Dr. John Saunders

Lecturer, Communication Arts

Contact

1310 Ben Graves Drive
Morton Hall
Room 237
Huntsville, AL 35899
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256.824.3855
john.saunders@uah.edu

Biography

Dr. John H. Saunders is a Lecturer at The University of Alabama in Huntsville. He has taught a wide variety of classes from Public Speaking to Rhetorical Criticism to Special Topics courses focusing on public memory, children's literature, and Disney films. His recent research focuses on the rhetorical functions of personal and public memory, and how public texts interpret and curate the past for a present audience for future application. In 2021, he was honored by the Alabama Communication Association with the creation of the John H. Saunders Service Award given to nominees who have worked deliberately to help others find and use their voices. He is also the editor for the Journal of Contemporary Rhetoric.

Curriculum Vitae


Education

  • Ph.D., Speech Communication, The Pennsylvania State University, 2008.
  • M.A., Communication, University of Memphis, 2000.
  • B.A., Communication, University of Memphis, 1997.

Recent Publications

  • Saunders, John H., “The Pulse of Public Memory.” Journal of Contemporary Rhetoric 12, no 3 (2022): 112-115.

  • Saunders, John H., “Public Memory Relics: The Rhetorics of Personal and Public Collections of Mundane Items Imbued with Public Memory.” Journal of Contemporary Rhetoric 12, no 3 (2022): 171-177.

  • Saunders, John H., ed. The Rhetorical Power of Children's Literature. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, 2016.

  • Saunders, John H. "Bedtime Rhetoric." In The Rhetorical Power of Children's Literature, edited by John H. Saunders, 1-8. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, 2016.

  • Saunders, John H. "The Cat in the Hat: The Complexity of a Simple Tale." In The Rhetorical Power of Children's Literature, edited by John H. Saunders, 37-54. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, 2016.

  • Saunders, John H. "Disaster and Memory: How the Tragic Erasure of Mnemonic Devices Affects Personal Memory." Journal of Contemporary Rhetoric 5, no. 1/2 (2015): 29-36.