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Randall Lake researches and teaches primarily in areas of rhetorical theory, historical criticism, and rhetoric culture. His work focuses on argumentation and the movements for political and social change, with a particular interest in the communicative dynamics of public controversies and the roles that gender, race, and ethnicity play in these debates. Lake is especially concerned with efforts by subaltern communities to make their voices heard in the public sphere. His research spans controversies from the 19th century to the present, with award-winning contributions to Native American activism and women’s suffrage rhetoric. Notably, he created the digital archive 'She Flies with Her Own Wings,' which is dedicated to the 19th-century women’s suffrage movement and has published extensively in national and international journals.
University of Southern California Annenberg School for Communication • Los Angeles, CA
Research and teach rhetorical theory, history, and criticism.