Calvin Troup, Ph.D.

  • Associate Professor
  • Ph.D. Program Director

Honors and Awards

(2004) Donald H. Ecroyd Research and Scholarship Award, Pennsylvania Communication Association

(2003-2004) Apple Polishing Award for Excellence in Faculty Performance, Order of Omega, Duquesne University

(1998) Religious Speech Communication Article of the Year Award

(1993-94) Edwin Erle Sparks Fellowship, Penn State University

(1994) Kathryn DeBoer Distinguished Teaching Award, Penn State University

Offices

Editor-Elect. Journal of Communication and Religion. The journal of the Religious Communication Association. Editor 2010-2013

Religious Communication Association:

President, 2007-2008 (elected 2005)

Chairman, Religious Communication Association Pre-Conference. Served as lead conference planner for RCA’s first national pre-conference in conjunction with the National Communication Association’s annual meeting in Chicago, IL, November 2004

Councilor, Religious Communication Association. Member-at-large on the RCA Executive Council. Referee for RCA awards committee

Editor, Pennsylvania Speech Communication Annual. The journal of the Speech Communication Association of Pennsylvania. 2000-2003

Editor, Pennsylvania Scholars Series. A monograph series published by the Speech Communication Association of Pennsylvania, 2000-2003

Board Member, Geneva College Board of Trustees and Board of Corporators

Publications

Books

Temporality, Eternity, and Wisdom: The Rhetoric of Augustine’s Confessions. University of South Carolina Press--Rhetoric Series, 1999. ISBN: 1-57003-308-0.

A Guide for New Public Speaking Teachers: Building toward Success, 3rd ed.,  Allyn & Bacon, 2005. ISBN: 0-205-43893-8).

Book Chapters

“Persistence/Termination/Memory.” Encyclopedia of Identity. Ed. Ronald L. Jackson II. Ed. Ronald L. Jackson II. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. [Under contract—anticipated publication 2009].

“Civic Identity.” Encyclopedia of Identity. Ed. Ronald L. Jackson II. Ed. Ronald L. Jackson II. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. [Under contract—anticipated publication 2009].

Articles

“Ordinary People Can Reason: A Rhetorical Case for Including Vernacular Voices in Ethical Public Relations Practice.” Journal of Business Ethics [forthcoming].

 “Civic Engagement from Religious Grounds.” Journal of Communication and Religion. Special Issue on Civic Engagement. [forthcoming in 2010].

 “Navigating Our Emergence: Cohen’s Question.” Calvin L. Troup and Jill Seibert Burk. Pennsylvania Scholars Series: Herman Cohen. (2008).

“Augustine for Communication Scholars.” Journal of Communication & Religion. 28:1 (March 2005), 131-146.

Communication Research & Development

  • Rhetoric & Philosophy of St. Augustine
  • Rhetoric of Religion and Public Life
  • Integrated Marketing & Management Communication