Craig R. Smith, Ph.D. Director
AS 304
California State University
Long Beach, CA 90840-2007
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EXPERIENCE
1988 - present Director of Center for First Amendment Studies and Professor of Communication Studies, California State University, Long Beach
1983- 2010 President, Freedom of Expression Foundation
2003- 2009 Chair, Film and Electronic Arts Department, California State University, Long Beach
1999 - 2000 Interim Chair, Comparative Literature and Classics Department
1996 - 1998 Commissioner, California Commission on Teacher Credentialing
1997 - 1998 Interim Chair, Journalism Department
1989- 1994 Chair, Communication Studies Department
1982 Speechwriter and Public Policy Analyst, Lee Iacocca, Chairman, Chrysler
1981 - 82 Deputy Director, National Republican Senatorial Campaign Committee
1979 - 80 Director of Senate Services, Republican Conference of the United States Senate
1977 - 79 Chairman, Communications Arts Division, University of Alabama in Birmingham
1976 Speechwriter, President Gerald R. Ford
1973 - 76 Associate Professor, Speech Communication, University of Virginia
1969 - 73 Assistant Professor, Speech Communication, San Diego State University
EDUCATION
1969 Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University (NDEA Graduate Fellowship)
1967 M.A., City University of New York, Queens (Graduate assistantship)
1966 B.A., University of California, Santa Barbara (With Honors)
CONSULTING, BOARDS, EDITORSHIPS
2010-2012 Member, Publications Board of National Communication Association
2009-present Advisory Board, Institute for International Communication, John Cabot University
2007-present Member, Board of Directors, Andre Agassi Foundation
2006-Present Associate Editor, Journal of Rhetoric and Public Affairs, Western Journal of Communication
2005-2009 Board of Trustees, California State University System
2006-present Member, Board of Directors, Rancho Los Cerritos Foundation
2008 Communications Consultant, U.S. Chamber of Commerce; HiTron USA
2005-2008 Associate Editor, Journal of Communication Education
2006 External Reviewer, Communication Studies Dept., Cal. Poly, SLO.
1994-2005 Member & Parliamentarian (1994-97) of CSULB Academic Senate
2002-2005 Statewide Academic Senate, California State University
(Vice Chair, Fiscal and Government Affairs Committee, 2003-04)
2002-2005 Member, Board of the Southern California Urban Debate League
1998-2005 Speechwriter for Michael Douglas, Messenger of Peace, U.N.
1988-2004 Member, National Advisory Council of The Media Institute
2004 Communications Consultant, Hitron USA
2003 Communications Consultant, Acclaim Entertainment, Glen Cove, New York
1998-2003 Associate Editor, Western Journal of Communication
1996-2003 Editorial Board, Commercial Speech Digest
1996-2001 Associate Editor, Quarterly Journal of Speech
2000-2001 Educational Programs, Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines
1998 First Amendment Expert, China Business Media Conglomerate, Beijing, China
1996-1998 Executive Committee of the Western States Communication Association
1997 Educational Consultant, AST Computers, Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines
1995-1997 Associate Editor, Journal of Communication and Religion
1995 Consulting Speechwriter, Governor Pete Wilson for President
1995 External Reviewer, Speech Communication Dept., San Francisco State University
1992 - 1994 Elected to Legislative Assembly of Western States Communication Association
1989 - 1992 Associate Editor, Quarterly Journal of Speech
President, Friends of Commercial Speech
1992 Writer/Editor, Official Proceedings Staff, Republican National Convention, Houston
1987 - 1991 Communications Consultant, Michigan Health Care Corporation
Communications Consultant, Metropolitan Life Insurance Co.
Member, National Advertising Regulatory Board
1989 Transition Team, Bush Administration
1988 Bush for President--Republican Convention Task Force
1968 - 1988 CBS News for Convention, Election Night and Inaugural Coverage (see below)
1984 - 88 Board Member, Self Help for Hard of Hearing People
1986 - 87 Communications Consultant, Chrysler Corporation
Communications Consultant, Pepsi Cola Company
Contributing Editor on Media & Politics, American Politics magazine
1979-81 Parliamentarian for Annual Republican Tidewater Conferences
1981 Speech Training Sessions, Office of William Brock, U.S. Trade Representative
Speechwriting for John Bryan, Chairman, Consolidated Foods
1977 - 80 Speechwriting for George H.W. Bush
1980 Campaign Manager for Re-election of Senator Bob Packwood
1979 Small Group Problem Solving Training for West Virginia University Medical Center
1977 Seminar on Decision Making for University of Alabama Medical Center
1977 Organizational Communication Study for United States Steel
1972 President, Pacific Southwest Collegiate Forensic Association
1969 Seminar in Small Group Decision Making for National Cash Register Company
DESCRIPTION OF MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES
California State University, Long Beach
Directs the campus Center for First Amendment Studies, teaches American Public Address, Rhetorical Theory and Criticism, Freedom of Expression, and Campaign Persuasion. Two classes selected as campus-wide interdisciplinary capstone courses; one other course selected as campus-wide exploration course. Serves on numerous departmental and university committees, including being elected three times to college-wide Retention, Promotion and Tenure Committee, serving as Vice Chair (91-92), and Chair (92-93) of the College of Humanities Faculty Council and College of Liberal Arts Faculty Council, member and Chair of College Budget Committee (1992-96), member Resource Planning and Policy Committee (2001), and Vice Chair of Financial Affairs Committee of the University (1999-2001). Elected to the Academic Senate from 1994 through 2004 (serving as Parliamentarian 1994-97). Elected to Statewide Academic Senate (2004-2005). Selected as Faculty Trustee of the 23 campus CSU system (2205-09). As Chairman of Communication Studies Department (1989-95), directed department of 24 full-time equivalent faculty. As Interim Chair of Journalism Department (1997-98), created and implemented strategic plan for accrediting by AEJMC, wrote budgets, conducted department business including hiring and other personnel matters. As Interim Chair of Comparative Literature and Classics, provided the department with a constitution, facilitated its name change and curricular reform, and consolidated its part-time positions into full-time positions. As consultant to Sociology Department (2001), helped draft amendments to constitution, served as parliamentarian to the chair, and wrote impact/action report for the dean. As Chair of Department of Film and Electronic Arts (2003-2009) reformed curriculum, managed department, raised over $3,000,000 in contributions.
Freedom of Expression Foundation
As President of the Freedom of Expression Foundation from its founding in 1983 to its close in 2010, coordinated all activities of the Foundation, including its research subsidiary. The Foundation was a non-profit organization dedicated to research on First Amendment issues. Its activities included filing amicus briefs in the courts, comments before the Federal Communications Commission, sponsoring campus lectures, publishing research, and testifying before congressional committees. In the Fall of 1988, the Foundation agreed to fund a Center for the Study of First Amendment Studies on the campus of California State University at Long Beach. The Foundation has been instrumental in preserving the First Amendment rights of advertisers and broadcasters and in developing legislation on the digital recording of ballistic markings of handguns. The Foundation led the battle to repeal the so-called Fairness Doctrine which imposed controls on broadcasters. In 2000, the Foundation was successful before the D.C. Court of Appeals in repealing the political editorial and personal attack rules.
CBS News
From 1968 to 1984 as a consultant, worked on delegate count and research for on-the-air coverage of conventions. News wrote on a consignment basis covering background stories, speech analysis, and candidate biographies for use by Walter Cronkite, Dan Rather, and other correspondents. Election night, served as Research Analyst, Trend Desk (1982-88) and "Special Interest" Desk with Diane Sawyer (1984). Worked on 1984 and 1988 Inaugural Coverage as researcher.
Speechwriter and Policy Analyst for Chrysler CEOLee Iacocca
In 1982, wrote all speeches and editorials for Lee Iacocca including fundraising for Ellis Island – Stature of Liberty project. Member of Policy, Coordinating and Research Committees at Chrysler Corporation.
National Republican Senatorial Campaign Committee
In 1981 as Deputy Director, coordinated services offered to Republican Senators; responsible for research operation, including polling and analysis for incumbents; responsible for all legislative and opposition research from NRSC to 33 Republican candidates for U.S. Senate in 1982. Supervised computer operation; formulated research budget; coordinated all publications.
Republican Conference of U.S. Senate
In 1979 and 80 as Director of Senate Services, served as acting staff director in Executive Director's absence. Coordinated programs in professional staff development for Republican Senate members. Wrote speeches for Senators; taught basic writing and speechwriting to their staff.
University of Alabama
From 1977 to 79 as founder and Director of Communication Arts Division at UAB, developed new majors in print journalism, mass media, and speech. Recruited 300 majors and entire new faculty. Served as Chairman of University's Academic Affairs Committee, member of the school's Tenure & Promotion Committee, Parliamentarian of Faculty Senate, and member of Publications Board.
The White House
In 1976 as full-time speechwriter for President Ford, was primary writer for Bicentennial Speeches at Valley Forge and Monticello, among others. Part of team that composed his acceptance of the Republican nomination in 1976. Advised President on campaign debates.
University of Virginia
In 1973 to 76 as Associate Professor, served as Director of Debate Program and taught argumentation and American public address. Courses cross-listed in American Studies Program. Served on numerous department and all-college committees.
San Diego State University
In 1969 to 73 as Assistant Professor, served as Director of Debate, taught Classical Rhetoric, American Public Address, and Argumentation, and Theory. Rewrote curriculum, served on numerous committees.
HONORS AND AWARDS
2010 *Douglas Ehninger Award for distinguished scholarship in rhetoric.
2009 *John Bakke Lecturer, University of Memphis
2008 *Faculty Mentor Award from CSULB Speech and Debate Team
2006 *Nicholas Perkins Hardeman Award for Academic Leadership
2004 *John Bakke Lecturer, University of Memphis
2002 *Lifetime Pass, Associated Students, California State University, Long Beach
2001 *Inducted into Phi Beta Kappa.
2000 *Outstanding Professor, California State University, Long Beach.
1999 *Robert M. O'Neil Award for top paper on freedom of expression, Commission on Freedom of Expression of the National Communication Association.
1997 *Outstanding Professor Award from National Speakers Association.
*Robert M. O'Neil Award for top paper on freedom of expression, Commission on Freedom of Expression of the National Communication Association.
1996-97 *Distinguished Teaching Award, CSULB
1993 *Distinguished Scholarly Research Award, CSULB
1993 *Inaugural James McBath Distinguished Lecturer, U.S.C.
1992 *Inaugural Wayne Brockriede Distinguished Lecturer, C.S.U., Fullerton.
1990 *Meritorious Performance and Promise Award, C.S.U., Long Beach.
1988 *Carroll Arnold Distinguished Lecturer, Pennsylvania State University.
1980 *Rotary Clubs of Portland Service Award
1977 *Research grant, University of Alabama
*Visiting Research Fellow, University of London, Institute for United States Studies
1975 *Wilson Gee Faculty Research Grant
1974 *Faculty Research Grant, University of Virginia
1970 *Pro-America Freedom of Information Award
1968 - 69 *NDEA Graduate Fellowship
1966 *Sproul Award, University of California
1962 *University of California Scholarship
*California State Scholarship
*Harvard Book Award
GRANT REPORTS
These studies and other publications listed were funded in part by from the Newhouse Foundation, Buffett Foundation, Pacific Telesis Foundation, Southwestern Bell Foundation, Time, Inc., New York Times Company Foundation, National Association of Broadcasters, MacArthur Foundation, Times Mirror Foundation, Kraft Foundation, the Norris Foundation, the Getty Trust, and others.
Executive Producer, The First Amendment and You, (Center for First Amendment Studies, episodes 1 &2, 2010) a series of cable television half hour programs on First Amendment issues. (Charter Cable, FIOS, and various local access channels.)
The First Amendment and Religious Freedom (Center for First Amendment Studies, 2008) presented the National Communication Association’s Annual Meeting in November of 2008 and at the President’s Forum for Human Rights in March of 2009.
The First Amendment and the Media, (Center for First Amendment Studies, 2007) presented at First Amendment Summit hosted by Scripps-Howard at National Archives Building in Washington, D.C.
“Presidential Persuasion Surrounding Supreme Court Nominations,” in The National Task Force on Presidential Communication to Congress, Mary Stuckey, et. al., eds. (College Station, TX: Texas A&M U and the George Bush Presidential Library, 2004).
“Violence & Media: Overview,” First Amendment Library of Freedom Forum (Nashville, TN: Vanderbilt U., 2003): www.firstamendmentcenter.org/speech/arts.
* Television Violence: Constitutional and Research Issues, on going white paper of the Center for First Amendment Studies, at www.csulb/~crsmith/1amendment.html
* Academic Freedom and Freedom of Expression, a special report of the Center for First Amendment Studies and the Freedom of Expression Foundation, published by California State University, Long Beach as manual to accompany teleconference (March, 1996). The paper is regularly updated on the website at www.csulb/~crsmith/1amendment.html
* The Misapplication of the Diversity Principle, The Media Institute in 1990.
* Instructor's Handbook for Courses in Freedom of Expression, Institute for Freedom of Communication, 1988, 188 pages.
* Five videotaped lectures on "The First Amendment and Twentieth Century Technology" (with introductions by Dan Rather, Tom Brokaw, Daniel Schorr, Tom Jarriel); distributed to more than 200 college campuses nationwide, 1986-87. These tapes were based on a nation-wide lecture tour funded by the National Association of Broadcasters between 1984 and 1986.
* "The Case for Repealing the Fairness Doctrine," comments for the Federal Communications Commission's Inquiry on the Fairness Doctrine, September 6, 1984, 127 pages. [Cited numerous times in the FCC's final report, see Inquiry into Section 73.1910 Concerning the General Fairness Doctrine Obligations of Broadcast Licensees, 102 F.C.C. 2d 143, 225 (1985)].
* "News Distortion as a Function of Organizational Communication," (University of Virginia, 1974) published by Communication Monographs, 45 (November 1978), pp. 371-381.
* "Puritan Rhetoric and Political Influence," (University of Alabama in Birmingham, 1977).
* "Contemporary Political Speechwriting," (University of Virginia, 1975) published by the Southern Speech Communication Journal 42 (1976), pp. 52-68. An addendum to this study was published in 1977 after my stint as a White House speechwriter.
BOOKS PUBLISHED
A First Amendment Profile of the Justices of the Supreme Court, editor and senior contributor (Rome: John Cabot University Press, 2011.)
Silencing the Opposition: Government Strategies of Suppression of Freedom of Expression, 2nd Ed., editor and senior contributor (Albany: State University of New York Press, 1996/2011).
John Macksoud’s Other Illusions, editor and commentator for critical edition (West Lafayette, IN: Purdue U. Press, 2009).
Rhetoric and Human Consciousness: A History, 3rd Ed., (Prospect Heights, IL: Waveland, 1998/2003/2009).
Daniel Webster and the Oratory of Civil Religion (Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 2005). (This book updates to previous studies: Defender of the Union, (Westport, CT: Greenwood/Praeger Press, 1989) and The 1850 Compromise: A Study of Freedom of Expression in the United States Senate (with a preface by Senator Barry Goldwater) (Washington, D.C.: Freedom of Expression Foundation, 1986).
First Amendment Rights of Advertisers, 5th ed. (Center For First Amendment Studies and Freedom of Expression Foundation, 2005) Recommended by Freedom to Read Committee of the Association of American Publishers.
The Four Freedoms of the First Amendment (Prospect Heights, IL: Waveland, 2004).
Arthur Kennedy: Man of Characters (with Meredith Macksoud) (Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Co,2003).
The Quest for Charisma: Christianity and Persuasion (Westport, CT: Praeger Press, 2000).
To Form a More Perfect Union (University Press of America, 1993) is a synthesis of two earlier books which were recommended by Freedom to Read Committee of the Association of American Publishers, Road to the Bill of Rights: The Constitutional Ratification Debates of 1787-88, and The Ratification of the Bill of Rights, 1789-91.
Freedom of Expression and Partisan Politics, (Columbia: U. of South Carolina Press, 1989).
The Diversity Principle: Friend of Foe of the First Amendment, editor and contributor, (Washington, D.C.:The Media Institute, 1989).
The Fight for Freedom of Expression: Three Case Studies, (New York: New York Times Company Foundation, 1985).
Orientations to Speech Criticism, 2nd ed. (Science Research Associates, 1975/ 1982).
Ideas in Conflict: The Bases of Argument (with Hunsaker) (Indianapolis, IN: Bobbs-Merrill, 1972).
SCHOLARLY ARTICLES AND BOOK CHAPTERS
“The Litigious Abyss between Academic Freedom and Freedom of Speech,” Free Speech Yearbook (Washington, D.C.: National Communication Association, 44 (2010): 157-62.
“Violence as Indecency: Pacifica’s Open Door Policy,” Law Journal of Florida International University (2007): 75-92.
“Apuleius and the Forensic Genre in Antiquity,” Sizing Up Rhetoric, David Zarefsky and Elizabeth Benacka, eds. (Prospect Heights, IL, Waveland Press, (2007): 71-89.
“Shifting Federal Court Appointments into the Public Sphere,” Controversia: The International Journal of Argumentation (Lead Article) 4 (2006): 15-50.
“The Aliens are Coming: The Federalist Attack on the First Amendment,” in Vanessa Beasly, Ed., Who Belongs in America? Presidents, Rhetoric, and Immigration (College Station: Texas A&M University Press, 2006): 37-60.
“Violence in Programming: Can It Be Deemed Obscene or Indecent,” Nexus Law Journal (Orange, CA: Chapman University Press, 2005): 135-157.
“Galileo and the Aristotelian Cardinals: A Study of Suppression,” Free Speech Yearbook (Washington, D.C.: National Communication Association, 2005):113-26.
“George Herbert Walker Bush,” in Bernard K. Duffy and Richard Leeman, eds. American Voices: An Encyclopedia of Contemporary Orators (Westport, CN: Greenwood Press, 2005): 22-30.
“Reagan on Civil Rights: Returning to Original Intent,” in James Aune, and Enrique Rigsby, Eds., Presidents on Civil Rights (College Station: Texas A&M University Press, 2005): 198-230.
“The USA Patriot Act in Historic Context,” in Robert Denton, Ed., Language, Symbols, and the Media: Communication in the Aftermath of the World Trade Center Attack (Rutgers:NJ: Transaction Publishers of Rutgers U., 2004): 63-94 .
“Ethos Dwells Pervasively: A Hermeneutic Reading of Aristotle on Credibility,” lead chapter in Michael J. Hyde, ed. The Ethos of Rhetoric (Columbia: University of South Carolina Press, 2004): 1-19.
"Richard M. Nixon and Gerald R. Ford: Lessons on Speechwriting," in Kurt Ritter & Martin Medhurst, Eds., Presidential Speechwriting (College Station: Texas A&M University Press, 2003): 137-64.
“Senate Bill Would Require Free Air Time for Candidates,” and “Release of Intercepted Tape Sparks Capitol Hill Legal Battle” in The First Amendment and the Media, 2003 (Washington, D.C.: The Media Institute, 2003): 165-168; 229-34.
“Buckley v. Valeo,” in Tony Parker, Ed., Free Speech on Trial: Communication Perspectives on Landmark Supreme Court Decisions (Tuscaloosa, AL: University of Alabama Press, 2003): 203-17 .
“Patterns of Suppression in Times of Crisis,” (lead article) Free Speech Yearbook, 40 (2002): 8-25.
“The Supreme Court’s Ruling in Bush v. Gore: A Rhetoric of Inconsistency,” (with Prosise), Rhetoric and Public Affairs, (Michigan State University Press), 4 (2001): 605-632.
“The Multiperspectival Feminist Critiques and Rhetorical Theory,” American Communication Journal, 4.3 (2001): online 24 pages at www.americancomm.org/~aca/acj/acj.html
“Political Reform and the Regulation of Broadcast Media,” Conference Proceedings on Communicating Politics (Washington, D.C., National Communication Association, 2000): 293-300.
“Criticism of Political Rhetoric and Disciplinary Integrity,” American Communication Journal, 3 (2000): online 10 pages at www.americancomm.org/~aca/acj/acj.html
"The Unconstitutional Nature of Product-Specific Bans and Taxes: The Case of Billboard Advertising," Free Speech Yearbook, 37 (1999): 144-54.
"The Campaign to Repeal the Fairness Doctrine," Rhetoric & Public Affairs, 2 (1999), (Michigan State University Press): 481-505.
"44Liquormart: Unanimity without Consensus," (lead article) Free Speech Yearbook, Vol. 36 (1998): 1-14.
"The Anti-War Rhetoric of Daniel Webster," (lead article) Quarterly Journal of Speech, 84 (1999): 1-16.
"First Amendment Rights of Native Americans," (with Rasmussen) Free Speech Yearbook, 35, (1997): 144-62.
"Internationalism in Casablanca," in Reelpolik:Political Ideologies in '30s and '40s Films, Beverly Kelley, ed., (New York: Praeger, 1998): 77-94.
"Bitzer's Model Revised," (with Lybarger) Communication Quarterly, 44 (1996): 197-213.
"Ending the Confusion over Commercial Speech," (lead article) Free Speech Yearbook, 33 (1995): 1-12.
"Criticism as Rational: An Argument from Disciplinary Integrity," in Argumentation and Values: Proceedings of the Argumentation Conference at Alta (Salt Lake City: University of Utah, 1995): 456-60.
"Dan Quayle on Family Values: Conflicting Epideictic and Deliberative Aims," The Southern Communication Journal, 60 (1995):152-164.
"President George Bush," in U.S. Presidents as Orators: A Bio-Critical Source Book, ed. Halford Ryan (Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Publishing, 1995): 344-60.
"Deducing a Rhetorical Theory from Confucius Using the Aristotelian Model," World Communication Journal, 23 (1994): 35-41.
"Contrapositum, Diaphora, Dissimilitudo" in Historisches Worterbuch der Rhetorik, vol. 2 (band 2), eds. G. Ueding and W. Jens (Tubingen: Max Niemeyer Verlag, 1994): 378-380, 621-623, 884-886.
"The Problem with Writing on Rhetorical Charisma, Power, and Spirituality," (lead article) Journal of Communication and Religion, 16 (1993): 83-97.
"The Inaugural Address of William Howard Taft," in Inaugural Addresses of Twentieth Century Presidents, ed. Halford Ryan (Westport, Conn.: Praeger Press, 1993): 13-24.
"Finding the Spiritual Dimension in Rhetoric," Western Journal of Communication, 57 (1993): 266-71.
"Heidegger and Aristotle on Emotion: Questions of Time and Space," (with Hyde) in The Critical Turn: Rhetoric and Philosophy in Postmodern Discourse, Ian Angus and Lenore Langsdorf, eds. (Southern Illinois University Press, 1992): 68-99.
"Existential Responsibility and Roman Decorum: A New Praxis," Western Journal of Communication, 56 (1992): 68-89.
"A Workable Standard for Commercial Speech," Freedom of Speech and the American Community (Conference in Honor of Franklyn Haiman, School of Communication Studies, Northwestern University, May 3-5, 1991): 58-70.
"Rethinking the Public: The Role of Emotion in Being-with-Others," (with Hyde) Quarterly Journal of Speech, 77 (1991): 446-66.
"Fractured Forms of Public Policy Debate: A Case Study in Freedom of Expression," Proceedings of the National Conference on the Bicentennial of the Bill of Rights, Association of Educators in Journalism and Mass Communication (Williamsburg, 1992).
"The Persona of Jesus in the Gospel According to St. Matthew," Journal of Religion and Communication, 14 (1991): 57-70.
"Identification in Interpersonal Relationships: One Foundation of Creativity," (with Arntson) The Southern Communication Journal, 57 (1991): 61-72.
"The Argumentative Campaign in Public Policy Debate," Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Argumentation, June 19-22, 1990, Franz H. Van Emeren, Rob Grootendorst, J. Anthony Blair, Charles A. Willard, eds. (University of Amsterdam, 1992): 1012-1028.
"Teaching Students to Write with and about Style," in Seminar: The Art of Criticism, the Craft of Writing, Harry Sharp, Jr. and John Hammerback, eds. (Western States Communication Association, 1990): 84-102.
"Language Choice, Expectation, and the Roman Notion of Style," (with Prince) Communication Education, 39 (1990): 63-74.
"The First Amendment -- Its Current Condition," in The First Amendment -- The Challenge of New Technology, Sig Mickelson, ed. (New York: Praeger, 1989): 9-15.
"'Speak the Speech, I Pray You' The Practice and Perils of Literary and Oratorical Ghostwriting," as interviewed by Bernard K. Duffy and Mark Royden Winchell, The Southern Communication Journal, 55 (1989): 102-15.
"The Case Against the Fairness Doctrine," Free Speech Yearbook, Steven Smith, ed. (Southern Illinois University, 1988): 70-78.
"Daniel Webster, Defender of the Union," in American Orators Before 1900, Bernard K. Duffy and Halford R. Ryan, eds. (Westport: Greenwood Press, 1987): 416-26.
"Martin Heidegger and the Dialogue with Being," Central States Speech Journal, 36 (1985): 256-269.
"The Chilling Effect of Content Regulations," in Current Issues in Content Regulation (Washington, D.C.: American Bar Association, 1985): 1-39.
"Daniel Webster's July 17th Address: Deliberative Oratory as a Mediating Influence in Conflict Situations," Quarterly Journal of Speech, 71 (1985): 349-361.
"A First Amendment Environment for the Broadcaster," Communications Lawyer (American Bar Association; Fall 1984): 3-4.
"The Big Push to End Broadcast Content Controls," Communication Law Review, II (1984): 56-60.
"Heidegger's Theory of Authentic Discourse," Analecta Husserliana, Vol. 15, Calvin Schrag, ed. (The World Institute for Advanced Phenomenological Research; D. Reidel Publishing Co., 1983): 209-217.
"Speechwriting: An Acquired Art," Campaigns and Elections: The Journal of Political Action, Winter (1981): 24-30.
"Hermeneutics and Rhetoric" (lead article with Hyde), Quarterly Journal of Speech, 65 (1979): 347-363.
"Reagan's Attempt to Form a Conservative Majority," Central States Speech Journal, 31 (1979): 96-102.
"A Reinterpretation of Aristotle's Notion of Rhetorical Form," Western Speech Communication Journal, 43 (1979): 14-25.
"Decision Making and War Strategy" (with R. Smith), Alabama Journal of Speech and Theatre (1978): 1-11.
"Television News as Rhetoric," Western Speech Communication Journal, 41 (1977): 147-159. [Included as part of report by Senate Commerce Committee, 1981.]
"The Nature of Issues: A Constructive Approach to Situational Rhetoric" (with Hunsaker), Western Speech Communication Journal, 40 (1976): 144-155.
"The Republican Keynote Address of 1968," Western Speech Communication Journal, 39 (1975): 32-39.
"An Axiological Adjunct to Rhetorical Criticism" (with Streifford), Central States Speech Journal, 27 (1975): 22-30.
"Anwar Sadat Addresses a Joint Session of Congress," Exetasis (November 10, 1975): 3-15.
"The Seventh of March Address: A Mediating Influence" (with Arntson), Southern Speech Communication Journal, 39 (1974): 288-301.
"Rhetorical Distance: A Critical Dimension" (with Hunsaker), Western Speech Communication Journal, 37 (1973): 241-252.
"The Medieval Subjugation and the Existential Elevation of Rhetoric," Philosophy and Rhetoric, 5 (1972): 159-174.
"A Survey of the Relation of Philosophy and Rhetoric in the Classical and Medieval Periods" (with Douglas), in Philosophers and Their Rhetorics (Chicago: National Text book Co., 1972): 20-35.
"In Defense of Forensics," The Phi Rho Pi Persuader, 40 (1972): 11-14.
"The Coming of a Transcendent Rhetoric," Journal of the Eastern States Speech Communication Association, 20 (1972): 19-24.
"Nixon's Acceptance: The Dual Audience Problem," Today's Speech, 5 (1971): 15-21.
"Actuality and Potentiality: The Essence of Criticism," Philosophy and Rhetoric, 3 (1970): 133-140.
"Zeal as a Function of Danger," Today's Speech , 2 (1968): 29-32.
CONGRESSIONAL TESTIMONY
*Hearing on "Tobacco Settlement," Senate Judiciary Committee (February 10, 1998): 98-101.
*Hearing on "Confronting the Impact of Alcohol Labeling and Marketing on Native American Health and Culture," Select Committee on Children, Youth and Families of the House of Representatives (May 19, 1992): 117-123.
*Hearing on "Tobacco Product Education and Health Protection Act of 1990," Committee on Labor and Human Resources of the United States Senate (April 3, 1990): 226-241.
*Hearing on "Fairness in Broadcasting Act of 1987," Subcommittee on Communications of the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the United States Senate (March 18, 1987): 29-46.
*Hearing on "Cable-Porn and Dial-A-Porn Control Act," Subcommittee on Criminal Law of the Committee on the Judiciary of the United States Senate (July 31, 1985): 122-33.
*Hearing on "Alcohol Advertising," Subcommittee on Children, Family, Drugs and Alcoholism of the Committee on Labor and Human Resources of the United States Senate (February 7, 1985): 159-177, 201-202.
*Hearing on "Freedom of Expression Act of 1983," Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the United States Senate (January 30, 1984): 7-13.
BOOK REVIEWS
–“The Logic of Persecution: Free Expression and the McCarthy Era,” American Journal of Legal History (2007): in press.
-- ""Ain't You Glad You Joined the Republicans?' A Short History of the GOP," The Journal of American History (March, 1997): 1407.
-- "'I Gotta Tell You': Speeches of Lee Iacocca," Public Relations Review 21 (1995): 266-67.
-- "Speech Acts and the First Amendment," Public Relations Review 20 (1994): 298.
-- "The Human Science of Communicology: A Phenomenology of Discourse in Foucault and Merleau-Ponty," Quarterly Journal of Speech, 79 (1993): 509-11.
-- "Rhetorical Studies of National Political Debates," Quarterly Journal of Speech, 78 ( 1992): 381-83.
-- "The Papers of Daniel Webster," Quarterly Journal of Speech, 75 (1989): 501-502.
-- "Technologies of Freedom," Reason magazine (December 1983): 46.
-- "Other Illusions: Toward a Theory of Rhetoric," Philosophy and Rhetoric, 7 (1974), pp. 113-115 and Quarterly Journal of Speech, 63 (1977): 457-458.
-- "Equal Time," Western Speech Communication Journal, 36 (1972): 222.
-- "Robert Kennedy: A Memoir," Southern Speech Journal, Winter (1971): 214-216.
-- "The Rhetoric of Campbell, Whately and Blair," Philosophy and Rhetoric, 3 (1970): 129-130.
-- "The Dynamics of Debate," The Speech Teacher (September 1967): 214.
PAPERS AND PRESENTATIONS
Numerous convention papers presented at many scholarly conventions have been converted into articles on a wide ranging number of topics. Numerous presentations have been made on university campuses across the United States, and a number of special presentations have been commissioned by such leading organizations as the American Association of Advertising Agencies and the National Association of Broadcasters. Craig R. Smith is regular on television, radio and cable programs on such topics as First Amendment law and political public address. He has been a guest on NPR a number of times. Many of lectures and appearances are available on You Tube.
PERIODICAL ARTICLES
– Six Four Minute Public Service Announcements on the First Amendment, Charter Cable, Spring, 2009.
– “Commentary on McCain-Obama Campaign and the Economy,” Lighthouse (Tokyo, Japan: 20thAnniversary Issue), October 1, 2008), 17-21.
– “Networks Finally Stand Up to the FCC,” Centre Daily News (June 19, 2006) opinion page.
– “When the Time Comes, ‘Under God’ must go,” Long Beach Press Telegram (among others) (June 20, 2004), A15.
– “The Five Percent Solution: Taking Israel and Palestine to Arbitration,” University Magazine (May 1, 2003), 9.
– “State Could Lead Nation in Curbing Illegal Handguns,” Pasadena Star-News (October 31, 2002), p. A13.
– “Enact Law in California to Match Guns to Owners,” Los Angeles Times (October 19, 2002), p. B23.
– “From the Publisher’s Notebook: On Ballistic Markings of Handguns,” The Gazette (December 14, 2000), p. 2A.
–“From the Publisher’s Notebook: On Hate Speech,” The Gazette (August 24, 2000), p.2A.
--"Free Speech," Long Beach Press Telegram (July 4, 1999), p. A16.
--"Fingerprint Handguns," Long Beach Press Telegram (June 20, 1999), p. A14.
--"Underappreciated and Unrepresented, With Nowhere to Turn," Los Angeles Times (April 12, 1999), p. B5.
--"Testifying on Billboard Bans: The Problem of Understanding," Commercial Speech Digest (Winter, 1999), p. 10-11.
--"Fingerprint Handguns, Reduce Crime," Miami Herald (July 8, 1998), p. 21A.
--"Gazette Commentary: TV Censorship," Long Beach Gazette (April 23, 1998), p. 2.
--"Learning by Doing," Showcase: An Academic Affairs Digest (Long Beach: California State University, Fall, 1997), pp. 4-7.
--"Clinton Plods Through Public Speaking 101," Long Beach Press Telegram (January 22, 1997), p. B9.
-- "FDA Takes Lead on Tobacco Ad Restrictions," The First Amendment and the Media (Washington, D.C.: The Media Institute, 1997), pp. 73-76.
-- "Censoring Violence on Television," Long Beach Press Telegram (May 28, 1995), p. B6.
-- "Warning: Labeling May Be Hazardous to Your Rights," Long Beach Press Telegram (April 10, 1994), p. F5.
--"Commercial Speech Shouldn't Have Second-Class Status," Newsjournal of the Public Relations Division of AEJMC, 2 (April, 1993), pp. 10-11.
-- "High Court is Heading in Direction Founders Intended," Long Beach Press Telegram, (October 27, 1991), p. F7.
-- "The First Amendment and Advertising," Long Beach Press Telegram, (October 13, 1991), p. D7.
-- "Interview on Speechwriting," Ethical Dimensions of Political Communication (interviewed by Lois Einhorn) (Westport, Conn.: Praeger, 1990).
-- "Should We Keep or Ditch Cross-ownership Rules," The Patriot Ledger, February, 1988, op/ed.
-- "Let Newspapers be Newspapers: Repeal the Kennedy-Hollings Amendment," (for Bob Packwood), The Washington Post, February 9, 1988, op/ed.
-- "'Where's the Beef?' And Four Other Myths about Presidential Debates," American Politics (October, 1987), pp. 28-30.
-- "Equal Access, Equal Opportunities and Chaos," (for Bob Packwood), Communicator, (RTNDA: February, 1987), pp. 6-7.
-- "What to Expect From Rehnquist & Scalia," American Politics (October 1986), pp. 20-23.
-- "A Question of Freedom: Isn't Commercial Speech Covered by the First Amendment?" Hill Rag (August 20, 1986), pp. 34-35.
-- "They Can't Take That Away From Me," Hill Rag (June 20, 1986).
-- "Too Late for the First Amendment? Government's Regulation of the Media," American Politics (April 1986), pp. 13-15.
-- "Madison and the Constitution," Communicator (RTNDA: March 1986), pp. 6-9.
-- "They Don't Make Debates Like They Used To -- Thank Goodness!" Communicator (RTNDA: April, 1985), pp. 25-26; reprinted in Association Trends (May 10, 1985).
-- "Inaugural Speeches: Great and Not So Great" for Washington Center and C-Span broadcast, January 18, 1985.
-- "Proposal for America" (for Lee Iacocca), Psychology Today (February 1983), pp. 33-36.
-- "How to Cut Interest Rates" (for Lee Iacocca), Newsweek (August 16, 1982), p. 6.
-- "Campaigning in Oregon," Oregon Magazine (April 1981), pp. 8, 21.
POETRY
– “Four Similes,” Express V (1968): 12.
– “Ocean” and “Deadened by the Weight,” Extention: An Anthology of Modern Poetry (San Francisco, CA: Idlewild Publishing ): 401.
REFERENCES
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President F. King Alexander
Brotman Hall 300
California State University
Long Beach, CA 90840
Professor Steve Lucas
Communication Studies
University of Wisconsin
Madison, WI
Professor Michael Hyde
Speech Communication Department
Wake Forest University
Winston Salem, NC 27109
President Franco Pavoncello
John Cabot University
Via della Lungara, 233
00165 Rome, Italy