Liz Coyer – Rhetoric, Film, and Screen Studies

�ֲ��ý Alum Named Argumentation Educator of the Year

Liz Coyer — Thu, 15 Jan 2026 18:52:44 +0000

Ryan Neville-Shepard, associate professor and vice chair in the in the Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences, has been named the 2025 Educator of the Year by the ‘s Argumentation and Forensics Division.

Course Catalog: Decoding — and Fighting — Conspiracy Theories

Liz Coyer — Wed, 25 Jun 2025 16:31:31 +0000

Conspiracy theories have played a role in American culture and politics for decades. In the course “Conspiracy Rhetoric: Power, Politics, and Pop Culture” at �ֲ��ý College, students closely examine what propels those theories. Stephanie Kelley-Romano, a professor of rhetoric, film, and screen studies, says many students begin her course with a basic understanding of conspiratorial thinking.

Cast Your Vote: Who Will Be �ֲ��ý College’s Next ‘President’?

Liz Coyer — Fri, 11 Oct 2024 18:44:13 +0000

Since 1999, her first year at �ֲ��ý, Kelley-Romano has been committed to finding interactive ways for her students to engage with her classes. After realizing that traditional seminars weren’t cutting it, citing that “the problem was that nobody wants to read speeches from dead people or speeches that are old,” Kelley-Romano was inspired to create an “intense interdisciplinary experience” that thrusts her students into an “intense nine-week group project.”

Maine political scholars see no precedent for divisive, unpredictable presidential race

Liz Coyer — Tue, 23 Jul 2024 15:31:46 +0000

Stephanie Kelley-Romano, a �ֲ��ý College professor who teaches a course on presidential campaign rhetoric, said she’s paying close attention but doesn’t have any idea how things will play out.

From ‘Data Dumping’ to ‘Webbing’: How Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Sells Misleading Ideas

Liz Coyer — Tue, 12 Sep 2023 13:43:02 +0000

Mr. Kennedy tends to “dump a billion studies, footnotes and pieces of evidence in front of us,” said Stephanie Kelley-Romano, a professor of rhetoric at �ֲ��ý College. “People aren’t fact-checking it, and so it feels true.”

Bollywood: An Introduction (Merrill Memorial Library in Yarmouth)

Liz Coyer — Thu, 07 Sep 2023 18:31:09 +0000

October 10 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm EDT

Bollywood: An Introduction (Portland Public Library)

Liz Coyer — Thu, 07 Sep 2023 18:30:37 +0000

October 6 @ 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm EDT

Bollywood: An Introduction (Rockport Public Library)

Liz Coyer — Thu, 07 Sep 2023 18:27:33 +0000

September 30 @ 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm EDT

Going to the Movies

Liz Coyer — Fri, 11 Aug 2023 10:47:00 +0000

It’s the summer of Barbenheimer. With two blockbuster movies opening on the same day last month, people have surged back into theaters. We’ll discuss some of the most popular and intriguing recent films, and how movie-viewing has changed over the past few years.

Panelists:

Jon Cavallero, Associate Professor of Rhetoric, Film, and Screen Studies, �ֲ��ý College. Founding director of the .

Sampling India’s Popular Cinema — and Global Reach

Liz Coyer — Thu, 03 Aug 2023 17:37:00 +0000

Film clips from Bollywood will be starring in three talks in September and October, at various libraries in Maine.

This is the first event to be scheduled in the community events series leading up to the 2024 Camden Conference on India: Rising Ambitions, Challenges at Home on Feb. 16 – 18.

Long the world’s largest film industry, India’s commercial Hindi-language cinema largely based in Mumbai has long surpassed Hollywood in number of films produced and tickets sold.

Jon Cavallero, Associate Professor and Chair of Rhetoric, Film and Screen Studies at �ֲ��ý College and Founding Director of the will introduce Bollywood’s unique cinematic style, as well as its global power, particularly in the developing world where Hollywood’s sales have lagged.

Bollywood: An Introduction (Rockport Public Library)
September 30 @ 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm EDT

Bollywood: An Introduction (Portland Public Library)
October 6 @ 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm EDT

Bollywood: An Introduction (Merrill Memorial Library in Yarmouth)
October 10 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm EDT