Dr. Scott Stroud

Biography

Scott Stroud is a Professor in the Department of Communication Studies at the University of Texas at Austin. He specializes in the intersection of communication, philosophy, and culture, with research that extends the thoughts of American pragmatists into the realms of rhetorical experience and political activity. His scholarly interests include the connections between rhetoric, individual flourishing, religion, and democracy. Stroud is the author of several books, including 'John Dewey and the Artful Life' (Pennsylvania State University Press, 2011), which engages these themes in depth, and 'Kant and the Promise of Rhetoric' (Pennsylvania State University Press, 2014), a reappraisal of Kant's contribution to rhetorical tradition. His recent work, 'Evolution of Pragmatism in India: Ambedkar, Dewey, and Rhetoric Reconstruction' (University of Chicago Press, 2023), narrates the story of B.R. Ambedkar's engagement with Deweyan pragmatism in the context of social justice in India. Stroud's research addresses comparative and non-western rhetoric, religious rhetoric, narrative theory, and communication ethics, with publications appearing in noted journals such as Rhetoric Society Quarterly and Philosophy & Rhetoric. He served as a visiting fellow at the Center for the Study of Democratic Politics at Princeton University during 2014-2015 and directs the Media Ethics Initiative.

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