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Overview

Celeste M. Condit is affiliated with the University of Georgia in the United States. Their research falls primarily within the Arts and Humanities, with a focus on several interdisciplinary subfields including Philosophy, Literature and Literary Theory, Social Psychology, Sociology and Political Science, and Political Science and International Relations.

The major topics addressed in Condit's work encompass Rhetoric and Communication Studies, Climate Change Communication and Perception, American Constitutional Law and Politics, American Political and Social Dynamics, Animal and Plant Science Education, Media Influence and Health, and Empathy and Medical Education.

Recent papers authored by Condit include:

  • Rhetorical strategies for retrieving abortion rights, 2022, Quarterly Journal of Speech
  • Phronesis and the Scientific, Ideological, Fearful Appeal of Lockdown Policy, 2020, Philosophy and Rhetoric
  • Multiple Voices, Messy Truths, 2020, Rhetoric of Health & Medicine

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Condit are Bryan B. Bozeman, Gary D. Grossman, Lisa DeTora, Hafiz Javed ur Rehman, and Carolyn R. Miller.

Condit's work has been published in multiple venues, reflecting a broad engagement with rhetorical and communication scholarship. The most frequent publication venues include Rhetoric Society Quarterly, Quarterly Journal of Speech, Science Communication, Philosophy and Rhetoric, and Rhetoric of Health & Medicine.

Best Publications

  • The rhetorical limits of polysemy

    Celeste Michelle Condit

  • Genetic Research and Health Disparities

    Pamela Sankar;Mildred K. Cho;Celeste M. Condit;Linda M. Hunt

  • Decoding Abortion Rhetoric: Communicating Social Change

    Celeste Michelle Condit

  • The psychometric property and validation of a fatalism scale

    Lijiang Shen;Celeste M. Condit;Lanelle Wright

  • The functions of epideictic: The Boston massacre orations as exemplar

    Celeste Michelle Condit

  • Crafting Equality: America's Anglo-African Word

    Celeste Michelle Condit;John Louis Lucaites

  • Hegemony in a mass‐mediated society: Concordance about reproductive technologies 1

    Celeste Michelle Condit

  • Warranted concerns, warranted outlooks: a focus group study of public understandings of genetic research.

    Benjamin R. Bates;John A. Lynch;Jennifer L. Bevan;Celeste M. Condit

  • Science and the sources of hype.

    T. Caulfield;C. Condit

  • How the public understands genetics: non-deterministic and non-discriminatory interpretations of the “blueprint” metaphor:

    Celeste M. Condit

  • Functions of health fatalism: fatalistic talk as face saving, uncertainty management, stress relief and sense making

    Bethany Keeley;Lanelle Wright;Celeste M. Condit

  • Re-constructing Narrative Theory: A Functional Perspective

    John Louis Lucaites;Celeste Michelle Condit

  • Determinism and Mass-Media Portrayals of Genetics

    Celeste M. Condit;Nneka Ofulue;Kristine M. Sheedy

  • The meanings of the gene : public debates about human heredity

    Celeste Michelle Condit

  • Future health applications of genomics: priorities for communication, behavioral, and social sciences research.

    Colleen M. McBride;Deborah Bowen;Lawrence C. Brody;Celeste M. Condit

  • Public understandings of genetics and health.

    CM Condit

  • Contemporary rhetorical theory : a reader

    John Louis Lucaites;Celeste Michelle Condit;Sally Caudill

  • What is 'public opinion' about genetics?

    Celeste Condit

  • Public Attitudes and Beliefs About Genetics

    Celeste M. Condit

  • An Exploratory Study of the Impact of News Headlines on Genetic Determinism

    Celeste M. Condit;Alex Ferguson;Rachel Kassel;Chitra Thadhani

  • Diversity in lay perceptions of the sources of human traits: genes, environments, and personal behaviors.

    Roxanne L Parrott;Kami J Silk;Celeste Condit

Frequent Co-Authors

Colleen M. McBride
Colleen M. McBride Emory University
Lawrence C. Brody
Lawrence C. Brody National Institutes of Health
Thomas W. Valente
Thomas W. Valente University of Southern California
Theresa M. Marteau
Theresa M. Marteau University of Cambridge
Mildred K. Cho
Mildred K. Cho Stanford University
Paul Spicer
Paul Spicer University of Oklahoma
Timothy Caulfield
Timothy Caulfield University of Alberta
Jay M. Bernhardt
Jay M. Bernhardt The University of Texas at Austin
Kenneth R. McLeroy
Kenneth R. McLeroy Texas A&M University

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