Roderick P. Hart is the dean and the Allan Shivers Centennial/Cronkite Chair of the College of Communication at the University of Texas, Austin, and also director of the Annette Strauss Institute for Civic Participation. He is the author of twelve books and has lectured at more than seventy colleges and universities. His published works include Political Keywords: Using Language That Uses Us (Oxford University Press, 2005). Professor Hart has been elected to the Academy of Distinguished Teachers at the University of Texas.

(Fall 2003, Fall 2010)