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by Michael J. Hostetler (Author), Mary L. Kahl (Author)
Providing users with the opportunity to increase their speaking abilities across a wide variety of complex and specific contexts, this student-engagement focused and flexible text serves as a core textbook for upper-level undergraduate public speaking courses.
Author Biography
Michael J. Hostetler holds a Ph.D. in Communication from Northwestern University, USA. A former Fulbright Teaching Fellow, he taught courses in the history and criticism of American public address at St. John's University, USA for over twenty years before retiring to Los Angeles.
Mary L. Kahl holds a Ph.D. in Communication from Indiana University, USA. A former Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs at Penn State University, USA, she taught courses in political communication, rhetorical criticism, and women's discourse for four decades before to retiring to Cape Cod.
