Robert C. Rowland

Robert C. (Robin) Rowland is a Professor of Communication Studies at the University of Kansas.  He has written extensively about Reagans rhetoric and presented the keynote on rhetoric at the Reagan Centennial Celebration.

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We Shape Our Words, Then They Shape Us: The Role of Metaphor in US Foreign Policy

A new book explores the dynamic relationship between presidential rhetoric on foreign policy and the goals America seeks to accomplish abroad

The Power of Truth Telling in the Evil Empire Speech

40 years ago today in 1983, Ronald Reagan delivered his famous “Evil Empire” speech.