Celeste Condit

{{short description|American scholar (born 1956)}} {{Infobox scientist | honorific_prefix = | name = Celeste Condit | honorific_suffix = | native_name = | native_name_lang = | image =  | image_size = | image_upright = | alt = | caption = | birth_name = Celeste Michelle Condit | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1956|10|26}} | birth_place = Pocatello, Idaho | death_date =  | death_place = | death_cause = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates =  | other_names = | fields = Communication studies | workplaces = University of Georgia | patrons = | education = Idaho State University<br />University of Iowa | alma_mater = | thesis_title = The Contemporary American Abortion Controversy: A Study of Public Argumentation | thesis_url = https://books.google.com/books/about/The_Contemporary_American_Abortion_Contr.html?id=LQR4ugEACAAJ | thesis_year = 1982 | doctoral_advisor =  | academic_advisors = | doctoral_students = | notable_students = | known_for = | influences = | influenced = | awards = | author_abbrev_bot = | author_abbrev_zoo = | spouse =  | partner =  | children = | signature =  | signature_alt = | website =  | footnotes = }} '''Celeste Michelle Condit''' (born October 26, 1956)<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n88288050.html |title=Condit, Celeste Michelle, 1956- |website=Library of Congress Name Authority File |access-date=2020-01-09}}</ref> is an American professor and scholar of rhetorical criticism. Her work focuses on the rhetoric of racism, biology, the human genome, and feminism. In 2018, the Public Address Conference described Condit as "a pioneer in understanding and improving public communication about genetics."<ref name=":1" /> She currently{{when|date=May 2018}} holds the role of Distinguished Research Professor at the University of Georgia.

== Early life and education == Condit attended Idaho State University where she studied Speech<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://comm.uga.edu/directory/people/celeste-condit|title=Celeste Condit {{!}} Department of Communication Studies|website=comm.uga.edu|language=en|access-date=2018-03-01}}</ref> (now Communication, Media and Persuasion).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www2.isu.edu/cmp/|title=Communication, Media & Persuasion @ ISU|website=www2.isu.edu|access-date=2018-03-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180225123132/http://www2.isu.edu/cmp/|archive-date=2018-02-25|url-status=dead}}</ref> Graduating in 1977 with highest honors, Condit then enrolled in the University of Iowa's Speech Communication Department, where she received both her M.A. (1980) and Ph.D. (1982) in Rhetorical Studies.<ref name=":0" />

== Career == Following graduation from the University of Iowa, Condit was hired at Tulane University, where she served as an assistant professor from 1982 to 1985. She was then hired by the University of Georgia in 1985, where she continues to teach and research today.<ref name=":0" />

She was awarded a full professorship in 1994, with a research agenda focused on discourses of science and biology, including genetics and their relationship with social change and stability.<ref name=":1" /> As a result of her interdisciplinary research, Condit has been published in several journals from various disciplines such as rhetoric, communication, genetics, medicine, science, and women's studies.<ref name=":1" /> Condit has presented her research at the National Communication Association (NCA) and the Association for the Rhetoric of Science, Technology and Medicine (ARSTM).

She is the author of several books and over 100 journal articles.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=http://www.cvent.com/events/public-address-conference-pac-2018/custom-19-aa41f22ee141410ea399e8539489f8d8.aspx|title=Public Address Conference (PAC) 2018|website=Cvent|language=en|access-date=2018-03-01}}</ref> Condit has also co-edited three volumes, and she is currently working on her fourth book, ''9/11s Angry Public Rhetorics: The Role of Emotion in Global Relations.''<ref name=":0" /> From 1998 to 2001 she served as co-editor of ''Women's Studies in Communication'', along with feminist scholar Bonnie J. Dow.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.orwac.org/aws/ORWAC/pt/sp/about_editors|title=Editors of Women's Studies in Communication|access-date=2022-02-24|website=Organization for Research on Women and Communication (ORWAC)}}</ref>

As a professor, Condit currently teaches undergraduate courses in Science Communication, Communication in Government, and Rhetoric and Society. She also leads graduate seminars in Burkean Theory, Rhetorical Theory, and the Rhetoric of Economics.<ref name=":0" /> She has received teaching awards, such as: the Faculty Excellence Award (2006; 2014)<ref name=":0" /> and the Lothar Tresp Outstanding Honors Professor (2001).<ref name=":1" />

== Bibliography ==

* ''Decoding Abortion Rhetoric'' (1990)<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Vecchia|first=Joan Vera|date=1990|title=Review of Decoding Abortion Rhetoric: Communicating Social Change|jstor=2781088|journal=American Journal of Sociology|volume=96|issue=3|pages=778–780|doi=10.1086/229596}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Kitch|first=Sally L.|date=1991|title=Review of Decoding Abortion Rhetoric: Communicating Social Change|jstor=1047165|journal=The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science|volume=514|pages=200–201|doi=10.1177/0002716291514001040|s2cid=220850674}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Benoit|first=Cecilia|date=1991|title=Review of Decoding Abortion Rhetoric: Communicating Social Change|jstor=3340689|journal=The Canadian Journal of Sociology|volume=16|issue=3|pages=329–331|doi=10.2307/3340689|doi-access=free}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Tarvers|first=Josephine Koster|date=1991|editor-last=Condit|editor-first=Celeste Michelle|title=The Anatomy of the A-Word|jstor=3563002|journal=The Hastings Center Report|volume=21|issue=4|pages=41–42|doi=10.2307/3563002|pmid=11642932}}</ref> * ''Crafting Equality: America's Anglo-African Word'' (1993, with John Louis Lucaites)<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Mergen|first=Bernard|date=1994|title=Review of Crafting Equality: America's Anglo-African World|jstor=41280830|journal=American Studies International|volume=32|issue=1|pages=114–115}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Dolan|first=Frederick M.|date=1994|title=Review of Crafting Equality: America's Anglo-African Word|jstor=2082736|journal=The American Political Science Review|volume=88|issue=4|pages=989–990|doi=10.2307/2082736|s2cid=147266679 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Harles|first=J. C.|date=1994|title=Review of Crafting Equality: America's Anglo-African Word; Race in North America: Origin and Evolution of a Worldview|jstor=1048517|journal=The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science|volume=534|pages=191–192|doi=10.1177/0002716294534001024|s2cid=220837027}}</ref> * ''The Meanings of the Gene: Public Debates about Heredity'' (1999)<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Yudell|first=Michael|date=2000|editor-last=Condit|editor-first=Celeste Michelle|title=From Eugenics to Genomics|jstor=27858068|journal=American Scientist|volume=88|issue=4|pages=368–369}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=McElheny|first=Victor|date=2004|title=Review of The Meanings of the Gene: Public Debates about Human Heredity, Celeste Michelle Condit|jstor=10.1086/423594|journal=Isis|volume=95|issue=1|pages=167–168|doi=10.1086/423594}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Wolfe|first=Audra J.|date=2001|editor-last=Kay|editor-first=Lily|editor2-last=Condit|editor2-first=Celeste Michelle|editor3-last=Sloan|editor3-first=Phillip R.|editor4-last=Watson|editor4-first=James D.|title=ELSI's Revenge|jstor=4331638|journal=Journal of the History of Biology|volume=34|issue=1|pages=183–193|doi=10.1023/a:1010332811017|pmid=14513856|s2cid=81842657}}</ref> * ''9/11s Angry Public Rhetorics: The Role of Emotion in Global Relations'' (TBA)<ref name=":0" />

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Condit, Celeste Michelle}} Category:American rhetoricians Category:Rhetoric theorists Category:University of Georgia faculty Category:Tulane University faculty Category:Idaho State University alumni Category:University of Iowa alumni Category:Scientists from Pocatello, Idaho Category:Living people Category:1965 births