Lecturer, Limited Term Contact Info svilen.trifonov@uga.edu Office: Caldwell Hall 501 Office Hours: Tuesday and Wednesday 1pm-2pm Recent publications: Trifonov, S. (2019). (Re)Defining American: Intersectionality and Coalition Building in the Rhetoric of Jose Antonio Vargas. Southern Communication Journal. DOI:10.1080/1041794X.2019.1656768 Trifonov, S. (2017). Performing prudence: Barack Obama’s defense of NSA surveillance programs. Advances in the History of Rhetoric, vol. 20, no. 1, pp. 28-46. DOI:10.1080/15362426.2016.1271752 Trifonov, S. (2016). Twenty-five years of democracy, twenty-five years of social protest: The role of the carnivalesque in Bulgaria’s 2013 antigovernment protests. Journal of International and Intercultural Communication, vol. 10, no 3, pp. 237-254. DOI: 10.1080/17513057.2016.1267254 Trifonov, S. (2016). Book review: Tom Chafin, Met His Every Goal? James K. Polk and the Legends of Manifest Destiny. Southern Communication Journal, vol. 81, no. 3, pp. 184-186. DOI:10.1080/1041794X.2016.1154099 Education: Ph.D. Communication Studies, University of Minnesota, 2018 M.A. Communication, University of Colorado at Boulder, 2013 B.A. Communication Arts, Concord University, 2011 Curriculum Vitae: STrifonov_CV_Sept2019_0.pdf (212.62 KB) Personal Website: https://uga.academia.edu/SvilenTrifonov