (2016). - 2012
Wilhem S. Wurzer Scholarship Award from the Department of Communication & Rhetorical Studies at Duquesne University (2012).
Books:
Wachs, Anthony M. and Jon D. Schaff. Age of Anxiety: Meaning, Identity, and Politics
in 21st-Century Film and Literature. Politics, Literature, & Film Series. Lanham,
MD: Lexington Books. 2020.
Wachs, Anthony M. The New Science of Communication: Reconsidering McLuhan's Message for Our Modern Moment. Philosophy/Communication Series. Pittsburgh: Duquesne University Press, 2015.
Journal Articles (2012 - Present)
Wachs, Anthony M. "Apocalyptic Rhetoric in the Literature of Michael D. O'Brien."
LOGOS: A Journal of Catholic Thought and Culture, vol.21, no. 2, Spring 2018, pp.
55-80.
Wachs, Anthony M. "Technological Transcendence: The Media Ecology of Sacramentals." Listening: Journal of Communication Ethics, Religion, and Culture, vol. 53, no. 2, Spring 2018, pp. 63-77.
Wachs, Anthony. "Contextualizing Faith and Reason: Pope Benedict XVI on Religion in the Public Sphere Redux." Journal of Communication and Religion, vol. 38, no. 3, 2015, pp. 107-123.
Wachs, Anthony. "Collective Representations: The Resurrection of Language in Owen Barfield's Anti-Reductionism." Listening: Journal of Communication Ethics, Religion, and Culture, vol. 50, no. 3, 2015, pp. 180-198.
Wachs, Anthony M. "Interpersonal Rhetoric: An Approach to Bettering Oneself and Others." Discourse: Journal of the Speech Communication Association of South Dakota. vol. 1, 2014, pp. 32-44.
Book Chapters (2012 - Present):
Wachs, Anthony M. (in press) "The Francis Effect: Pope Francis' Rhetoric in a Church
on the verge of Civil War." In J. R. Blaney (Ed.). Understanding Pope Francis: Message,
media, and audience. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books.
Wachs, Anthony M. "Marshall McLuhan." An Encyclopedia of Communication Ethics: Goods in Contention. Eds. Ronald C. Arnett, Annette M. Holba, and Susan Mancino. New York: Peter Lang, 2018, pp. 314-317.
Jasso, John and Anthony Wachs. "Appointments and Disappointments: A Rhetorical Analysis of the Relationship Between President Obama, Catholics, and Their Church." The Rise of Barak Obama and the Making of a Rhetor. Eds. Matthew Abraham and Erec Smith. Anderson, SC: Parlor Press, 2013, pp. 65-90.
Editorships:
Editor, Discourse: Journal of the Speech Communication Association of South Dakota
(2016).
Associate Editor, Discourse: Journal of the Speech Communication Association of South Dakota (2012-2015).
Editorial Boards:
Discourse: Journal of the Speech Communication Association of South Dakota (2018-Present).
Journal of Communication and Religion (2014-Present).
Offices Held:
2nd Vice President Religious Communication Association (2020-2021).
Faculty Senator at Northern State University (2015-2016).
Executive Committee Member of the Speech Communication Association of South Dakota (2012-2014).