Kirt H. Wilson is a Fellow of the Rhetoric Society of America, the Department Head of Communication Arts & Sciences, and an Associate Professor of rhetoric, political communication, and African American Studies at Penn State University. He has published widely in the areas of African American public discourse, nineteenth-century presidential and congressional debate, the black freedom struggle, collective memory, rhetorical criticism, and public deliberation. Additional information, including his Curriculum Vitae, is available on his Research page. Information about his teaching is available on his Instruction page.

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Dr. Wilson graduated from Purdue University with an MA in 1991 and from Northwestern University in Evanston, IL, with a Ph.D. in 1995. He has won numerous awards for teaching and research, including the National Communication Association’s Douglas W. Ehninger Distinguished Rhetorical Scholar Award, the Karl R. Wallace Memorial Award, the Winans-Wichelns Memorial Award, the Marie Hochmuth Nichols Award, the New Investigator Award, and the Carroll C. Arnold Distinguished Lecture. In 2017, he received the Malvin E. and Lea P. Bank Outstanding Teaching Award from Penn State’s College of the Liberal Arts. In 2022, the Rhetoric Society of America honored Dr. Wilson with the George E. Yoos Award for his impact on the study of rhetoric and his service to the Society as President and member of its Board of Directors.

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Contact Information

Email and Telephone

Email: kirtwilson [at] psu.edu
Office Phone: 814.865.5235