Gordon Mitchell
Associate Professor
Director of Debate
Areas of Specialization:
Public Argument, Rhetoric of Science, Critical Theory/Pedagogy
Phone: (412) 624-8631
Fax: (412) 624-1878
Office: CL 1109V
Mailing Address:
University of Pittsburgh
Department of Communication
Cathedral of Learning 1117
Pittsburgh, PA 15260
E-mail: gordonm@pitt.edu
Homepage: http://www.pitt.edu/~gordonm
Major Publications
Book:
Strategic Deception: Rhetoric, Science, and Politics in Missile
Defense Advocacy. East Lansing: Michigan State University Press,
2000.
Journal Articles:
"Did Habermas Cede Nature to the Positivists?" Philosophy
and Rhetoric 36 (Fall 2003): 1-21 (lead essay).
"The Blooming of Balkan Public Debate." Controversia 1
(Fall 2002): 86-89 (Russian translation, 105-109).
"Public Argument-Driven Security Studies." Argumentation
and Advocacy 39 (Summer 2002): 57-71 (lead review essay).
"Beyond 'With Us or with the Terrorists.'" Raketenabwehrforschung
International Briefing (February 2002). Peace Research Institute Frankfurt
(PRIF) website. On the Internet at http://www.hsfk.de/abm/forum/forum.htm
"Missile Defence: Trans-Atlantic Diplomacy at a Crossroads" (co-authored
with Kevin J. Ayotte and David Cram Helwich). International
Security Information Service (UK) Briefing Series on Ballistic Missile
Defence No. 6 (July 2001). International Security Information
Service (UK) website. On the Internet at http://www.isisuk.demon.co.uk/0811/isis/uk/bmd/no6.html
"Informed Consent After the Human Genome Project" (co-authored
with Kelly Happe). Rhetoric and Public Affairs 4 (Fall 2001):
375-406.
"Japan-U.S. Missile Defense Collaboration: Rhetorically Delicious,
Deceptively Dangerous." Fletcher Forum of World Affairs
25 (Winter 2001): 85-108.
"Fact, Friction, and Political Conviction in Science Policy Controversies"
(co-authored with Marcus Paroske). Social Epistemology 14 (April-September
2000): 89-108 (lead essay).
"Placebo Defense: The Rhetoric of Patriot Missile Accuracy in
the 1991 Persian Gulf War." Quarterly Journal of Speech
86 (May 2000): 121-45 (lead essay).
"Pedagogical Possibilities for Argumentative Agency in Academic
Debate." Argumentation and Advocacy 35 (Fall 1998): 41-60
(lead essay).
"Another Strategic Deception Initiative." Bulletin of
the Atomic Scientists 53 (March/April 1997): 22-23.
Essays in Proceedings
"American Itsesensuuri: A Typology of Self-Censorship
in the 'War on Terror.'" In Frans van Eemeren, et al., ed., Proceedings
of the Fifth ISSA Conference on Argumentation (Amsterdam: SicSat,
2003): 767-72.
"Spectactular Warfare." In G. Thomas Goodnight, ed., Arguing
Communication and Culture: Selected Papers from the Twelfth AFA/NCA
Conference on Argumentation (Annandale, VA: National Communication
Association, 2002): 137-44.
Courses Taught
Graduate
Proseminar
Seminar in Public Argument: Social Movement Rhetoric
Seminar in Rhetoric of Science Policy
Undergraduate
Evidence
Debate
Social Movements
Cold War Rhetoric
Rhetoric of Science
