will host a special presentation
"Visual Rhetoric and
America's World War II Poster Art"
with Penn State professor of
political rhetoric and communication
Mary E. Stuckey
Monday, November 5, 2018 at 4:00 p.m.
Henry A. Wallace Center at the
FDR Presidential Library and Home
HYDE PARK, NY -- The Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum will host a special presentation by Penn State professor of political rhetoric and communication
Mary E. Stuckey entitled,
"Visual Rhetoric and America's World War II Poster Art," at 4:00 p.m. on Monday, November 5, 2018 in the Henry A. Wallace Center at the FDR Presidential Library and Home. Following the program, attendees may visit the Library's current special exhibition, "The Art of War: American Poster Art 1941-1945," free of charge.
This is a free public event but registration is required.
Amid concerns about a sharply polarized public -- and a media environment in which news outlets don't seem to share the same facts -- questions about "fake news," persuasion, and propaganda are commonplace today. Professor Stuckey will discuss the Roosevelt Library's current special exhibition, "The Art of War: American Poster Art 1941-1945," and how it offers an opportunity to talk about the history, nature, importance, and dangers of propaganda in a democratic society.
Mary E. Stuckey specializes in political and presidential rhetoric, political communication, and American Indian politics. She is the author of eleven books and author or coauthor of roughly 80 essays and book chapters. She has received the Michael M. Osborn Teacher/Scholar Award, the Roderick P. Hart Outstanding Book Award, the Marie Hochmuth Nichols Award, and the inaugural Carl Couch Center, Bruce E. Gronbeck Political Communication Award. She has served as editor of the
Southern Communication Journal and as book review editor for
Rhetoric and Public Affairs. She is Editor of the
Quarterly Journal of Speech. She currently co-edits (with Mitchell McKinney) Peter Lang's series,
The Frontiers of Political Communication. She received the John Sisco Teaching Award from the Southern States Communication Association, the Pi Sigma Alpha Teaching Award from the American Political Science Association, and the Elsie M. Hood Teaching Award from the University of Mississippi. Her current book project is on American presidential elections.
Please contact Cliff Laube at (845) 486-7745 with questions about the event.
