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Brian Kanouse, PhD

Brian Kanouse, PhD

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  • Master of Arts in Critical and Creative Thinking

email:
bkanouse@unomaha.edu
office phone:
402.554.4080

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Background

Dr. Brian Kanouse is an interdisciplinary scholar who has taught courses across the disciplinary spectrum, including Philosophy, Theology, English, and Communication. Brian earned his doctorate in the joint program of Philosophy and Communication at Purdue University in 2010 and is currently teaching the Introduction to Critical and Creative Thinking for the MA CCT program. 

Education

PhD, Purdue University, 2010, Philosophy & Communication Joint Program

Masters Degree, Purdue University, 2006, Philosophy

Bachelor of Arts, University of Portland, 2001, Dual Major: Philosophy and Theology

Areas of Specialization

  • Philosophy
  • Literary Criticism
  • English
  • Rhetoric and Communication

Teaching Areas

  • Interdisciplinary Studies
  • Critical and Creative Thinking
  • Philosophy
  • English
  • Communication

Publications

Philosophy:

  • Kanouse, B. (2009), “The post-structural effect on the life-world: Re-thinking critical subjectivity and ethics through existential performance and the constitutive power of performativity.” Existentialism and Phenomenology in the Twentieth Century. Ed. A.-T. Tymieniecka. Analecta Husserliana, Kluwer Academic Publisher, vol. 104, pp. 315-334.

Communication Studies:

  • Speech Writer, “Becoming a Socially Conscious Consumer,” O’Hair, D, Stewart, R. and Rubenstein, H. (2014) A Speaker’s Guidebook, 6th Edition, New York: Bedford St. Martin’s.
  • Speech Writer, “The Use of Social Media for Fostering Group Identification and Organizing Social Movements,” O’Hair, D, Stewart, R. and Rubenstein, H. (2014) A Speaker’s Guidebook, 6th Edition, New York: Bedford St. Martin’s.
  • Speech Writer, Social/Political Speech Examples, O’Hair, D., Wiemann, M., Teven, J., and Mullin D. (2015), Real Communication: An Introduction, Third Edition, New York: Bedford St. Martin’s.
  • Speech Writer, Social/Political Speech Examples, McCornack, S. and Ortiz, J. (2015). Choices & Connections: An Introduction to Communication, New York: Bedford St. Martin’s.
  • Creator, Contributor and Editor, Kanouse, B. (2015) Public Speaking Student Workbook, Keene State College, 2015

Additional Information

Background

Dr. Brian Kanouse is an interdisciplinary scholar who has taught courses across the disciplinary spectrum, including Philosophy, Theology, English, and Communication. Brian earned his doctorate in the joint program of Philosophy and Communication at Purdue University in 2010 and is currently teaching the Introduction to Critical and Creative Thinking for the MA CCT program. 

Education

PhD, Purdue University, 2010, Philosophy & Communication Joint Program

Masters Degree, Purdue University, 2006, Philosophy

Bachelor of Arts, University of Portland, 2001, Dual Major: Philosophy and Theology

Areas of Specialization

  • Philosophy
  • Literary Criticism
  • English
  • Rhetoric and Communication

Teaching Areas

  • Interdisciplinary Studies
  • Critical and Creative Thinking
  • Philosophy
  • English
  • Communication

Publications

Philosophy:

  • Kanouse, B. (2009), “The post-structural effect on the life-world: Re-thinking critical subjectivity and ethics through existential performance and the constitutive power of performativity.” Existentialism and Phenomenology in the Twentieth Century. Ed. A.-T. Tymieniecka. Analecta Husserliana, Kluwer Academic Publisher, vol. 104, pp. 315-334.

Communication Studies:

  • Speech Writer, “Becoming a Socially Conscious Consumer,” O’Hair, D, Stewart, R. and Rubenstein, H. (2014) A Speaker’s Guidebook, 6th Edition, New York: Bedford St. Martin’s.
  • Speech Writer, “The Use of Social Media for Fostering Group Identification and Organizing Social Movements,” O’Hair, D, Stewart, R. and Rubenstein, H. (2014) A Speaker’s Guidebook, 6th Edition, New York: Bedford St. Martin’s.
  • Speech Writer, Social/Political Speech Examples, O’Hair, D., Wiemann, M., Teven, J., and Mullin D. (2015), Real Communication: An Introduction, Third Edition, New York: Bedford St. Martin’s.
  • Speech Writer, Social/Political Speech Examples, McCornack, S. and Ortiz, J. (2015). Choices & Connections: An Introduction to Communication, New York: Bedford St. Martin’s.
  • Creator, Contributor and Editor, Kanouse, B. (2015) Public Speaking Student Workbook, Keene State College, 2015

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