A total of 111 candidates for degrees will be presented at the Linfield College fall commencement Sunday, Dec. 20, at 2 p.m. in the Ted Wilson Gymnasium.
There are 22 candidates for bachelor’s degrees from the McMinnville Campus, 53 from the Portland Campus and 36 from the Division of Continuing Education.
Jackson Miller, associate professor of communication arts and director of forensics, will present the commencement address, “‘They Just Disappear’: Free Speech and Learning in the Global Community.”
Closing convocation for the Portland Campus will be held immediately following commencement at 4:30 p.m. also in the Wilson Gymnasium.
Prior to joining the Linfield faculty in 2001, Miller taught at Hofstra University and Eastern Oregon University. He has a bachelor’s in interpersonal communication and a master’s in rhetorical criticism from Ohio University, and a Ph.D. in speech communication from Southern Illinois University at Carbondale.
Miller’s research interests include political rhetoric, performance theory, persuasive communication and intercultural communication. His research has been published in “The Quarterly Journal of Speech, Text and Performance Quarterly” and “Communication Quarterly.” Miller is also a co-author of a forthcoming debate book in Spanish titled “Tolerancia Critica y Ciudadania Activa: Una Introduccion Al Debate Educativo.”
