Inviting Understanding: A Portrait of Invitational Rhetoric - Paperback

by Sonja K. Foss (Editor), Cindy L. Griffin (Editor)

This authoritative collection provides a comprehensive overview of the theory of invitational rhetoric, developed twenty-five years ago by the volume editors. The book provides a wide range of resources on community organizing, social justice activism, social media, decision-making, communication and composition pedagogy, and interview protocols.

Author Biography

Sonja K. Foss is professor emeritus in the Department of Communication at the University of Colorado Denver. Her research and teaching interests are in contemporary rhetorical theory and criticism, feminist perspectives on communication, the incorporation of marginalized voices into rhetorical theory, and visual rhetoric. Cindy L. Griffin is professor emeritus in the Department of Communication Studies at Colorado State University. Her research and teaching interests are feminist intersectional approaches to communication, the role of invitational rhetoric in creating spaces for civil discourse during challenging interactions, feminist intersectional theories of rhetoric, and feminist challenges to traditional assumptions about rhetoric and communication.