Richard Cherwitz

Richard Cherwitz (born 1952) is a Professor in the Department of Communication Studies and in the Division of Rhetoric and Writing, and a Fellow at the Institute for Innovation, Creativity & Capital (IC²) at the University of Texas at Austin.

He is the Founder and Director of the Intellectual Entrepreneurship Consortium (IE)—a cutting-edge and nationally acclaimed cross-disciplinary initiative designed to leverage knowledge for social good by educating “citizen-scholars.”

Biography

Cherwitz earned his Ph.D. from the University of Iowa in 1978

Published works

• Communication and Knowledge with James W. Hikins (University of South Carolina Press, 1986)
• Rhetoric and Philosophy (L. Erlbaum Associates, 1990)

Awards and honors

• 1978: Karl R. Wallace Memorial Award, National Communication Association
• 1995: Outstanding Professor Award, National Speakers Association
• 1995: Douglas Ehninger Distinguished Rhetorical Scholar Award, National Communication Association
• 2000: Innovation Award, Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation
• 2005: Outstanding Contributions to Graduate Education Award, Conference of Southern Graduate Schools

References

External links

• Official website

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