Dr. Rya ButterfieldI am an Associate Professor in the Department of Mass Communication and an adjunct professor in the Department of Social Sciences at Nicholls State University in Thibodaux, Louisiana.
My PhD is from Louisiana State University, where I studied Rhetoric under the advisement of Associate Professor Nathan Crick and Political Theory under the advisement of Alumni Professor Cecil Eubanks. Please see my updates below. |
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*Announcements*
Recent/Forthcoming Publications:
"Book Review: Xing Lu, The Rhetoric of Mao Zedong: Transforming China and Its People, (Columbia: University of South Carolina Press, 2017)," Rhetoric & Public Affairs, Vol. 22, Number 3.
Butterfield, R. (2019) “Hu Shi’s Model of Rhetorical Pragmatic Argumentation,” Advances in the History of Rhetoric, Vol. 22, Number 2, 139-152.
Butterfield, R. (2019) Hu Shi’s Search for the "Chinese Sophist" and "Spirit of Courageous Doubt." in R. Danisch, Recovering Overlooked Pragmatists in Communication: Extending the Living Conversation about Pragmatism and Rhetoric. NY: Palgrave.
白丽娅博士 (Dr. Rya Butterfield) 和杨川, “从跨文化角度探讨儒家传统中的说辩修辞作用” 在国家传播学论丛 (第1辑).
Forthcoming: “The Rhetorical Function of the Confucian Tradition from a Cross-Cultural Perspective” in Journal of International Rhetoric Studies, Volume 4.
Upcoming/Recent Presentations:
Upcoming: Panel Discussion, Crossroads in the past, present, and future of the Association for Chinese Communication Studies (ACCS), The National Communication Association Convention. Virtual Pandemic Edition (originally scheduled for Indianapolis), November 2020.
Panel Discussion, The Rhetoric of Fascism: Devices for the Cult of Irrationality, The National Communication Association Convention. Baltimore, MD, November 2019.
Panel Respondent, “Association for Chinese Communication Studies Top Paper Panel,” The National Communication Association Convention. Salt Lake City, UT. November 2018.
“Hu Shi on the Ideological Protection of ‘Defenseless Democracies’,” American Society for the History of Rhetoric Symposium. Minneapolis, MN. May/June 2018.
“Hu Shi on the ‘Conflict of Ideologies’,” Rhetoric and the New Fascism, Team Rhetoric Conference. Texas A&M. February 2018.
New Positions:
Editorial Board, U.S.-China Relations in the Age of Globalization, a MSU Press Book Series.
Webmaster for the Association for Chinese Communication Studies website: http://www.chinesecommunicationstudies.com/
Member of the Third Council Committee of the Chinese Rhetoric Society of the World (CRSW).
Editor of the American Rhetoric Section in International Rhetoric Studies, Volume 4.
"Book Review: Xing Lu, The Rhetoric of Mao Zedong: Transforming China and Its People, (Columbia: University of South Carolina Press, 2017)," Rhetoric & Public Affairs, Vol. 22, Number 3.
Butterfield, R. (2019) “Hu Shi’s Model of Rhetorical Pragmatic Argumentation,” Advances in the History of Rhetoric, Vol. 22, Number 2, 139-152.
Butterfield, R. (2019) Hu Shi’s Search for the "Chinese Sophist" and "Spirit of Courageous Doubt." in R. Danisch, Recovering Overlooked Pragmatists in Communication: Extending the Living Conversation about Pragmatism and Rhetoric. NY: Palgrave.
白丽娅博士 (Dr. Rya Butterfield) 和杨川, “从跨文化角度探讨儒家传统中的说辩修辞作用” 在国家传播学论丛 (第1辑).
Forthcoming: “The Rhetorical Function of the Confucian Tradition from a Cross-Cultural Perspective” in Journal of International Rhetoric Studies, Volume 4.
Upcoming/Recent Presentations:
Upcoming: Panel Discussion, Crossroads in the past, present, and future of the Association for Chinese Communication Studies (ACCS), The National Communication Association Convention. Virtual Pandemic Edition (originally scheduled for Indianapolis), November 2020.
Panel Discussion, The Rhetoric of Fascism: Devices for the Cult of Irrationality, The National Communication Association Convention. Baltimore, MD, November 2019.
Panel Respondent, “Association for Chinese Communication Studies Top Paper Panel,” The National Communication Association Convention. Salt Lake City, UT. November 2018.
“Hu Shi on the Ideological Protection of ‘Defenseless Democracies’,” American Society for the History of Rhetoric Symposium. Minneapolis, MN. May/June 2018.
“Hu Shi on the ‘Conflict of Ideologies’,” Rhetoric and the New Fascism, Team Rhetoric Conference. Texas A&M. February 2018.
New Positions:
Editorial Board, U.S.-China Relations in the Age of Globalization, a MSU Press Book Series.
Webmaster for the Association for Chinese Communication Studies website: http://www.chinesecommunicationstudies.com/
Member of the Third Council Committee of the Chinese Rhetoric Society of the World (CRSW).
Editor of the American Rhetoric Section in International Rhetoric Studies, Volume 4.
