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College / Department

College of Arts and Sciences
Department of Writing Studies

Teaching areas

• WRI-101 • WRI-102 • ENG-208 • ENG-204 • ENG-207 •ENG 225

Research areas

• Classical Rhetoric • Cicero • The Art of Delivery in Public Speaking • Latin • Orality and Literacy • Composition (EFL) • Rhetorical Theory and Criticism • Literature (Classical and World)

Education

PhD, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, Texas, 2003 (Dissertation on Cicero's Rhetorical Theory)
MA, California State University at Sacramento, Sacramento, California, 1998 (Thesis on Chaucer's Troilus and Criseyde)
BA (cum laude), California State University at Sacramento, Sacramento, California, 1994

Professional experience

American University of Sharjah, Sharjah, UAE, 2008-Present
Eckerd College, FL, USA, 2006-2008
American University of Bulgaria, Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria, 2004-2006

Memberships

•Rhetoric Society of America •Rhetoric Review Association of America •International Society for the History of Rhetoric •American Society for the History of Rhetoric •Modern Language Association

Contact

dfredrick@aus.edu
+971 6 515 2615

Dr. Daniel Fredrick

Assistant Professor
PhD in Rhetoric and Composition, Texas Christian University, USA

Daniel R. Fredrick has taught a wide-range of writing and speaking courses at the university level. He has published articles about Cicero, classical rhetoric, and the teaching of composition, and has presented at many international conferences.

Publications

Fredrick, D.R. (forthcoming 2017). Medea, Madness, and Mothers.” In Mental Illness in Popular Culture: Santa Barbara. ABC-Clio.
Fredrick, D.R. (2014). The Role of Brevitas in Ancient Roman Rhetoric. The International Journal of Arts Theory and History. Vol 10: 3: 53-58.
Fredrick, D.R. (2014). Rhetoric and the Platonic Paradox. The International Journal of Arts and Sciences. Vol 7:4: 605-609
Fredrick, D.R. (2014). Slayer and Metallica: Two Portraits of Evil.” In A History of Evil in Popular Culture: What Hannibal Lecter, Stephen King, and Vampires Reveal about America, 333-343. Santa Barbara: Praeger.
Fredrick, D.R. (2012). Pathos: Its Role and Scope in Ancient Rhetoric.” Journal of Teaching and Education 1, no. 6: 1-4
Fredrick, D.R. (2013)Laura Cereta’s Art of Paradeigmata and Eristic Style.” Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai, Philologia Vol. 58, Issue 3: 15-26
Fredrick, D.R. (2012). Adsum Magister: The Technology of Transportation in Rhetorical Education.” In On the Blunt Edge: Technology in Composition’s History and Pedagogy, edited by Shane Borrowman, 14-29. Anderson, South Carolina: Parlor Press.
Fredrick, D.R. (2011) Lions Leading Lions: An Explication of the Speeches of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Ruler of Dubai, United Arab Emirates.” Middle East Studies Journal 3, no 6: 145-174.
Fredrick, D.R. (2010) Enhancing Stylistic Development in Non-Native English-Speaking Undergraduates through Quantitative Analysis. Inted Proceedings.
Fredrick, D. R. (2010). President Bush's September 11 speeches. September 11 in popular culture. Oxford: Greenwood/ABC Clio.
Fredrick, D.R. (2007). Learning an Art of Refutation: 5 Exercises from Cicero. Issues in Writing 16(2), 18-39.
Fredrick, D.R. (2006). The Roman World of Cicero’s 'De Orator,' by Elaine Fantham. Rhetoric Society Quarterly. 36(1), 123-127.
Fredrick, D.R. (2004). Isocrates’ Demonicus: A Ratio for Ethos. Coram Deo Journal 1(2), 4-18.
Fredrick, D.R. (2003). Verginius Flavus. In Classical Rhetorics and Rhetoricians (385-388). Santa Barbara: Greenwood Press.
Fredrick, D.R., et. al. (2002) What Are Styles? And Why Are We Saying Such Terrific Things about Them?Pedagogy in Perspective: Landmarks and Horizons. Eds. Rob & Christina McDonald. (pp. 75-110). Carbondale: Southern Illinois UP.

Conference Presentations

“Intersubjectivity: Community Assessment of Student Writing.” Paper presented at International Conference for Education. Venice, Italy. June 28-July 1, 2016.
“A Preface to Cicero’s Pro Archia: an Interactive Game.” Paper presented at International Conference for Education. Barcelona, Spain. May 23-May 26.
“The Art of Commenting without Commenting (on student writing).” Paper presented at TESOL Arabia Conference Eastern Region Chapter, Ajman University of Science and Technology. Fujairah, UAE. Oct. 24, 2015.
“Invention for Thinking, Speaking, Writing.” Paper presented at TESOL Arabia Conference Eastern Region Chapter, Ajman University of Science and Technology. Fujairah, UAE. May 9, 2015.
“Why My Cicero Can Beat Up Your Plato.” Paper presented at the International Conference for Academic Disciplines, Venice, Italy. June 30 - July 3, 2014.
Ancient Roman Farming’s Influence on the Art of Roman Oratory. Paper presented at the Arts in Society Conference, Rome, Italy. June 25 - June 27, 2014.
“Using Rhetorical Pedagogy in First-Year Writing to Complement a Writing Across the Curriculum Program.” Paper presented at the International Conference on the Arts and Humanities, Perugia, Italy. June 27-30, 2013.
Cicero and the Role of Philosophy in Rhetoric.” Paper presented at the 2012 European International Education Conference, Rome, Italy. June 6-8, 2012
“Classical Chironomia for the Modern Arab Student.” International Journal of Arts and Sciences Conference. Rome, Italy. November 22-25, 2010.
“Enhancing Stylistic Development in Non-Native English-Speaking Undergraduates through Quantitative Analysis.” Inted Conference. Valencia, Spain. March 8-10, 2010.
"Rhetorical Analysis of Immigration Documents.” 2007 Rhetoric, Law, and Humanities Conference. Georgetown Law University, Georgetown, Washington D.C., March 23, 2007.
“Democracy and English Studies in the Balkans: Listening, Imagining and Evaluating.” Idea: Studies in English Conference, Bogazici University. Istanbul, Turkey, April 24-26, 2006.
“Test-Driving Cicero’s Lost Heuristic.” EATAW Conference, Athens, June 22-24, 2005.
“Isocratean Teachings of Ethos.” Rhetoric and Change Symposium, Texas Women’s University Denton, TX. Feb, 2004.
“Primary Orality in Rome: The Roman-ness of Roman Rhetoric (and Cicero’s Appropriation of His Roman Heritage).”7th Annual Gorgias Convention, UT--Arlington, TX. Spring 2000.

Awards and Honors

Golden Key National Honor Society
Sigma Tau Delta International Honor Society
Bazzanella Literary Prize Winner
Eta Sigma Phi Classics Honor Society
Radford Fellowship 1998

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