Michael A.

Rancourt, PhD
[Address Removed]
Portland OR 97266
(413) 282-8105
rancourt@pdx.edu
mikerancourt.wordpress.com

EDUCATION
2013

2007
2004

PhD, Communication and Rhetoric

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY
Department of Communication and Media
Committee Chair: Ekaterina Haskins
Dissertation: Remembering the Iraq War: The Rhetoric of Public Memory and the
Memory of Publics
MFA, Creative Writing for Poetry
San Diego State University, San Diego, CA
Department of English and Comparative Literature
BA, English
San Diego State University, San Diego, CA
Department of English and Comparative Literature

PUBLICATIONS
2011

2016

Whitburn, Merrill D., Joshua L. Comer, Gaines S. Hubbell, Lisa M. Litterio,

Raymond A. Lutzky, and Michael A. Rancourt. Elocution and Feminine Power
in the First Quarter of the Twentieth Century: The Career of Carolyn Winkler
(Paterson) as Performer and Teacher. Rhetoric Review 30 (2011): 389-405.
Rancourt, Michael A. Distancing Maneuvers: Collective Shame in Iraq War
Films. American Shame: Stigma and the Body Politic. Ed. Myra Mendible. Indiana
UP.

MANUSCRIPTS IN PROCESS
2017
2016

Haskins, Ekaterina V. and Rancourt, Michael A. Accidental Tourists at

Ephemeral Sites of Memory: Visiting Temporary Memorials to the Cost of War.
Memory Studies. (Forthcoming, April 2017).
Rancourt, Michael A. Shaping Mnemonic Opportunity: Public Memory and the
American Badass in American Sniper. Memory Studies. (Revise & Resubmit,
June, 2016).

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CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
2014
2013
2013
2012
2012
2012
2011
2011
2011
2010
2010
2006

Accidental Tourists: Witnessing the Cost of War at Ephemeral Iraq War

Memorials 16th Biennial Rhetoric Society of America Conference. Co-author,
Ekaterina Haskins.
Undercurrents of Terror: Zero Dark Thirty and the Moral Acceptance of
Torture. 99th Annual National Communication Association Conference.
Taking the Beachhead: Veterans for Peace on California Beaches. California
American Studies Association Conference.
Reframing the Past: The Multiplicity of Imagery in the Memory of Publics. 98th
Annual National Communication Association Conference.
Rebirth of Cynicism. National Communication Association Conference Doctoral
Honors Conference.
The Ego Function of Oppositional Rhetoric Online. 15th Biennial Rhetoric Society
of America Conference.
The Dreadful Details: The Counter-Agency of the Sublime. 97th Annual National
Communication Association Conference.
Rebirth of Cynicism: The Iraq Syndrome in Critical War Films. 97th Annual
National Communication Association Conference.
Neither Evil nor Stupid: Attitudes at the Roots of ad Bellum Purificandum. 22nd
Penn State Conference on Rhetoric and Composition.
The Gift our Forefathers Entrusted to Us: Authenticating Narratives in Band of
Brothers. 96th Annual National Communication Association Conference.
Foil Patriotism: Epideictic and the Anti-establishment Hero in M*A*S*H. Film
and History Conference.
Poems. Crisis Carnival Graduate Student Conference at San Diego State
University.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE
TEACHER OF RECORD
201620152015
20142014
2013
2013
2013

University Studies 254, Popular Culture, Portland State University, Portland, OR.
Speech 114, Small Group Communication, Lower Columbia College, Longview,
WA.
Communication 460, Media Criticism, Washington State University, Vancouver,
WA.
Communication 102, Public Speaking in an Information Society, Washington State
University, Vancouver, WA.
Communication 440, Media Ethics, Washington State University, Vancouver, WA.
Communication 200/Journalism 101, Introduction to Mass Media and Society,
Southwestern College, Chula Vista, CA.
Communication 103, Oral Communication, Southwestern College, Chula Vista,
CA.
Rhetoric and Writing Studies 100/101, Rhetoric of Written Arguments, San Diego
State University, San Diego, CA.

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2008-2009
2008-2009
2008-2009
2008-2009
2008
2008
2007
2007
2006-2007
2006-2007

English 150, College Composition II, City University of New York, Medgar Evers
College, Brooklyn, NY.
English 112, College Composition I, City University of New York, Medgar Evers
College, Brooklyn, NY.
English 111, Introduction to College Writing, City University of New York, College
of Staten Island, Staten Island, NY.
English 001, Developmental Writing, City University of New York, College of
Staten Island, Staten Island, NY.
English 51, Basic Composition, San Diego City College, San Diego, CA.
English 101, Reading and Composition, San Diego City College, San Diego, CA.
English 280, Introduction to Creative Writing, San Diego State University, San
Diego, CA.
English 220, Introduction to Literature, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA.
Rhetoric and Writing Studies 200, Rhetoric of Written Arguments in Context, San
Diego State University, San Diego, CA.
Rhetoric and Writing Studies 100, Rhetoric of Written Arguments, San Diego State
University, San Diego, CA.

TEACHING ASSISTANT
2011-2013
2010
2006

Literature 4410, Film Theory, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY.

Communication 4580, Advertising and Culture, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute,
Troy, NY.
English 220, Introduction to Literature, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA.

AWARDS AND HONORS

2012
2012
2004

Gerard A. Hauser Award, 15th Biennial Rhetoric Society of America Conference.

Rhetorical Studies Scholarship, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY.
Outstanding Graduating Senior, Department of English and Comparative
Literature, San Diego State University.

SERVICE AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

2015
2012-2014
2012-2013
2012
2009
2006

Editorial Board Member, special issue of Memory Connections journal on

Cultures of Memory.
Submissions Reviewer, National Communication Association, Political
Communication Division and Public Address Division.
Humanities and Social Sciences Pedagogy Workgroup, Rensselaer Polytechnic
Institute, Troy, NY.
Teaching Communication Theory (Short Course), 98th Annual National
Communication Association Conference.
Leader, Composition Faculty Grammar Workshop, Medgar Evers College,
Brooklyn, NY.
Co-director, Crisis Carnival, Aesthetic Invasions/Articulate Evasions, the 14th
Annual Interdisciplinary Graduate Student Conference of the Departments of

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English & Comparative Literature and Rhetoric & Writing Studies, San Diego
State University, San Diego, CA.

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP
20102010-

National Communication Association

Rhetoric Society of America

REFERENCES
Ekaterina Haskins
Associate Professor
Department of Communication and Media
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
110 8th St.
Troy, NY 12180
haskie@rpi.edu
(518) 276-8120
Tamara Dawn Banker
Clinical Associate Professor and Associate Director (retired)
Washington State University Vancouver
College of Arts and Sciences
14204 NE Salmon Creek Ave
Vancouver, WA, 98686
bankersdg@gmail.com
(503) 709-1062
Glen McClish
Professor and Chair
Department of Rhetoric and Writing Studies
San Diego State University
5500 Campanile Drive
San Diego, California 92182-4452
gmcclish@mail.sdsu.edu
(619) 594-2204

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