Why We Can't Argue Our Way Out: Rhetorical Alternatives for a Complex Time
October 16, 2026 9:30 AM –10:30 AM
Event Summary
Why We Can't Argue Our Way Out: Rhetorical Alternatives for a Complex Time
with Dr. Paula Mathieu
Upper Lodge
A teacher and scholar of rhetoric who loves the study of language and persuasion worries that public argumentative rhetoric isn’t proving especially effective in the current moment. This talk will explore what rhetorical tools might be useful for our divided, bot-filled, AI-fueled, democracy-eroding, planet-killing moment. Part of the answer lies in storytelling, inner rhetoric, and examining the identities we cling to and reject.
FREE and OPEN to all.
Contact: Michelle Prose mprose@uccs.edu
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Also Occurs On
- Friday, October 16
