Departmental Faculty: Dr. Michael Dreher
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Dr. Michael Dreher Office: HC 327H E-mail: mdreher@bethel.edu Education:
Research Interests: Rhetoric of mathematics, religious rhetoric, forensic pedagogy, communication education, political communication. Web-related: accessibility and web standards. Courses Currently Teaching -- Fall 2009, Argumentation and Debate. Interim 2010 - Topics in Communication Analysis (a course on narrative). Spring 2010 - Perusasion, Thesis/Project (graduate). Other Courses Taught in the Department: Argumentation & Debate, Television Criticism, Senior Seminar, Persuasion, Rhetoric of Religion, Advanced Public Speaking, Political Communication, Rhetoric of Science and Technology, Basic Communication; Topics in Communication Studies, Quantitative Research Methods, Thesis/Project Course, Introduction to Graduate Studies (Graduate) Favorite religious book (other than Bible): I find myself coming back to Marilyn Helleberg's God's Best for You. Favorite non-religious book: Almost any Peanuts collection of comics. I think I have about 150 books by now. And now Fantagraphics is releasing all of the old comics in a 25-volume set. :) Other interests: Reading, volleyball, trying to figure out computers, and finding Peanuts statues in St. Paul, Minnesota and Santa Rosa, California. The 2007 statues were of Joe Cool, and we found 92 of the 94 statues. The 2006 statues were Woodstocks. We found 74 of the 76 statues (the other two weren't released when we visited). We saw the Charlie Brown statues in Santa Rosa, and all of the different characters for the five years they were in St. Paul. Dr. Sochay and I also have a show on WBCS - we play Contemporary Christian music from the 1970's and 1980's. Owned by: Abby (she's a tabby who's a bit on the fraidy cat side!). TA's (Fall 2009): TBA. Such are the joys of having 4 senior TA's graduate. |