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Dr. Christian Norman
478.471.5771
Associate Professor
| Office Hours: | Tuesday/Thursday: 10:00-2:00 |
| Locations: (Campus & Office) |
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| Biography: | Dr. Christian Norman is an Associate Professor of Communication at Middle Georgia State University. His research interests include rhetoric, popular culture, language, and argumentation. Dr. Norman has a background in competitive forensics and debate. He was a nationally ranked competitive speaker and has coached for multiple top ten teams. Dr. Norman is also one of the founders of the Georgia Parliamentary Debate Association. He is currently the faculty advisor for the newly formed MGA Debate Club. |
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| Teaching and Research Interests: | Rhetoric Argumentation and Debate Public Address Communication Pedagogy Language & Linguistics Popular Culture (Pro Wrestling, Comics, etc.) |
| Courses: | COMM 1100: Intro to Human Communication COMM 1110: Public Speaking COMM 3010: Communication Theory COMM 3015: Intercultural Communication in a Global Society COMM 4000: Rhetoric and Argumentation IDS 3800: Methods of Interdisciplinary Research IDS 4070: Organizations, Technology, and Culture |
| Education: (All institutions attended and degrees or credentials earned) | B.S. Ball State University M.A. Ball State University Ph.D. Georgia State University |
| Publications and Scholarships: (Last 5 Years) | • Norman, Christian. “Embracing A.I. for Social Media/Marketing Projects in the Human Communications Course.” Georgia Communication Association Proceedings, Volume 92, Spring 2025. • “Embracing Generative AI in the Classroom: Uses for Faculty and Students.” Presented at the Georgia Communication Association annual conference, February 7, 2025. • “Recruiting from the Core: How to Market and Recruit Students to Your Major.” Presented at the Georgia Communication Association annual conference, February 16, 2024. • “Show the Way the World Could Be: Hadestown, and the Hope of Change.” Presented at the 3rd Annual School of Arts and Letters Interdisciplinary Faculty Virtual Conference, March 10, 2023. • “Sowing the Seeds of the Exvangelical Movement in American Christianity: The Limit Work of the World Vision Flip-Flop.” Presented at the Popular Culture Association of the South/American Culture Association of the South (PCAS/ACAS) annual conference, October 14, 2022. • “Testing the Limits of Evangelical Unity: How the 2014 World Vision Flip-Flop Sewed the Seeds for the Rising Exvangelical Movement in American Christianity.” Presented at the 2nd Annual School of Arts and Letters Interdisciplinary Faculty Virtual Conference. March 11, 2022. • “And That’s the Bottom Line: Narrative Functions and Rhetorical Expertise in Pro Wrestling Fan Address.” Presented at the Popular Culture Association of the South/American Culture Association of the South (PCAS/ACAS) annual conference, October 1, 2021. • Because Stone Cold Said So: The Role of Narrative Function and Rhetorical Expertise in the Changing Dynamics of Professional Wrestling.” Presented at the 1st Virtual Interdisciplinary Faculty Conference for the School of Arts and Letters at Middle Georgia State University. March 19, 2021. • Norman, Christian. “Narrative Smarks: Negotiations of Creative Authority in Wrestling’s ‘Reality Era.’” In #WWE: Professional Wrestling in the Transmedia Era, edited by Dru Jeffries. Ch. 4. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 2019. |
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