Dillard, Courtney

Courtney Dillard is a Visiting Professor in the Rhetoric & Media Studies Department at Willamette University in Salem, Oregon. She received her Ph.D. in Communication Studies from the University of Texas - Austin and her MA from The University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill. For over a decade, Courtney's research agenda has focused on persuasion and social change. In the last several years, she has turned her attention to persuasion and the aims of Progressive politics. As an emerging political activist, Courtney served as Speaker Trainer for the Kerry/Edwards campaign in Oregon, as well as v...