Dr. Paul Achter
Assistant Professor of Rhetoric
(804) 289-8743
pachter@richmond.edu
Topics: Political Campaigns, Political Rhetoric, News Media Issues, Contemporary American Political History, Television, Public Understanding of Genetics
Achter holds a B.A. from Concordia College, an M.A. from North Dakota State University, and a Ph.D. in speech communication from the University of Georgia, for which he wrote his dissertation, "Television as a technological medium for American politics, 1948-60: Representations of the political audience." An award winning teacher, Achter served as a consultant to the National Institutes of Health on race and public understanding of genetics and human variation. He currently serves as associate editor for the journal Communication Studies.
For more information on Achter, please visit the Richmond Research Institute.