John J. Rief
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Biography
Duquesne University - Communication
Category II Lecturer in Rhetoric and Debate at Metropolitan State University of Denver
John
Rief
Denver, Colorado
John is a teacher-scholar invested in educating students about the ancient and powerfully important art of rhetoric, especially as a means to enhance their professional and civic lives. He lives in Englewood, Colorado.
From 2000-2005, he was a student at Regis Jesuit University, completing BAs in Philosophy and Communication. He was also a member of Regis' nationally competitive debate team, reaching the elimination rounds of several major tournaments including the National Debate Tournament.
He completed his PhD in Communication (2012) and MA in Bioethics (2013) at the University of Pittsburgh. While completing his degree, John coached (and, for one year, was the associate director of) the policy debate program in the William Pitt Debating Union. After the completion of his PhD, he was admitted into the RAND-University of Pittsburgh Scholars program.
In 2014, John joined the faculty in the Department of Communication & Rhetorical Studies at Duquesne University as a Visiting Assistant Professor (2014-2016) and then TT Assistant Professor (2016-2019). There, he taught a variety of courses including the history of communication, public speaking, organizational communication, and health communication. He was also the advisor (2014-2016) and then Senior Debate Consultant (2016-2019) for the Duquesne Debating Society. He recently resigned from Duquesne to move closer to family.
In July 2019, John accepted a new position at Metropolitan State University of Denver (MSU Denver). He is a Category II Lecturer in Rhetoric and Debate. He will teach in the Department of Communication Studies and work with the department to relaunch MSU Denver's debate program.
John’s research focuses on the history of rhetoric, the history of intercollegiate academic debate, and the rhetoric of medicine. His scholarship has recently appeared in Health Communication, Speaker & Gavel, and the selected works volumes of the AFA/NCA (Alta) conference.
Experience
Education
Regis University
Bachelor's degree
Communication & Philosophy
University of Pittsburgh
Master's degree
Bioethics
University of Pittsburgh
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD
Communication
University of Pittsburgh
Master's degree
Communication
University of Pittsburgh
RAND-University of Pittsburgh Scholars Program
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality funded Postdoctoral Fellowship, Institute for Clinical Research Education and Center for Research on Health Care, University of Pittsburgh (stipend, tuition benefits, research and travel support).
Publications
Review of Scientific Characters: Rhetoric, Politics, and Trust in Breast Cancer Research, by Lisa Keränen (Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press, 2012).
Rhetoric Society Quarterly
Review of Scientific Characters: Rhetoric, Politics, and Trust in Breast Cancer Research, by Lisa Keränen (Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press, 2012).
Rhetoric Society Quarterly
The Debate Authors Working Group Model for Collaborative Knowledge Production in Forensics Scholarship
Argumentation & Advocacy
Review of Scientific Characters: Rhetoric, Politics, and Trust in Breast Cancer Research, by Lisa Keränen (Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press, 2012).
Rhetoric Society Quarterly
The Debate Authors Working Group Model for Collaborative Knowledge Production in Forensics Scholarship
Argumentation & Advocacy
Deliberating Debate's Digital Futures
Contemporary Argumentation and Debate
Review of Scientific Characters: Rhetoric, Politics, and Trust in Breast Cancer Research, by Lisa Keränen (Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press, 2012).
Rhetoric Society Quarterly
The Debate Authors Working Group Model for Collaborative Knowledge Production in Forensics Scholarship
Argumentation & Advocacy
Deliberating Debate's Digital Futures
Contemporary Argumentation and Debate
Improving Patient Activation in Crisis and Chronic Care through Rhetorical Approaches to New Media Technologies
POROI: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Rhetorical Analysis and Invention
Review of Scientific Characters: Rhetoric, Politics, and Trust in Breast Cancer Research, by Lisa Keränen (Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press, 2012).
Rhetoric Society Quarterly
The Debate Authors Working Group Model for Collaborative Knowledge Production in Forensics Scholarship
Argumentation & Advocacy
Deliberating Debate's Digital Futures
Contemporary Argumentation and Debate
Improving Patient Activation in Crisis and Chronic Care through Rhetorical Approaches to New Media Technologies
POROI: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Rhetorical Analysis and Invention
Building the Case for an ‘Architectonic’ Function of Rhetoric in Health Services Research
POROI: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Rhetorical Analysis and Invention
Review of Scientific Characters: Rhetoric, Politics, and Trust in Breast Cancer Research, by Lisa Keränen (Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press, 2012).
Rhetoric Society Quarterly
The Debate Authors Working Group Model for Collaborative Knowledge Production in Forensics Scholarship
Argumentation & Advocacy
Deliberating Debate's Digital Futures
Contemporary Argumentation and Debate
Improving Patient Activation in Crisis and Chronic Care through Rhetorical Approaches to New Media Technologies
POROI: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Rhetorical Analysis and Invention
Building the Case for an ‘Architectonic’ Function of Rhetoric in Health Services Research
POROI: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Rhetorical Analysis and Invention
Review of Bioethics in the Age of New Media, by Joanna Zylinska (Cambridge, Massachusetts: The MIT Press, 2009).
JAC: A Journal of Rhetoric, Culture, & Politics
Review of Scientific Characters: Rhetoric, Politics, and Trust in Breast Cancer Research, by Lisa Keränen (Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press, 2012).
Rhetoric Society Quarterly
The Debate Authors Working Group Model for Collaborative Knowledge Production in Forensics Scholarship
Argumentation & Advocacy
Deliberating Debate's Digital Futures
Contemporary Argumentation and Debate
Improving Patient Activation in Crisis and Chronic Care through Rhetorical Approaches to New Media Technologies
POROI: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Rhetorical Analysis and Invention
Building the Case for an ‘Architectonic’ Function of Rhetoric in Health Services Research
POROI: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Rhetorical Analysis and Invention
Review of Bioethics in the Age of New Media, by Joanna Zylinska (Cambridge, Massachusetts: The MIT Press, 2009).
JAC: A Journal of Rhetoric, Culture, & Politics
Promoting Patient Phronesis: Communication Patterns in an Online Lifestyle Program Coordinated with Primary Care
Health Education & Behavior
Review of Scientific Characters: Rhetoric, Politics, and Trust in Breast Cancer Research, by Lisa Keränen (Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press, 2012).
Rhetoric Society Quarterly
The Debate Authors Working Group Model for Collaborative Knowledge Production in Forensics Scholarship
Argumentation & Advocacy
Deliberating Debate's Digital Futures
Contemporary Argumentation and Debate
Improving Patient Activation in Crisis and Chronic Care through Rhetorical Approaches to New Media Technologies
POROI: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Rhetorical Analysis and Invention
Building the Case for an ‘Architectonic’ Function of Rhetoric in Health Services Research
POROI: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Rhetorical Analysis and Invention
Review of Bioethics in the Age of New Media, by Joanna Zylinska (Cambridge, Massachusetts: The MIT Press, 2009).
JAC: A Journal of Rhetoric, Culture, & Politics
Promoting Patient Phronesis: Communication Patterns in an Online Lifestyle Program Coordinated with Primary Care
Health Education & Behavior
Stephen Toulmin: Theory and Practice.
An Encyclopedia of Communication Ethics: Goods in Contention
Review of Scientific Characters: Rhetoric, Politics, and Trust in Breast Cancer Research, by Lisa Keränen (Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press, 2012).
Rhetoric Society Quarterly
The Debate Authors Working Group Model for Collaborative Knowledge Production in Forensics Scholarship
Argumentation & Advocacy
Deliberating Debate's Digital Futures
Contemporary Argumentation and Debate
Improving Patient Activation in Crisis and Chronic Care through Rhetorical Approaches to New Media Technologies
POROI: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Rhetorical Analysis and Invention
Building the Case for an ‘Architectonic’ Function of Rhetoric in Health Services Research
POROI: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Rhetorical Analysis and Invention
Review of Bioethics in the Age of New Media, by Joanna Zylinska (Cambridge, Massachusetts: The MIT Press, 2009).
JAC: A Journal of Rhetoric, Culture, & Politics
Promoting Patient Phronesis: Communication Patterns in an Online Lifestyle Program Coordinated with Primary Care
Health Education & Behavior
Stephen Toulmin: Theory and Practice.
An Encyclopedia of Communication Ethics: Goods in Contention
Review of What Are Stem Cells: Definitions at the Intersection of Science and Politics, by John Lynch (Tuscaloosa: The University of Alabama Press, 2011).
Quarterly Journal of Speech
Review of Scientific Characters: Rhetoric, Politics, and Trust in Breast Cancer Research, by Lisa Keränen (Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press, 2012).
Rhetoric Society Quarterly
The Debate Authors Working Group Model for Collaborative Knowledge Production in Forensics Scholarship
Argumentation & Advocacy
Deliberating Debate's Digital Futures
Contemporary Argumentation and Debate
Improving Patient Activation in Crisis and Chronic Care through Rhetorical Approaches to New Media Technologies
POROI: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Rhetorical Analysis and Invention
Building the Case for an ‘Architectonic’ Function of Rhetoric in Health Services Research
POROI: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Rhetorical Analysis and Invention
Review of Bioethics in the Age of New Media, by Joanna Zylinska (Cambridge, Massachusetts: The MIT Press, 2009).
JAC: A Journal of Rhetoric, Culture, & Politics
Promoting Patient Phronesis: Communication Patterns in an Online Lifestyle Program Coordinated with Primary Care
Health Education & Behavior
Stephen Toulmin: Theory and Practice.
An Encyclopedia of Communication Ethics: Goods in Contention
Review of What Are Stem Cells: Definitions at the Intersection of Science and Politics, by John Lynch (Tuscaloosa: The University of Alabama Press, 2011).
Quarterly Journal of Speech
Debate as a Weapon of Mass Destruction
Communication and Critical / Cultural Studies
Review of Scientific Characters: Rhetoric, Politics, and Trust in Breast Cancer Research, by Lisa Keränen (Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press, 2012).
Rhetoric Society Quarterly
The Debate Authors Working Group Model for Collaborative Knowledge Production in Forensics Scholarship
Argumentation & Advocacy
Deliberating Debate's Digital Futures
Contemporary Argumentation and Debate
Improving Patient Activation in Crisis and Chronic Care through Rhetorical Approaches to New Media Technologies
POROI: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Rhetorical Analysis and Invention
Building the Case for an ‘Architectonic’ Function of Rhetoric in Health Services Research
POROI: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Rhetorical Analysis and Invention
Review of Bioethics in the Age of New Media, by Joanna Zylinska (Cambridge, Massachusetts: The MIT Press, 2009).
JAC: A Journal of Rhetoric, Culture, & Politics
Promoting Patient Phronesis: Communication Patterns in an Online Lifestyle Program Coordinated with Primary Care
Health Education & Behavior
Stephen Toulmin: Theory and Practice.
An Encyclopedia of Communication Ethics: Goods in Contention
Review of What Are Stem Cells: Definitions at the Intersection of Science and Politics, by John Lynch (Tuscaloosa: The University of Alabama Press, 2011).
Quarterly Journal of Speech
Debate as a Weapon of Mass Destruction
Communication and Critical / Cultural Studies
(Re)Designing the Debate Tournament for Civic Life
Speaker & Gavel
Review of Scientific Characters: Rhetoric, Politics, and Trust in Breast Cancer Research, by Lisa Keränen (Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press, 2012).
Rhetoric Society Quarterly
The Debate Authors Working Group Model for Collaborative Knowledge Production in Forensics Scholarship
Argumentation & Advocacy
Deliberating Debate's Digital Futures
Contemporary Argumentation and Debate
Improving Patient Activation in Crisis and Chronic Care through Rhetorical Approaches to New Media Technologies
POROI: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Rhetorical Analysis and Invention
Building the Case for an ‘Architectonic’ Function of Rhetoric in Health Services Research
POROI: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Rhetorical Analysis and Invention
Review of Bioethics in the Age of New Media, by Joanna Zylinska (Cambridge, Massachusetts: The MIT Press, 2009).
JAC: A Journal of Rhetoric, Culture, & Politics
Promoting Patient Phronesis: Communication Patterns in an Online Lifestyle Program Coordinated with Primary Care
Health Education & Behavior
Stephen Toulmin: Theory and Practice.
An Encyclopedia of Communication Ethics: Goods in Contention
Review of What Are Stem Cells: Definitions at the Intersection of Science and Politics, by John Lynch (Tuscaloosa: The University of Alabama Press, 2011).
Quarterly Journal of Speech
Debate as a Weapon of Mass Destruction
Communication and Critical / Cultural Studies
(Re)Designing the Debate Tournament for Civic Life
Speaker & Gavel
Using Health Information Technology to Foster Engagement: Patients' Experiences with an Active Patient Health Record
Health Communication
