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Steve Ingham

Visiting Assistant Professor of Writing and Rhetoric

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Writing and Rhetoric

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Steve (no preference of pronouns) is a Visiting Assistant Professor in the Writing and Rhetoric Department at Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ. They bring over a decade of college teaching experience in communication, including teaching public speaking, organizational communication, rhetoric of comedy, and argument & debate. They will be teaching WRIT215: Public Speaking and a new course focusing on the rhetorical relationships between sport, culture, and identity. 

Steve enjoys golfing, bowling, reading, finding kitschy items at thrift shops and antique sales, and telling bad jokes. More importantly, Steve loves their fiancée, their family, and their sweet fur-baby Meatball. 

 

BA 2015, Saginaw Valley State University
MA 2017, University of Cincinnati
PhD 2021, Wayne State University

Publications:

Ingham, S., Metzger-Riftkin, J., & McManus, T. (2023). Sports organizations, image repair, and IPV: A case study. To be published in T. Rentner & D. Burns (Eds.), Social issues in sport communication: You make the call

Ingham, S. (2023). Scandinavians in Chicago: The origins of white privilege in modern America [Review of the book Scandinavians in Chicago: The origins of white privilege in modern America, by E. K. Jackson]. Critical Studies in Media Communication, 385-387. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/15295036.2023.2271044. 

Works in Progress:

Ingham, S., & Stanley, K. Mark Henry’s retirement: Breaking genres and John Cena.

Ingham, S. Black man running: A quantitative content analysis of the race of taxi passengers in Grand Theft Auto V. 

Ingham, S. Consensual polyamory in SpongeBob SquarePants: A rhetorical analysis of Mrs. Puff’s and Mr. Krabs’s open relationship. 

Rankin, P., & Ingham, S. Modes, motivation, and mood: A new theory of how gamers interact with video games.

Courses Taught at Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ:

Public Speaking

Rhetoric of Sport

Previous Courses Taught:

Digital Persuasion (MA)

Public Speaking/Oral Communication

News Practicum

Organizational Communication

Foundation in the Liberal Arts: The Splendor of Gender

Introduction to Communication Studies

American Public Address

Rhetoric of Social Movements

Rhetoric of Comedy

Principles of Interpersonal Communication

Argumentation and Debate

Campaigns and Social Movements

Business and Professional Presentations

Communication Theories