Mickey Bannon
Mickey Bannon, Ph.D.
Lecturer
Director, Oral Communication Lab
Department of Communication
University of Pittsburgh
1125 Cathedral of Learning
Phone: 412-624-6570
Email: mbannon@pitt.edu
Mickey Bannon’s interests include public speaking, organizational communication, rhetorical criticism, small group discussion skills, environmental rhetoric, and public argument case studies. He is interested in the practical application of rhetorical and communication concepts, especially how these ideas manifest in and influence real world contexts such as business and professional organizations and public controversies.
Courses Taught:
- Speechwriting and Advanced Public Speaking: Special Topics in Rhetoric (COMMRC 1731)
- Speaking and Writing Across Business and the Professions: Special Topics in Communication (COMMRC 1730)
- Rhetorical Criticism (COMMRC 1123)
- Organizational Communication (COMMRC 1102)
- Small Group Communication (COMMRC 1106)
- Discussion (COMMRC 0540)
- Public Speaking (COMMRC 0520)
Selected Publications
“The Battle of Deer Creek Crossing: A Case Study of Rhetorical Exigence and Environmental Controversy” Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh, 2006.