Christian O. Lundberg
Assistant Professor
Rhetoric
Current Research: Focuses on the relationship between violence,
trope, and the consititution of publics, with special attention to the
ways that these three are coordinated in religious communities. I also
do work in contemporary rhetorical theory, which aims mostly at
thinking through the relationship between emergent theoretical
discourses (such as psychoanalysis) and the rhetorical traditions as
inventional resources for critical social theory.
Grant Funding: Research Grant, Cambridge Long Term Strategy
Group, for a project in the Religion and Violence Working Group
Recent Publications: "Ouija Board, Are There Any
Communications?' Agency, Ontotheology, and the Death of the Humanist
Subject, or, Continuing the ARS Conversation," Rhetoric Society
Quarterly, Fall 2005.
Courses Regularly Taught: Rhetorical Theory
Future/Projected Courses: Globalization and Communication
Areas of Specialization: Theories of the Public, Critical
Theory, Psychoanalysis, Religion
Honors: Eckroyd Fellowship, Northwestern University, Rhetoric
Society of America's Kneupper award for article of the year (with Josh
Gunn)
Professional Service: VP and unit planner, Association for
Psychoanalysis in Communication

