Conspiracy theories have played a role in American culture and politics for decades. In the course “Conspiracy Rhetoric: Power, Politics, and Pop Culture” at Bates College, students closely examine what…
Since 1999, her first year at Bates, 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…
Stephanie Kelley-Romano, a Bates 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.
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 Bates College. “People aren’t fact-checking it, and so it feels true.”
Professor Stephanie Kelley-Romano cited on conspiracy theories and school shootings in article about why people believe mass shootings are “false flag” operations.
Bates College professor Stephanie Kelley-Romano will discuss “Conspiracy Theories: Why, How, and What to Do,” in the latest in the Great Falls Forum series, noon-1 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 17, via…
While conspiracy theories are not limited to any topic, there is one type of event that seems particularly likely to spark them: mass shootings, typically defined as attacks in which…
Stephanie Kelley-Romano, associate professor and chair of the rhetoric, film, and screen studies department at Bates College, said Friday that it’s “really unfortunate and counter-productive” when vulgarity is used to…
The Benjamin E. Mays ’20 Distinguished Professor of Rhetoric, Film, and Screen Studies Charles I. Nero & Associate Professor Stephanie Kelley-Romano will deliver the Opening Convocation welcoming the 2024 class to…
Prof. Stephanie Kelley-Romano, along with Bates Grads Ryan Neville-Shepard ’04 & Timothy Kaplowitz ’20 discusses conspiracy theories in “What Do Some People Believe & What Makes These Theories Take Hold…
Prof. Stephanie Kelley-Romano, associate professor and chair of rhetoric, film, and screen studies, was honored last winter with Bates’ Kroepsch Award for Excellence in Teaching.
by Department of Rhetoric, Film, and Screen Studies
Associate Professor of Rhetoric, Film, and Screen Studies Stephanie Kelley-Romano who teaches rhetorical theory and criticism, wrote her doctoral dissertation on The Myth of Communion: A Rhetorical Analysis of the…