Dr. Michael Butterworth

Biography

Michael Butterworth is a Professor in the Department of Communication Studies at the University of Texas at Austin and the Director of the Center for Sports Communication & Media. He holds the Governor Ann W. Richards Chair in the Texas Program in Sports Media. His research explores the connections between rhetoric, democracy, and sport, with particular interests in national identity, militarism, and public memory. Butterworth is the author of 'Baseball Rhetorics of Purity: National Pastime and American Identity in a Time of War and Terror'. He has co-authored and edited several works, including 'Communication and Sport: Surveying the Field' and 'Sport, Rhetoric, and Political Struggle in the Americas'. His essays have been published in various academic journals, indicating his prominent role within the field. He actively participates in professional organizations, having served as the Chair of the Sport Communication Interest Group of the International Communication Association and the Chair of the Communication and Sport Division of the National Communication Association.

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