Sara A. Mehltretter Drury is Associate Professor of Rhetoric. Her research analyzes the quality and character of public discourse in the United States. Her specific interests include the theories and practices of democratic deliberation, presidential rhetoric, the rhetoric of national security, political communication, and the rhetoric of religion.

 

Dr. Drury has offered workshops on facilitation, problem-solving, conflict resolution, dialogue, deliberation, and civic engagement to a variety of groups, including the Council on Independent Colleges, Indiana Humanities Speakers Bureau, NASPA-Student Affairs Administrators in 亚洲通er Education Lead Initiative, the Wabash Center for Teaching and Learning in Theology and Religion, 亚洲通 Compact, and the Wabash Pastoral Leadership Program.

 

Dr. Drury earned her B.A. degree summa cum laude in Communication and Political Science at Boston College, and was inducted into Phi Beta Kappa. She did her graduate work at the Pennsylvania State University, earning her M.A. and Ph.D. in the Department of Communication Arts and Sciences in the College of Liberal Arts. 

 

Outside of the classroom, Professor Drury enjoys cooking, outdoor activities, and travel. A native of Buffalo, New York, she is a loyal Bills and Sabres fan, and has a discerning palate for the delicacy known to Buffalonians simply as “wings.”

 

Drury talks rhetoric, its importance on campus, politics and the Democracy and Public Discourse initiative.