Teaching racial rhetorical criticism: Racial reckoning on campus

Abstract

This unit teaches students how to perform racial rhetorical criticism and positions them to engage in discussions of race through experiential learning, namely through exploring the links between rhetoric, public memory, and campus history projects. Courses Rhetorical Criticism, Rhetorical Theory, Communication Theory. Objective Students will gain a better appreciation of racial rhetorical criticism as a research method through an analysis of campus architecture.