Assistant Professor Contact Info Maryam.Ahmadi@uga.edu Office: 613 Caldwell Hall Office Hours: Tuesdays and Thursdays, 3:50 PM - 4:50 PM and by appointment 706-542-4893 Prof. Maryam Ahmadi holds a Ph.D. and M.A. in Communication Arts (Rhetoric, Politics, and Culture) from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and an M.A. in Political Science (Political Sociology) from the University of Tehran. Her research interests lie at the intersection of rhetorical theory and history, political rhetoric and social movements, and critical studies of empire and colonialism. RESEARCH INTERESTS Rhetorical theory Rhetorical historiography Global history Political rhetoric Social movements Empire and decolonization COURSES Doctoral-Level COMM 8200 - Seminar in Rhetorical Theory COMM 8310 - Empire: Historiographical Traditions and Historical Articulations COMM 8310 - Imperialism in the Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries Undergraduate-Level COMM 3300 - Intro to Rhetorical Criticism COMM 3310 - Political Rhetoric, Empire, and Colonialism COMM 3310 - Rhetoric and Global Politics RECENT PUBLICATIONS Ahmadi, Maryam (2024). Semicolonial Viscerality: Gharbzadegi and the Geopolitics of Sensing. In R. García, E. Cushman, & D. Baca (Eds.), Pluriversal Literacies: Tools for Perseverance and Livable Futures (pp. 196–208). University of Pittsburgh Press. https://doi.org/10.2307/jj.13359162.15 Ahmadi, Maryam (2023). Semicolonial Rhetoric; or, a Rhetorical Sphere of Influence. Journal for the History of Rhetoric, 26(2), 140–151. https://doi.org/10.5325/jhistrhetoric.26.2.0140
