Prof. David Zarefsky

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David Zarefsky, Ph.D. Professor of Argumentation and Debate, Professor of Communication Studies, Northwestern University David Zarefsky received his B.S. (with highest distinction) from Northwestern University and earned his master’s and doctoral degrees also from Northwestern. He has taught at Northwestern for more than 30 years. From 1988 through 2000, he was dean of the School of Speech. Currently, he is Owen L. Coon Professor of Argumentation and Debate and Professor of Communication Studies. Dr. Zarefsky has served as president of the National Communication Association (NCA), one of the nation’s oldest and largest professional organizations for scholars, teachers, and practitioners in communication and performance studies. He also has been president of the Rhetoric Society of America (RSA), an interdisciplinary society of scholars interested in studying public discourse. He has held a number of other leadership positions in NCA and other professional associations and is a former editor of the journal Argumentation and Advocacy. A prolific writer, Dr. Zarefsky has written five books and edited three more and has an impressive list of scholarly articles and reviews to his credit. He received the 1986 NCA Winans-Wichelns Award for Distinguished Scholarship in Rhetoric and Public Address for his book President Johnson’s War on Poverty: Rhetoric and History. He won the same award in 1991 for Lincoln, Douglas, and Slavery: In the Crucible of Public Debate. He is one of onl

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