Ersula Ore | ASU Search

Ersula Ore | ASU Search
Ersula Ore
Associate Professor
School of Social Transformation
[email protected]
Phone:
480-727-3270
Mail code:
4308
Campus:
Tempe
Long Bio
Ersula J. Ore is an associate professor of African and African American studies and rhetoric at Arizona State University. Her work examines the suasive strategies of aggrieved communities as they operate within a post-emancipation historical context. Her book "
Lynching: Violence, Rhetoric, and American Identity"
(University of Mississippi Press, 2019), Winner of the 2020 Rhetoric Society of America Book Award, explores lynching as a racialized practice of civic engagement that has, from the 1880s onward, communicated the meanings and boundaries of citizenship in the U.S. The book gives particular attention to the civic roots of lynching, the relationship between lynching and white constitutionalism, and contemporary manifestations of lynching discourse and logic today.
Professor Ore is a 2013 Institute for Humanities Research Fellow at ASU and a 2011 Penn State Alumni Association Dissertation Award Recipient. Her work can be found in the
Women Studies in Commiunication, Communication and Critical/Cultural Studies, Quarterly Journal of Speech, Pedagogy, Present Tense
Rhetoric & Public Affairs
and in
Rhetorics of Whiteness: Postracial Hauntings in Popular Culture, Social Media, and Education
(SIUP Press, 2016), Winner of the 2018 Conference on College Composition & Communication Outstanding Book Award in the Edited Collection.
Education
PhD. English, Pennsylvania State University, 2011
Dual Degree MA, English & Women's Studies, Pennsylvania State University, 2007
BA, English University of Maryland College Park, 2003
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Research Interests
Contemporary Rhetorical Theory, Race Critical Theory, African American Studies, Rhetorics of Race and Culture, Composition, Visual and Material Culture Studies
Courses
2026 Spring
Course Number
Course Title
AFR 394
Special Topics
AFR 394
Special Topics
JUS 394
Special Topics
JUS 394
Special Topics
WST 394
Special Topics
WST 394
Special Topics
2025 Fall
Course Number
Course Title
AFR 394
Special Topics
AFR 394
Special Topics
JUS 394
Special Topics
JUS 394
Special Topics
WST 394
Special Topics
WST 394
Special Topics
2025 Spring
Course Number
Course Title
AFR 394
Special Topics
AFR 394
Special Topics
JUS 394
Special Topics
JUS 394
Special Topics
WST 394
Special Topics
WST 394
Special Topics
2024 Fall
Course Number
Course Title
AFR 394
Special Topics
AFR 394
Special Topics
JUS 394
Special Topics
JUS 394
Special Topics
WST 394
Special Topics
WST 394
Special Topics
SST 590
Reading and Conference
2022 Fall
Course Number
Course Title
SST 492
Honors Directed Study
2022 Spring
Course Number
Course Title
AFR 302
Hist of Black Women in America
WST 302
Hist of Black Women in America
AFR 365
Unruly Voices
WST 364
Unruly Voices
2021 Fall
Course Number
Course Title
AFR 494
Special Topics
AFR 598
Special Topics
AFR 301
Race and Racism in Africa
JUS 300
Race and Racism in Africa
Honors / Awards
Rhetoric Society of America 2020 Book Award
Editorships
Special Issue Editor,
Reflections: A Journal of Public Rhetoric,  Civic Writing, and Service Learning
11.1 (2012)
Special Issue co-Editor,
Present Tense
(forthcoming Fall 2021)
Special Issue co-Editor,
College Composition & Communication
(forthcomin Fall 2021)
Special Issue co-Editor,
Composition Studies
(forthcoming Fall 2021)
Special Issue co-Editor,
Rhetoric Review
(forthcoming Fall 2021)
Professional Associations
National Council of Teachers of English, Conference on College Composition & Communication (NCTE/CCCC)
Rhetoric Society of America (RSA)
Black Caucus, National Council of Teachers of English
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Graduate Faculties / Mentoring History
Erin Zamora, PhD. 2020
Jessica Boykin, PhD. 2019
Kenneth Ladenburg, PhD. 2018
Samuel Estabrooks, PhD. 2016
Andera Severson, MA. 2013
Work History
Towson High School, Towson, MD              2003-2005
Penn State University, University Park, PA  2005-2011
Arizona State University, Tempe, PA.          2011-present
Service
Co-Chair, NCTE/CCCC Black Caucus
Director, Rhetoric Society of Americ  Board of Directors
Forum Member, Modern Language Association
Expertise Areas
African American Studies
Composition Studies
Rhetoric
Rhetorical Studies