Calvin L. Troup, Ph.D., Rhetorical Theory and Criticism, the Pennsylvania State University, PA 1994, is president of Geneva College, Beaver Falls, PA, editor elect of Explorations in Media Ecology, and Visiting Scholar, Department of Communication & Rhetorical Studies, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA. Dr. Troup was employed by the Department of Communication & Rhetorical Studies for 20 years and worked as associate professor and director of the Rhetoric Ph.D. Program. His communication research agenda focuses on the rhetoric and philosophy of St. Augustine and rhetoric of technology from media ecology perspectives informed by the work of Jacques Ellul and Walter J. Ong. His published work includes Augustine for the Philosophers: The Rhetor of Hippo, the Confessions, and the Continentals (2014), Temporality, Eternity, and Wisdom: The Rhetoric of Augustine's Confessions (1999), scholarly book chapters, and articles in journals such as Communication Quarterly, Explorations in Media Ecology, Rhetoric Society Quarterly, The Journal of Communication and Religion, and The Journal of Business Ethics.

Isaac E. Catt, Ph. D.

Visiting Scholar
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Isaac E. Catt, Ph.D., Communicology (Philosophy and Theory of Communication and Culture, Interpersonal and Rhetorical Communication), Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL 1982, achieved full professor rank eight years after receiving the doctorate degree, was tenured in three universities, chaired four academic departments, and was a faculty senate chair. Retiring from the California State University system in 2009, he is Visiting Scholar, Simon E. Silverman Phenomenology Center and Department of Communication & Rhetorical Studies, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA, where he regularly delivers public lectures. His teaching career spans more than four decades.