The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social Yelling the truth about Tennessee. 
Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social Historian. Author. Professor. Budding Curmudgeon. I study the contrast between image and reality in America, especially in politics.
David Folkenflik @davidfolkenflik.bsky.social NPR media guy
Author, Murdoch’s World
Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social Mondays at 9pmET on MS NOW
MaddowBlog.com
Karrin Vasby Anderson @kvanderson.bsky.social she/her
Professor of Communication Studies @ Colorado State University | The Center for Democracy, Art, and Popular Culture cdapc.colostate.edu | The Conversation https://tinyurl.com/yzbmdpuw | Views represent my expertise, not my university.
Jen Mercieca @jenmercieca.bsky.social Explaining anti-democratic rhetorical tricks. Award winning #teamrhetoric professor & author. Very earnest. Democracy cheerleader. Views represent my academic research, not my university. I post things on substack: https://jennifermercieca.substack.com/
Jennie Keohane @keohaneja.bsky.social Lover of beer, dogs, crossword puzzles, and all things Minnesota. Associate Prof at UBalt via Northwestern U and UW-Madison. #TeamRhetoric
Jenny Rice @jennyrice.bsky.social Texan/Kentuckian. I study rhetorics of extremism and other weird stuff.
Author of Awful Archives: conspiracy theory, rhetoric, and acts of evidence
https://www.amazon.com/Awful-Archives-Conspiracy-Rhetoric-Evidence/dp/0814255795
Kelly Winfrey @kellywinfrey.bsky.social Associate Professor studying gender and political communication. Mom, cat lady, Jayhawk in IA, feminist, pragmatic progressive scared for America.
Casey Boyle @caseyboyle.fail assoc prof of rhetoric
caseyboyle.fail
Martín Carcasson @mcarcasson.bsky.social Professor of Communication Studies at Colorado State University. I direct the CSU Center for Public Deliberation (www.cpd.colostate.edu), which is a nonpartisan organization focused on improving the quality of public discussion and local problem-solving. 
Ira Allen @rhetlab.bsky.social Dr. Ira Allen's Rhetorical & Ethical Theory Lab at NAU: studying places where persuasion and the good intersect
Ashley Hinck @ashleyhinck.bsky.social I research rhetoric, the internet, and fandom. Associate Professor at Xavier University. PhD from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. BA from Creighton University. 
ProfJSG @profjsg.bsky.social Professor. Constitution hugger. Worried for democracy.
Mary Stuckey @marystuckey.bsky.social Rhetorician, political scientist, lover of good wine and national parks. I study the presidency and vote the down ballot. 
Mindful Heretic 🦅✊🏽🌹💙 @mindfulheretic.bsky.social Independent Scholar, poet, author, performance ethnographer. Chicana crypto-Jewish/Catholic supporter of Indigenous rights, democracy, and environmental justice. In a mindless world, paying attention is heresy.
Dr. Guy McHendry @acaguy.bsky.social ᴀssᴏᴄɪᴀᴛᴇ ᴘʀᴏғᴇssᴏʀ ʀʜᴇᴛᴏʀɪᴄ & sᴜʀᴠᴇɪʟʟᴀɴᴄᴇ ʜᴇ/ʜɪs/ʜɪᴍ Author of The Rhetoric of Western Thought https://bit.ly/RWT11e
Dr. Will X. Uly @wellactually.bsky.social rhetoric sun. media rising. gender moon. assistant professor of communication studies, recovering marketer, and award-winning drag king. thinking about neoliberalism & gender performance in consumer culture. they/them.
the views expressed here are my own.
Caroline Koons @ckoons.bsky.social Assistant Professor of Humanities and Communication. Rhetoric, music, ethics, social movements.
M. Elizabeth Thorpe @thorpe.bsky.social Mom, wife, teacher, scholar, cat-owner. Into things like identity, the law, and the 1A. Consistently amazed that her colleagues continue to take her seriously. She/her/hers Rhetorician.
Jeff Bennett 🏳️🌈 @jeffbennett.bsky.social Professor and Chair of Communication Studies at Vandy. T1D. Michigander. First Gen. Views mine. he/him
Signal = jefabenn.54
Matthew Salzano @mattsalzano.bsky.social 👨🏫 Asst Prof of Communication at Stony Brook University
🚨doctor of communication available for rhetorical emergencies
🏳️🌈 he/him
📍 Long Island
💻 matthewsalzano.com
📢 views my own!
Anna Wolfe @annawolfe.bsky.social Associate Professor | Department of Communication & Journalism @Texas A&M University | how do we connect across our differences? : dialogue : storytelling : conflict : collective action : organizational communication : engaged scholarship
JohnSloop @johnmsloop.bsky.social VU faculty, cultural critic, soccer enthusiast.
Tell someone about me.
Atilla Hallsby @atillahallsby.bsky.social “Sovereign, Settler, Leaker, Lie” (The Ohio State University Press, 2026). https://tinyurl.com/yfh4pvfd
“Reading Rhetorical Theory” (University of Minnesota Libraries, 2022) https://open.lib.umn.edu/rhetoricaltheory/
www.atillahallsby.com
Taylor Johnson, PhD @tayjdebater.bsky.social She/her. Rhetorician studying environmental justice and settler colonialism. Debate coach. I probably need a nap.
Emerson C @ecram.bsky.social i write stuff
Charlotte Harris @kwilz.bsky.social Academic and Paul Mescal Superfan
Rebecca M. Townsend @rmtownsend.bsky.social Deliberation, democracy & public engagement scholar #TeamRhetoric politics in US & #CEE #transportation, public memory, Town Meeting. Lifter. Aromanian. Views here are personal & do not represent my employer #WMASS @TownModerator.bsky.social
Ron Greene @rwgreene.bsky.social University based scholar in communication writing about conviction, capitalism, and culture. When not reading, I watch a lot of sports.
Rosa Mikeal Martey @rosamikealm.bsky.social Professor of digital tech, identity, equity, design, and language (currently obsessed with GenAI); luddite; and she/her person who doesn't own a smart phone. Currently at Colorado State University, but will never stop being a Jersey girl.
Blake Abbott @blakeabbott.bsky.social he/him/his
Associate Professor of Communication Studies at Towson University
team rhetoric
Arsenal supporter
Posts reflect my personal opinion- C John Murphy @cubsmurphy.bsky.social Cubs fan, Rhetoric Man
Andrea Terry, PhD (she/her) @andreajune.bsky.social Asst. Professor of Rhetoric @ Sacramento State, proud union activist, researcher of religion & politics in the U.S. Views are my own.
Jason Edwards @j3edwards.bsky.social Professor of Communication, latest book The Rhetoric of Official Apologies (with Lisa Storm Villadsen, 2021, Rowman & Littlefield) presidential rhetoric and political communication scholar, personal finance coach, husband to Amber, father to Robbie
Kendall Phillips @krp.bsky.social Author of NO ONE CAN SAVE US. Horror, films, rhetoric. Views expressed are my own.
https://www.kendallrphillips.com
Skye de Saint Felix @skyedsf.bsky.social Ph.D. in Rhetoric and Political Culture | Co-editor of Recovering Democracy Archives and Voices of Democracy | University of Maryland | Arkansas | she/her
Dr. Christopher J. Wernecke @the-bald-doctor.bsky.social Assistant Professor | University of North Carolina Wilmington.
I research American cancer rhetoric, politics, and media.
“Connecting Communication Theory & Practice: From Classroom to Boardroom” ~ available now.
Chase Aunspach @chaseaunspach.bsky.social Instructor of Speech 🐻
ABD 🌽
Researching abject masculinities, queer things, and Reddit ⬆️
he/him 🏳️🌈
Professor Steve @profsteve.bsky.social PhD Rhetoric and Politics, Professor, Writer, Gamer. Interested in institutional speech, political campaigns, and how idiosyncratic choices inform our future. Lifelong fan of the power to do things with words.
Justin Eckstein @justineckstein.bsky.social Associate Professor at PLU, Affiliate at UW, Senior Fellow of Political Debate at Braver Angels, 2021 Jackson Fellow, Food Lover, Typo Enthusiast
Jay Childers @jaychilders.bsky.social Always already thinking about rhetoric, politics, & violence. Professor and author. Resister of the end times.
Stephen Heidt @sheidt.bsky.social Professor, author, cook, soccer fan, purveyor of books
Leslie Hahner @lesliehahner.bsky.social Professor of Disinformation and Visual Rhetoric. Author of To Become an American and Co-Author of Make America Meme Again.
Nerdy about images and visual resonance in media ecosystems.
Memes, popular culture, and visual messaging are my speciality
Amy Young @amyyoung.bsky.social Yacht rock enthusiast, drinker of coffee, knower of things, talker, professor of words, mom.
Dr. Kristina M. Lee @rhetoricalatheist.bsky.social I study religious and political rhetoric with a particular focus on Christian nationalism and the marginalization of atheists.
E. Michele Ramsey @emicheleramsey.bsky.social Comm & Gender studies prof. Bourbon, cycling, whitewater, Halloween, and soccer enthusiast. Cat mom. Feminist. North Texas Mean Green. Georgia Bulldog.
David Cisneros @jdcis.bsky.social Teacher and writer focusing on political rhetoric, social movements, and immigration. Cultural studies, activism, media. Star Trek fan. Soccer watcher. Bad poetry writer. Novice gardener. Cat lover. Opinions mine. He/they
A Demolition @atdemolition.bsky.social 
Michael J. Steudeman @msteudeman.bsky.social rhetoric, education, neurodiversity, dad humor. Author of Absence of National Feeling: Education Debates in the Reconstruction Congress (U. Press of Mississippi, 2025).
Sarah J. Jackson @sjjphd.bsky.social Prof @ Penn studying media, race, tech, feminism, politics.
Author of A SECOND SIGHT (Mariner, 2026), co-author #HASHTAGACTIVISM (MIT Press, 2020) + more.
Typos and opinions both mine.
Co‑Director: @miccenter.bsky.social
Jennifer LeMesurier @rhetorologist.bsky.social Rhetoric. Dance. Food.
Associate Professor of Writing and Rhetoric at Colgate University.
she/her
Inscrutable Eating - https://ohiostatepress.org/books/titles/9780814215371.html 
Josh Scacco 🗳️ @joshscacco.bsky.social Director, Center for Sustainable Democracy, University of South Florida | Political Communication researcher | News, public opinion, political leadership | Book: "The Ubiquitous Presidency" | Friend of democracy
Phaedra C. Pezzullo @phaedra.bsky.social Professor @ CU Boulder Environmental & climate justice, sustainability & storytelling, environmental comm. Editor UC Press+ Taylor&Francis. Author: Beyond Straw Men: Plastic Pollution & Networked Cultures of Care. Opinions=mine https://phaedracpezzullo.com
Andre E. Johnson @aejohnsonphd.bsky.social Award-winning Author and Rhetorical Historian | Professor of Communication | Rhetoric, Race and Religion, Sigma 1914🤘🏾
Dr. Ryan Skinnell @rhetrickery.bsky.social Writer, professor, speaker. I know a lot about rhetoric, burritos, and Nazis. I only like the first two. Words at @wapo, @newsweek, @salon, &tc. #TeamRhetoric www.RyanSkinnell.com ~views mine~
@ksheeler.bsky.social @ksheeler.bsky.social 
@mneville.bsky.social @mneville.bsky.social 
paul johnson @rhetoricpj.bsky.social I live in pittsburgh and like it. wrote a book about conservative populism. have spent the last 15 years studying the right.
go arsenal! I like gin.
Book: https://www.uapress.ua.edu/9780817321093/i-the-people/
Robert McDonald @lacanmunist.bsky.social Associate professor of rhetoric at the University of Kansas, author of Works like a Charm: Incentive Rhetoric and the Economization of Everyday Life https://sunypress.edu/Books/W/Works-like-a-Charm
Natalie Pennington @natpen.bsky.social Assistant Professor of Communication Studies | Friendship | Technology | Mixed Methods
I love my partner, pets, and cooking and baking, especially if it’s from Serious Eats or Smitten Kitchen!
Joshua Guitar, PhD @guitarjoshuaphd.bsky.social Assistant Professor of Communication at Kean University.
Critical/Political/Rhetorical/Media Scholar
"Pleasantries, Housekeeping, Content."
Here to share my academic contributions & promote the great work of my students and colleagues!
Mike Caulfield @mikecaulfield.bsky.social Author: Verified: How to Think Straight, Get Duped Less, and Make Better Decisions about What to Believe Online (University of Chicago Press).
Researcher, infolit/misinfo/rhetoric/civic reasoning. Currently researching AI as tool for critical thinking.
@kristanpoirot.bsky.social @kristanpoirot.bsky.social 
billdeg @billdeg.bsky.social I teach in the writing and honors programs at U of Michigan Dearborn. Husband, dogfather, member of resistance. CR: “On Freedom” by Tim Snyder.
Arife Kose @arifekose.bsky.social PhD. Visiting Research Fellow at the University of East Anglia-UK. Interested in the investigation of different political forms, political theory of authoritarianism, democratic political theory, rhetoric and political speech.
Seth Klein @sethdklein.bsky.social Past Team Lead, Climate Emergency Unit; author of "A Good War: Mobilizing Canada for the Climate Emergency"; columnist w/ Canada's National Observer; former social justice think tank director
https://www.sethklein.ca
https://sethdklein.substack.com
Jeremy Grossman @jerbaron.bsky.social Rhetoric PhD + digital marketing agency owner. Teaching @ UMD and JHU. Also board game design.
https://www.social-intellect.com/
📍DC
Dr Andrew S. Roe-Crines 🏳️🌈 @andrewcrines.bsky.social Associate Professor of Political Communication | PhD Pol. Sci. | MA Acad. Prac. | Award-winning book author & editor, peer review articles, & media comments.
https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/politics/staff/andrew-crines/
Liverpool | Yorkshire | United Kingdom
Eric English @eeenglish.bsky.social Political rhetoric and media critic. Morgenmuffel. INFP in an INTJ mask. I quit Twitter ten years before it was cool to. #teamrhetoric #academicsky
derek @dilliwag.bsky.social Professor. Rhetorician. Jedi Knight.
Michael Trice, the Sturm Brightblade of Rhetoric @mikertrice.bsky.social I've broken down the gates. Lecturer in Rhetoric and Writing at MIT. Father. Gamer. Teacher. Researcher Parageographer. 
Camille Lewis @queenknitter.bsky.social What would Dolly do?
Wendy K. Z. Anderson (she/they) @wkza.bsky.social Educator at the U of Minn-pls attribute my words to me. I am fluent in love, compassion, equity, justice, integrity, and collaborative and coalitional politics. Time to get to work. ♥️❤️🧡💛💚💙💜💖🖤
Abe Khan @khanabe.bsky.social College athletes are workers
Jae Chung Ph.D @merong2310.bsky.social Geographer. Librarian. Educator. Human Rights and Environmental Justice thinker. Geo-Philosopher (Logics Mostly). An Immigrant in the US. Aaaand Dad of a crazy 3 year old one.
Erin J. Rand @e-bumps.bsky.social She/her. Scholar of queer rhetoric at Syracuse University; designer and sewist; keeper of geriatric pets.
New book: Minor Troubles: Racial Figurations of Youth Sexuality and Childhood's Queerness
https://ohiostatepress.org/books/titles/9780814215814.html
radiooorhosa @rhosa.bsky.social free-range rhetorician, large language model, rhetorical oracle, organic discourse farmer, happy accident, radiohead, scholar & curator of sounds & characters #cas597SoundXrs
Ada Hubrig 🏳️⚧️♿ (she/they) @adahubrig.bsky.social I'm here for #disabled and #trans community.
#TeamRhetoric, Associate Prof of English.
Disabled. Autistic. Cane user. Ostomate. Cat mom. trans/genderqueer femme. Polyam. She/they
@llscribe.bsky.social @llscribe.bsky.social Prof. Rhetoric & Writing Studies. Interests include politics and rhetoric, visual rhetoric, social media and digital stuff. I also write stuff. Views mine.
Chuck-O-Nine @chuck-o-nine.bsky.social PhD in Communication/Rhetoric; former punk rock bassist for a band you've never heard of; husband, father, dog dad. Loves to run when his knees allow it.
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All Suckers Served.
ReadingThePictures @readingthepictures.bsky.social The analysis of news photos & media images. (Originally BagNewsNotes.) Subscribe to our Substack at: http://ReadingThePictures.media.
Sten Hansson @stenhansson.bsky.social Associate Professor @UniTartu interested in #government #communication #blameavoidance #disasters #disinformation #discoursestudies
https://scholar.google.co.uk/citations?hl=en&user=AmIeTJYAAAAJ
Chelsea Cristene Bock @chelseacristene.bsky.social Proud community college educator based in Maryland. EdD student with a passion for information literacy and social justice. Warren Democrat. YIMBY. GenAI hater. She/her/bi. ♌️♋️♍️ Posts do not represent my employer.
D Greenwalt @dgeezy.bsky.social Assistant Professor of Communication @ SIU Carbondale. Climate justice, food autonomy. MUFC. Some reality TV.
For academic info: www.dustinagreenwalt.com
Kyra Bowar @kyracatbow.bsky.social 
Jeremy David Engels @jeremydavidengels.bsky.social Professor of Democracy, Ethics, and Rhetoric + Mindfulness teacher-scholar-practitioner. Author of On Mindful Democracy (Parallax 2026). Newsletter: zenandtheartofdemocracy.substack.com Email: jde13@psu.edu
IA @iyali.bsky.social Teacher writing on Feminism, Militarism, Journalism, and Citizenship 
Casey Kelly @surplusenjoyment.bsky.social Professor at University of Nebraska and editor elect, Quarterly Journal of Speech. I write about the rhetoric of the far-right. Small dogs run my life. 
JJ Jones @jj-jones.bsky.social Trans rhetoric. Queer theory. Necropolitics. Gender and sexuality comm. rhetorical cartography. enby ABD bookworm.
@pamelapie.bsky.social @pamelapie.bsky.social 
Leah Ceccarelli @leahcecc.bsky.social Professor of Communication at the University of Washington, studies the rhetoric of science
The Conversation @theconversation.com News by experts. Free, independent and based on evidence.
This is a placeholder account - we're active on our national editions, which you can see on our pinned post.
Josh Smith @terrarhetorica.bsky.social visiting assistant professor at Davidson College. Public lands, rhetoric, environmental humanities.
sports: Arsenal FC & Kansas Jayhawks.
Don Waisanen @donwaisanen.bsky.social Leveling up Strategic, Leadership, and Collaborative Communication. Professor, Author, Facilitator, Improviser. donwaisanen.com