Presidential Award for Excellence in Teaching.

Ann Burnette….my fellow class of 1981 grad of Fort Hunt high school [Alexandria, Virginia].

Also happens to be a fellow Austin, Texas resident.

Ann teaches at Texas State University in San Marcos, a suburb of Austin.

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excerpts from Ann’s bio……

Dr. Burnette is an Associate Professor who teaches graduate and undergraduate classes in Political Communication, American Speeches, and Rhetorical Criticism.

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— Texas State University Alumni Teaching Award of Honor.

— Presidential Distinction Award in Teaching

— College Achievement Award in Teaching

— Golden Apple Award for undergraduate and graduate teaching

— Associated Student Government has also named her a Bobcat Hero

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research interests…….

political campaign rhetoric, the construction of gender in public discourse, historical political debates, and freedom of speech issues.

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Presents at national and international conferences.

Published in books and in national and international publications

— Journal of Argumentation in Context

— Journal of Contemporary Rhetoric

— First Amendment Studies.

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