Stephen E Lucas Editor & Author

An eminent scholar of the history of American political rhetoric, Stephen E. Lucas is professor of communication arts at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is the author of Portents of Rebellion: Rhetoric and Revolution in Philadelphia, 1765-1776, which received the Golden Anniversary Award of the National Communication Association, and The Art of Public Speaking, which is the leading book on its subject at colleges and universities across the United States. He has also published widely on the Declaration of Independence, as well as on the importance of George Washington's speeches and writings in his military and presidential careers.